Speed-up Quality Control tasks from Drawing Ballooning and QC Plan Creation through Inspection Data Collection, Analysis and Reporting. Prevent defects, deliver world-class quality, build customer-confidence, and grow your business.

Enjoy fully-automated PDF drawing reading and ballooning. Instantly balloon a drawing, and extract features to a Quality Control Plan with a single-click. Save hundreds of man-hours of time each year.

• Capture: Nom +/-Tol, Min/Max, GD&T, Notes, and Sheet & Zone
• Insert, Delete, and Renumber Balloons
• Set Starting Balloon Numbers by Sheet
• Resize and Move Balloons
• Rotate or Replace Drawing

Quickly create inspection plans from PDF drawings or by importing spreadsheets. Define Parameters (what to measure), Specifications (acceptable range of values), Inspection Methods (how to measure), and Sampling Rules (how many to measure).

Assign parameters and define inspection methods and sampling rules by Inspection type: First Article, Incoming, In-Process and Finished Goods Inspections.

• Change History
• Version Control
• Group-Edit Multiple Features
• Default/Block Tolerance Capture
• Feature Cloning
• Variable (Numeric), Attribute (Pass/Fail), Calculated Specs

1factory speeds-up the First Article Inspection process by automating drawing ballooning, CMM data collection, and report creation. FAI reports can be created in customer or industry standard formats (e.g. AS9102 format). FAI Data can be easily retrieved via our powerful search.

• CMM Data Import
• Automated Reports
• AS9102, Standard Formats
• FAI Data Management, Search & Retrieval

1factory supports data imports from various digital gages, CMMs, in-circuit testers, test-fixtures, along with data uploads from spreadsheets (.xlsx, .csv, .txt etc.). For factories running multiple CMMs 24 x 7 x 365, 1factory supports automated data collection from inspection (e.g. touch-probe and optical CMMs), and test equipment (e.g. in-circuit testers). Capturing data directly from inspection or test equipment eliminates data-entry errors, minimizes the possibility of incomplete or missed inspections, and frees-up a significant amount of QC inspector time.

• Zeiss Calypso
• Mitutoyo
• CMM Manager
• PC DMIS
• Keyence
• MicroVu
• Oasis
• Starrett
• Cirrus In-Circuit Tester
• Open DMIS
• Rational DMIS
• Aberlink
• Verisurf
• and many more...

Inspect finished parts and products. Capture visual and dimensional checks, and associate raw material and outside processing certificates of conformance. Generate Certificate of Conformance (CoC) and final inspection reports for customers in various formats. Sample parameters by selecting Sampling Tables and AQL Levels. Enjoy automated sample size calculation.

• C=0
• ANSI Z1.4 Level I and II
• MIL STD 1916 Variable and Attribute
• Outside Processing Certificates

Measure part parameters at the correct step in the manufacturing process. Deploy simple visual controls so that factory technicians can ensure product is free of defects. Filter parameters by Production Stage, Operation Number, Inspection Method, and Sampling Rule to group measurements and speed-up data entry. Optimize your inspections with three convenient data-entry screen layouts:

• Feature View
• Parameter View
• Spreadsheet View

1factory automatically calculates commonly used Process Capability metrics (Cp, Cpk) and Process Performance metrics (Pp, Ppk). 1factory supports calculations for both normally distributed as well as non-normal data (using non-parametric estimates i.e. the median, 99.5th percentile p(0.995), and the 0.5th percentile values p(.005) to calculate Cp, Cpk for non-normal data.

• Unilateral and Bilateral Tolerances
• Process Capability: Cp, Cpk
• Process Performance: Pp, Ppk

Use individuals charts and Western Electric Rules to control manufacturing processes. Detect trends and anomalies quickly at the point of manufacture. Notify engineers and managers of out-of-control events so that they can take action to bring the process back in-control.

• Run Chart
• Histogram
• Upper & Lower Control Limits (UCL, LCL)
• Western Electric and Nelson Rules

Easily monitor all critical design and manufacturing parameters for a batch of parts. Bring together data from hand-held tools on the factory-floor and from the CMMs and Vision Systems in the QC lab into a single view for machinists. Instantly detect trends and shifts in processes and adjust processes before defective parts are produced.

Group charts by a combination of tags:

• Operation (Milling, Turning etc.)
• Inspection Method (e.g. Micrometer, CMM ...)
• Critical to Quality (CTQ, Critical, Major, Minor, etc.)

Inspect incoming components and ingredients. Capture visual and dimensional checks, and associate raw material and outside processing certificates of conformance. Enjoy automated sample size calculation. Use built-in lot switching rules to tighten or reduce inspection requirements based on historical supplier performance.

• C=0 Sampling Plan
• ANSI Z1.4 Level I and II Sampling Plan
• MIL STD 1916 Variable and Attribute Sampling Plans
• Raw Material Certificates
• Lot Switching Rules
• Supplier Performance Dashboard

Save hours of time creating customer requested PPAPs. Eliminate redundant data-entry work by creating once and then automatically re-using the building-blocks of a PPAP: control methods, reaction plans, failure modes, failure effects, causes, detection, and action plans. Output documents include:

• Process Failure Modes & Effects Analysis (PFMEA)
• Control Plan
• Ballooned Drawing
• Process Flow Diagram
• Dimensional Results
• Process Capability Report Cp, Cpk, Pp, Ppk

Assign PPAPs to one or more supplier per part and notify suppliers. Define levels and required documents by level. Receive PPAPs from suppliers within 1factory. Review and approve individual requirements and notify suppliers of status change.

