Production NCRs

You access Production NCRs from the Quality Control > Production NCRs, shown below.

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The Production NCR list (see Figure 2) is where you edit, add, or search for Production NCR’s.

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Filter

To customize the Production NCR list you see, you can edit the filter parameters to see specific Production NCR by using the Filter dropdown (Purple Box Fig. 2).

Once all Filter parameters have been filled out, press the “Search” button (Green Box in Fig. 3) to apply the filter, or the “Clear” button (Red Box in Fig. 3) to remove all Filter Parameters.

If you are unable to find the Production NCR that you are looking for. You can click on the filter tab (see Figure 2) which will display a list of fields you are filter the list by to narrow down you search. (see Figure 3). You can filter by Plant, Status and Job Name.

Sorting

You can sort the items in the list any of the blue headings (Orange boxes in Fig. 2). To change the sorting click on the heading you wish to sort by, and to change the direction of the sort (ascending vs. descending) click the same heading again.

Piece Mark

You can view the Piece Mark document by clicking on the corresponding “PDF” icon (Red box in Fig. 2) of the piece mark you wish to see.

Report

You can view the master report for all the Production NCR’s on the screen by pressing the Report button at the top of the screen or individual reports for specific  Production NCR’s using the corresponding “printer icon” (Black box Fig. 2).

Status

If an NCR fits into one of the status’ described above the table, the row will be highlighted the color denoted in the key. Blue for Pieces shipping in 8-14 days, Yellow for 4-7 days, and Red for within the next 3 days.

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Create A New Production NCR

** There are 4 ways to create a new NCR, but this example uses the Production NCR’s screen. The other ways are listed near the end of this article.

To create a New Production NCR, click on the Add New button (Green box Fig. 2) which will create a new NCR and redirect you to that NCR’s Edit Screen (Fig. 4)

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Edit Production NCR

**To be able to save the Production NCR, you must first pick a job and a piece mark. If you do not select a job and a piece mark you will receive an error (see Figure 6).

From the Production NCR list screen select the NCR you would like to edit. (see Figure 2)

Once the Production NCR is open you will be able to edit the following fields.

1. Enter an NCR Date Required
2. Select an NCR Status.
3. Select a Cause.
4. Enter a Cause Desc.
5. Enter a Cost Amount.
6. Enter a Summary of Problem.
7. Add new NCR Items by pressing the Add Button next to the label which will allow you to add new items to the NCR.
8. Select an Inspected By.
9. Enter an Inspected Date.
10. Enter a Yard Location.
11. Add Attachments
12. Add Notes.

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Scrap

**More workflow notes can be found at the end of the article in the NOTES section.

When you change the status of the NCR to Scrap, a window will open when you Save or Save & Close where you can mark whether to include the SF or CY if the material is still being charged, as well as select a reason for the scrap.

NOTES:

**The Different Ways to Create an NCR

• Engineering via Engineering > Production/Field NCRs Screen
• From the Post-Pour Checklist
• Quality Control via Quality Control > Production NCRs Screen
• From a Field NCR

**Workflow Notes

• New NCR (Can be moved to any other status)
• Drafting Review (can only be moved to Engineering Review, PM Review or QC Review)
• Engineering Review (can only be moved to Drafting Review, PM Review or QC Review)
• PM Review (can only be moved to Drafting Review, Engineering Review or QC Review)
• QC Review (NCR has been reviewed and awaiting to be assigned to a repair department)
• Producton Repair (can only be moved to QC Review or Final QC Review)
• Steel Shop Repair (can only be moved to QC Review or Final QC Review)
• Finishing Repair (can only be moved to QC Review or Final QC Review)
• Final QC Review (indicates NCR is back from repair and ready for final review)
• Repair Complete
• Recast - Scrap
• Recast - Stock (only shows up on product categories mark as hollowcore)
• Repair Not Needed
• Complete With Out Repair