EZ-MES will offer you full traceability for all your production processes.
What is Traceability?
A good definition is given by ISO 9000:2000 3.5.4: The ability to trace the history, application or location of that which is under consideration. When considering product, traceability can relate to:
- the origin of materials and parts,
- the processing history, and
- the distribution and location of the product after delivery.
Why do you want Traceability?
Whenever something goes wrong with one of your products, you would like to be able:
- See how the product was created
- Know exactly which procedures were use
- The materials that went into it
You type the batch or serial number of the product into your production tracking system, and with a single click you get a full history report for this specific product.
This is knows as backward traceability or history tracking. Based on the information you get from the history of the product that has a problem, you can find the root cause of the problem. This could be one of the following:
- A piece of equipment that was not calibrated
- Material supplied by one of your vendors that had a problem
- A glue that expired
- An employee that was not correctly trained
- A work instruction that was not properly updated
For each of these possible cases you would like to know which other products could be affected. This is known as forward traceability.
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