• Define Levels, and Customize Required Documents List
• Set Reason Codes (Design Change, Vendor Process Change etc.)
• Set Due Dates and Track Progress
• Measure Supplier On-Time PPAP Completion Rates

1factory provides automated unit conversion from mm to inch and from inch to mm. So if you receive customer drawings in metric (mm) units, you can now balloon your drawing and create your QC Plan in mm, but yet collect all your data in inches, and finally output reports for your customers in mm. With the automated units conversion, you can eliminate calculation errors, and save many man-hours of work

• mm to inch
• inch to mm

If your drawing includes a table of configurations or variants, you create a single QC Plan for the base part number, and then load the configurations into 1factory's Table of Sizes. 1factory automatically generates the inspection plan for each configuration. This is ideal for product families where each product configuration may have different parameter values such as lengths, diameters, colors, plating types etc.

• Default Tolerances at the feature and plan level
• Numeric or Variable Specs
• Pass/Fail or Attribute Specs
• Number of Places

Certain assemblies require the re-inspection of component-level dimensions after assembly in addition to any assembly-level checks that need to be performed. For example, after two components are welded, you may need to re-measure some dimensions from each of the components to ensure there has been no distortion.

1factory provides powerful composite-plan capability that automatically links together the parent (assembly) plan and the component plans so that you can inspect each component separately, and also re-inspect certain selected component dimensions along with the completed parent assembly.

• Assembly Bills of Materials
• Auto-Linked Parent and Component Plans
• Composite Inspection with Parent and Selected Component-Level checks

1factory automatically calculates in-spec % i.e. calculates production yield, and flags high-risk batches and features. You can instantly identify batches that need attention, and then drill-down to see the run-chart and histograms for the high-risk features.

• In-Spec % and Yields
• High-Risk Batches
• High-Risk Features

Record Work Order, Batch, Serial Number, Date Code, Operator Name, Gage ID, Measurement Date and Time etc. Retrieve traceability information via powerful search capability. Instantly identify where gages were used.

• Work Order / Job Number
• Batch Number
• Date Code
• Serial Number
• Cavity Number
• Spindle Number
• Gage ID
• Inspector Name
• Date & Time

Record and track all non-conformance issues including incoming inspection defects, manufacturing defects, field repair problems, customer complaints, deviations etc. Create and link CAPAs (internal 8Ds) and/or SCARs (supplier 8Ds) with a single click. Access real-time analytics and pareto NCRs by problem type, root cause, month, supplier etc. Manage both part-related and business process (audit) related non-conformances.

• MRB: Manage the Material Review Board process
• RMA: Manage the Return Material Authorization (RMA) process
• Tasks: Assign tasks and ensure completion before NCRs are closed
• CAPA: Manage internal Corrective Actions and Preventive Actions (8D)
• SCAR: Manage Supplier Corrective Action Reports (8D)

View and download a variety of charts and dashboards, auto-populated based on the inspection data you already input. Visualizations can be dynamically filtered and sorted by dates, suppliers, customers, part numbers, and other attributes. Analytics included:

• Outbound Quality by Customer
• Inbound Quality by Supplier
• NCR, CAPA, & SCAR Pareto Charts
• Feature / Parameter Performance
• QC Team Productivity

View and download a variety of charts and dashboards, auto-populated based on the inspection data you already input. Visualizations can be dynamically filtered and sorted by dates, suppliers, customers, part numbers, and other attributes. Analytics included:

• Outbound Quality by Customer
• Inbound Quality by Supplier
• NCR, CAPA, & SCAR Pareto Charts
• Feature / Parameter Performance
• QC Team Productivity

Maintain a list of Gages with calibration due dates. Receive automated notifications for gages due for calibration. Log actual calibration data, and / or attach supplier calibration certs. Capture Gage ID during inspections and ensure that each gage used is actually in calibration.

• Gage Make, Model, Serial Number
• Calibration Due Date
• Calibration Reminders
• Gage Traceability

Assign storage locations to gages. Issue gages to Job, Operation & Machine, User or Location. Return gages to storage. Print and scan barcode labels to speed-up transactions and eliminate errors. Retrieve detailed gage transaction history with a simple search to limit scope of recalls.

• Default Storage Locations
• Default Gage Owners
• Issue Gage
• Return Gage
• Transaction History

Perform Variable Gage R&R with configurable number of operators, parts and trials. Enjoy automated calculations and output reports with with either the ANOVA or Range methods. Make accept / reject decision based on Number of Distinct categories and % Tolerance, % Contribution etc.

• Variable Gage R&R
• Attribute Gage R&R (coming soon)
• ANOVA Method Calculations
• AIAG (Range) Method Calculations
• Number of Distinct Categories

Qualify suppliers. Monitor supplier Quality and On-Time-Delivery Performance. Reduce risk within your supply chain.

• Initial Supplier Qualification and Annual/Biannual Requalification
• Supplier Certification Management
• Supplier Quality Scorecards
• Supplier On-Time-Delivery Scorecards