Net-Inspect Update Log

2023.09.01

• Each time a tool's Calibration History is updated, the tool's Last Calibration Date and Next Calibration Date will now be updated based on the most recent calibration measurement.

 

2023.08.25

• The Program field is now mandatory when creating or saving a Rejection Tag (eTag) for companies utilizing basic security options in Net-Inspect (or higher).

 

2023.08.11

• A Create CAR option is now available on the eTag (Rejection Tag) form. Users with a subscription for Net-Inspect's Corrective Action Request module can use it to link the eTag to a new or existing CAR form.
  
  
  • Upon linking the eTag to a CAR, certain fields on the eTag form will automatically be populated on the CAR.

 

2023.07.14

• APQP packages can now be assigned to a Project. The collected information related to the APQP packages in a Project can be viewed on a new "Projects" page on the APQP menu.
  
  • Projects themselves can be set up either through the Projects page, or through a new setup page in the APQP Setup section of the Company Setup menu.
    
    
• The items on an APQP checklist can now be designated as "internal only" during checklist setup (in the APQP Setup section of the Company Setup menu.) These items can only be addressed by the company that created the checklist.
  • For instance, if an internal-only item is present on a customer's APQP checklist, then the customer -- and not the supplier --  is responsible for both submitting and approving the item. The supplier cannot update, sign, or upload documents for that item.
    
    
• The Part Number field on an APQP package can now be updated.
  • On APQP packages shared between a supplier and customer, only the customer can update the part number field.

2023.06.16

• When an APQP package's Interim Approval Form (PSW) is approved, a Qty shipped or Expiration Date (or both) must now be provided
  
  
• APQP packages can now be reopened after being closed. This option is available only to the package's customer (or creator, for internal packages)
  
  • Final Approval Forms (PSWs) can now be voided by the customer even after approval. It may be necessary to do this after reopening a record, as many fields and checklist items cannot be updated while a Final Approval Form is present on an APQP package.
• A CAR History for Part Number section has been added to the eSource Inspection Record form. This table displays a list of CARs with the same supplier, customer, and part number as the IR (created up to 48 months before the IR.)
  
  
  • This list excludes CARs that are currently in the "Created" or "Voided" status
    
    
  • A customer preference is available which causes the IR to be placed into "Pending Buy-off" status, rather than being automatically approved, if any Disapproved or Past Due CARs exist for that part number.
    
    
• A new column has been added to the CAR "list" pages: Require 8D. If this column displays "Yes" for a listed CAR, then the CAR utilizes the 8D format.

 

2023.06.09

• New APQP notifications ("APQP/PPAP Item Pending Buy-off" and "APQP/PPAP Item Accepted/Disapproved") are now available for receiving a summary of items assigned to you. You can find them in the Notifications section of the User Management page
  
  • These notifications are emailed to you once per day and show the number of items assigned to you which have been submitted, or have been approved/disapproved, within the past 24 hours.

• A new APQP configuration option is available when building a checklist: "Allow supplier to add/remove items". Usually, only the customer is permitted to add or remove items from an APQP checklist, but enabling this option will allow the supplier to do so as well.
  • Items can only be added/removed from an APQP package's checklist prior to it being "confirmed" (i.e. signed) by the supplier or customer, and before the package is completed.

2023.06.02

• Members of a Part Family can now be designated on an APQP package.
  
  
  • On each APQP package, you can select whether the part number is a Lead Part. If so, then you can specify and link to all of the Similar Parts associated with it.
    
    
    • The APQP records belonging to the Lead Part and the Similar Part must have the same Supplier and Customer in order to link them together. (Except for "Internal" APQP records -- any of your company's internal APQP records can be linked in this way.)
      
      
• Three new columns have been added to the Approval Forms (PSWs) "list" pages: Purchase Order, Part Rev, and Drawing Rev
  
• Three new columns have been added to the APQP "list" pages: Purchase Order
  
• An Only My Items option has been added to the APQP Items and Approval Forms (PSWs) list pages. It can be used to display just the items / approval forms that have been assigned to you, or to a department or work-center that you're aligned with.

2023.05.19

• Product Types have been added to Net-Inspect. They can be configured on the Quality Management Setup page and can be assigned to any part record.
  
  
  • Each part record can be assigned to up to three product types: one Prime product type and two Attribute product types
  • APQP records (as well as the APQP "list" pages) will show the product types corresponding with the record's Part Number

2023.05.12

• Name and Email fields have been added to the "FAIR Comments" section of each FAIR. This will allow supplier and customer reviewers to more easily get in contact with each other.

2023.05.12

• Name and Email fields have been added to the "FAIR Comments" section of each FAIR. This will allow supplier and customer reviewers to more easily get in contact with each other.
  
  
• The Suppliers setup page now stores the user's sorting and filtering between sessions.
• FAIRs whose customer is an "archived" account can now be copied from one supplier account to another without encountering an error.

