You can use Priority's Quality Assurance module to define uniform testing procedures for parts and to allow for flexible reporting based on the tests that are actually carried out:
Pre-define laboratory tests in the system and assign the appropriate tests to each part.
Pre-define all possible results for each test, as well as the range of acceptable results for each part.
When samples are taken, the list of required tests appears automatically, together with the possible results for each test. Specify the actual results for each test that is carried out.

Priority's comprehensive QA module includes an automated utility for tracking malfunctions discovered during the quality assurance process, from the moment a problem is reported up until it is closed, including the option to refer the problem to a malfunction review board (MRB) for discussion and recommendations to prevent its recurrence.
This automated malfunction handling process is fully integrated with the existing logistical workflow in Priority.

Managing production of food and chemicals when the recipe needs to be adjusted to various batch sizes.
Priority breaks down a large work order for a specific product into batches that are adjusted to the size of the container. As production is reported, raw materials and other components that are included in the recipe are deducted automatically in accordance with the batch quantity.

Priority includes a special utility for "batch driven" production of foods and specialty chemicals, where it is essential to record the exact history of each final lot. When a particular manufacturing operation of a batch is reported as completed, a lot (along with its exact processing parameters) is created and transferred to a designated container. The following batch is assigned a different lot number and is designated to a different container, so that each lot remains homogeneous, and its placement on the production floor can be traced at any given time, thereby enabling complete traceability of every final lot.

You can define a standard production routing for a manufactured part, while maintaining the flexibility to report the production operations that were actually performed.

In the production routing defined for each part, you can define alternates to the default operations that make up the routing. When reporting production, you can specify either the default operation or an alternate operation, depending on the machine that was actually used.

Priority allows you to link byproducts (in negative quantities) to the bill of materials of a manufactured part, such that in production reports for that part you can specify the quantity of byproducts that were actually created.

• Enter the sub-level of the reporting form, Manual Issues to Work Order. The parts defined in the BOM (in negative quantities) appear automatically.
• Specify the actual quantity of byproducts created by the reported operation (in negative quantities). You can also define the warehouse and bin to which the byproducts were transferred.

You can interface with a truck-weighing utility as trucks enter and exit loading areas, thereby affecting shipping documents, warehouse transfer documents, customer return documents, and goods receiving vouchers (GRVs).

• Input the (tare) weight of incoming trucks, obtained via the interface, by activating a hot button in the upper-level form of the relevant inventory transaction document. The weight appears automatically in a special Entry Weight column.
• Input the (gross) weight of outgoing trucks by activating another hot button in the upper-level form of the relevant document. The weight appears automatically in a special Exit Weight column.
• The net weight of the transferred goods is calculated automatically when the exit weight is recorded.
• You can run comparisons between the defined standard weight of the goods recorded in the document and their actual net weight.
  

The Issue:

In factories that process a large quantity of parts, it is too difficult to maintain the various levels of safety stock manually. The solution described here allows you to calculate safety stock for each part in a controlled automatic manner. The calculation is performed on the basis of actual material usage during a defined period, and includes the possibility of adding coefficients or manually revising recommended quantities.

The solution:

Priority provides a form that displays the usage of raw materials during the desired period, and recommends the appropriate level of safety stock on the basis of this data, as well as various coefficients. Usage data are taken from issues to the plant floor, warehouse transfers and customer sales.
You can manually revise the recommended safety stock after approving the results displayed in the form. You can also perform a general update of the safety stock on the basis of the form data.

Reusing byproducts resulting from a manufacturing process, for the production of the parent (work order) part.
When reporting production in the system, you can record a manual issue for a negative quantity of the byproduct, to be returned either to the desired warehouse or to the plant floor itself. Consequently, the byproduct is returned to inventory and the work order is credited with the cost of the reused materials.

A dedicated module for managing blanket contracts for the supply of gas allows you to define the quantities of the products to be purchased by the customer in the designated period, and/or the monetary value of the customer's purchases, and/or special prices and special linkage terms for the contract.

Priority provides an integrated package of customizable solutions for maintaining an inventory of gas containers, tracking their use, and billing customers.

Priority's QA module enables you to:

• Define a set of required analyses for each manufactured part
• Determine a set of possible results for each analysis (a list or range of values)
• Record part sampling from the lot
• Create a COA
• Categorize parts by quality, based on test results
• Route parts for follow-up, based on QA status

Priority allows you to record up to 20 specifications for each part in the Part Catalogue. These specifications categorize the various attributes of the part in a hierarchy of categories which can be used to retrieve parts in specific cross-sections.
You can use the Part Specs Work Area to move through the hierarchy of specifications in order to locate specific parts. The part specifications are also included in purchasing and sales report generators. You can also use the Part Specs Work Area to build new parts by combining different specifications. The catalogue numbers and/or descriptions of these parts are determined automatically, based on their constituent specifications.

Priority enables you to track engineering change orders (ECOs) issued during part production. For each ECO, you can record a date, description, parts modified, etc.
You can also attach an ECO to a part revision and/or BOM. The system will track the revisions, and related work orders, that are affected by an ECO.