Quality Performance Analysis

Analyzing production data for trends of critical quality indicators
- Should an MES offer opportunities to analyze and evaluate quality data?
- Which quality key figures exist and how are they formed from the process data?
- From which systems are the necessary process data obtained?
- Which interfaces exist for this?
- Does the process data have to be preprocessed?
- Is the determination of the process data dependent on other factors (control strategies, products, ...)?
- How are the ratings regarding the target quality made from the quality indicators?
- What should a software support of these measures look like (visualization, operation, ...)?
- Who will work with these metrics and from where?
- If the key figures are user-specific, e.g. are there different levels of detail?

Determining the accuracy of the quality tests execution
- Should an MES offer opportunities to analyze and evaluate the performance of quality tests?
- According to which criteria should past test procedures be evaluated?

Determining the cause of quality analysis problems
- Should an MES offer assistance in finding reasons for quality analysis problems?

Recommending actions to correct identified problems, including correlating the symptoms, actions, and results
- Should an MES offer assistance in initiating corrective actions for identified analysis problems?

Providing information for use in supplier evaluations
- Should an MES provide information that can be used to evaluate suppliers or claim deliveries?