Validation

Summary Content

There will inevitably be errors in your measurement data. There is not always time to review every piece of information, meaning relying on the erroneous data and each subsequent measurement process being incorrect.

Using validation tools to identify suspect data, and providing the tools to correct identified errors, you remove them from your measurement process. This materially reduces, or eliminates, the time spent on rework.

Benefits of Validation

Manual data collection

Manual data collection

Collecting data manually is prone to error.  From misidentification of the asset to collecting the wrong data – errors will result exponentially the more data you are collecting.  By using QR codes to eliminate identification errors and using mobile devices to input field data, the collected data can be contemporaneously validated to ensure context that the right data is being collected and is within a range that makes sense.  See ProChart Mobile, ProTrack, ProTrend

Deciphering handwriting incorrectly

Deciphering handwriting incorrectly

So you have data that’s collected manually – who is interpreting the handwriting?  Sloppy handwriting and incorrect interpretation errors increase the more data you are collecting, resulting in measurement error.  QR codes ensure correct identification of the asset and the use of a mobile device for capturing field data eliminates the guesswork and reduces the error. See ProChart Mobile, ProTrack, ProMonitor Scheduler

Patterns repeat until they do not

Patterns repeat until they do not

The more data you have, the less likely it is that you will have the time to look at everything.  How do you know what to look at and that you have not missed incorrect data?  Using validation criteria in our measurement software, data is analyzed and discrepancies are identified.  By focusing on what does not meet your expectations, errors can be corrected instead of accepted.  See ProCalc, ProMonitor Live, ProTrend

Different data being used in different applications

Different data being used in different applications

Data from the field is needed for different purposes – many of which use different applications.  Moving data from one application to another – sometimes even manually reentering data – causes error from input and error from timing.  You need to make sure volumes and composition of production is consistent in all of your applications and is correct before it is used by any business process.  Make sure your measurement data is validated and consistent in all of your applications using data from a single source which is able to flow seamlessly into every application and process which uses it.  See ProCalc, ProMonitor Live, ProTrend, ProChart

Once incorrect data is caught, then what?

Once incorrect data is caught, then what?

Problems which are identified still result in measurement error unless the problems are addressed.  Finding a flawed composition is useless unless it is addressed, which does not always happen.  By incorporating business processes to reject and reschedule a sample or test, problems are sure to be resolved rather than missed. See ProTrend, ProCalc

VALIDATION SOFTWARE FOR GREATER MEASUREMENT ASSURANCE

Want to Save Even More Time?

Eliminating spreadsheets with automated scheduling will already clear up your schedule considerably.

But, if your business needs a more hands-off approach entirely, Critical Control can help you unload even more of your data collection and analysis tasks. When you include our Service Plus package, we manage your composition or calibration tasks—or both—for you.

With Service Plus, you will have more time to focus on growing your business while we take care of the finer details.  

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