New Quality Monitor 2.4

NWA Quality Monitor 2.4 gives manufacturers powerful, configurable software for plant-floor data collection and SPC charting in an off-the-shelf package. Quality Monitor has increased functionality making it the single solution for plant-floor SPC.

Uniform Solution

Using just one software package workflow procedures can be standardised, data collection automated and real-time SPC feedback provided throughout the operation.

Quality Monitor enables all plant floor workstations use the same core software with task-specific configurations for each application.

Operator interface and chart formats can be standardised and the context sensitive, on-line help system can support standard operating procedures (SOPs) and simplify meeting quality assurance and vendor certification program requirements.

What's new in NWA Quality Monitor 2.4

• Updated charting and report generation.
• Database-standard date/time formats and new supporting calculation functions.
• Actions and functions performed 'on startup' and 'on exit'.
• Additional database connectivity capabilities enabling seamless integration with NWA Quality Information Server to deliver quality system solutions.

Cost-Effective

Cost-effective in applications ranging from single-user workstations to integration with plant wide information systems, Quality Monitor is inexpensive to implement and support and is easy to install and configure.

Getting Started

The starting point is NWA Quality Monitor Designer which combines a full-screen visual designer with wizard-based set-up tools. This provides an easy-to-use configuration environment capable of meeting the most demanding data collection requirements.

Easy to Set Up

Customised data entry screens are built using a familiar drag-and-drop, point-and-click interface allowing easy creation of complete User Interface designs.

Easy to Use

Flexible design capabilities allow the user-interface to match the requirements of the item being tested and the user's capabilities. Data collection and analysis can be standardised to match SOPs and customer requirements.

Easy to Integrate

Quality Monitor is designed to be the plant-floor test station component of the manufacturing or process information system.

Integration features include:

• Direct data connection to any ODBC-compliant database
• Local and distributed alarming
• Interfaces with the most popular MES, CIM, ERP and LIMS systems
• Automatic recovery from network failure
• Easily shares data with NWA's family suite of analysis and reporting products.

Easy to Interface

Quality Monitor comes with extensive pre-configured device interface including most electronic scales, gauges, multiplexers and a wide range of specialised devices.

Adding device input to a Quality Monitor data entry screen is usually done with a few mouse clicks. In addition, device and port configuration tools provide easy creation of new device interfaces and solves communication problems.

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