2023.05.05

• A Copy/Delta option has been added to APQP forms. It can be used to generate a copy of an existing APQP record, and it provides options for copying a record's Start and Due Dates, the Planned Completion and Due Dates of the record's items, and the record's documents.
  
  • The Copy this Package as a Delta option can be used to link the copied package to the original
    
    
• The eSource Inspection Record has been updated to allow selection of an APQP Record.
  
  
• Options are available for making selection of an APQP record and a FAIR record mandatory on eSource IRs. This option is linked to the Commodity selected when creating the IR.
  
  

2023.04.07

• The APQP application has been significantly updated to better comply with industry standards such as AS9145 and AS13100, as well as to support AIAG's quality core tools. Click here to see a full list of changes.

2023.03.17

• A setting is now available for requiring entry of Part Serial Number(s) before submitting an eSource Inspection Record for a serialized part.

2023.02.17

• A setting is now available for enforcing a Purchase Order check upon creating an eSource Inspection Record.
  
  
  • If this setting is enabled, an open Purchase Order for a particular customer/supplier, part number, and part revision must exist prior to creating Inspection Records for that part/rev.

 

2023.02.10

• A new column has been added to the FAIR Requirements "list" page: PO Line Number

 

2023.01.27

• CP and CPK values calculated for features throughout the Quality Management module are now based on a sample size of 25 measurements by default. Previously, the default sample size was 20 measurements.

 

2023.01.20

• A new setup page (*New* APQP Setup) has been added to the Company Setup page. It can be used to configure your company's APQP/PPAP settings in advance of enhancements being made to the module over the coming months.

 

2023.01.06

• The character limit of the FAIR Number field (Field 18) on FAIR Form 1 has been raised from 50 to 100
  
  
• The customer of a Supplier CAR (corrective action request) now has the option of Closing a CAR after it has been Issued. This option is intended for cases where the customer already has CAR paperwork on-hand to upload, and/or the supplier is unable to complete the CAR in Net-Inspect.
  
  
• The Bulk Update option on the Record Measurements page now allows entry of a measurement quantity when multiple features are selected.

2022.12.16

• A new setting has been added to the eSource Preferences page: Enable QR Code
  
  
  • Enabling this setting causes a scannable QR code to be shown at the top of Approved and Automatically Approved inspection records. Inspection record data embedded in the QR code includes the following:
    

    • eSource Record ID

    • PO Number

    • Part Number

    • Drawing Rev

    • Qty Shipped

 

2022.12.02

• The Supplier Requests page has been refactored to use a more modern application framework. 

 

2022.10.21

• An "Archived" column has been added to the Suppliers setup page. This column identifies whether each supplier account has been archived or not. (Archived accounts are typically no longer in active use by a company.)

 

2022.10.14

• The eTag Charts (found under the Quality Management Reports page) have been reworked to provide more understandable data.
  
  
  • The Sum Total Cost chart no longer automatically multiplies an eTag's calculated costs by its specified Quantity Rejected.
    
    
  • The Sum Total Cost chart now separates out costs and rejection counts by discrepancy when one of the following Categories is selected: Tag Cause, Defect Type, Disposition, Corrective Action, or Feature Number

 

2022.10.7

• A Previous Month FPY column has been added to the FAIR Portal page. It provides the previous month's "First Pass Yield" percentage for each supplier.
  
  
  • For clarification, the Last Month FPY column's name has been updated to MTD FPY. It still shows each supplier's first pass yield percentage for the current month.

2022.9.30

• An Initial Disposition Date column has been added to the First Articles View Internal/Supplier "list" pages. This column provides the date of a FAIR's first approval/disapproval.
  
  
  • A filter is now applied to this column, rather than the Final Disposition Date column, when a user clicks a column on the FAIR First Pass Yield (FPY) Charts.

2022.9.23

• The customer of a CAR can now update the Supplier Representative Name field.
  
  
• An email notification is now sent to the user selected as a supplier representative.
  
  
• Any active Setup Administrator belonging to the supplier of a CAR can now be selected as a supplier representative. Previously, only users with the "CAR User" role could be selected.
  
  
• The character limit of the Guidance field on the Audit checklist form has been raised to 2000 characters.
  
  
• Users can now Complete, but not Close an audit that has one or more questions associated with open CARs. Previously, users could not Complete an audit in this case.

2022.9.12

• The Print option is no longer available for large FAIRs (2500 rows on Form 1, 2, or 3; or more than 75 attachments), as this sometimes led to a timeout error. Instead, users can click the Download PDF button to export a copy of the printout without risk of timeout.

2022.9.2

• An option has been added to the Approved Supplier Users page which allows customers to grant authority for supplier users to access technical data using specific Programs. (Contact the Net-Inspect Helpdesk if you wish to enable this option.)
  
  • If a supplier user has not been granted a given program on this page, then the user cannot use that program to gain access to technical data belonging to your company.
    
    
• A Platforms filter has been added to the APQP Reports page.

2022.8.29

• When a user is deactivated, their User Types now remain in place instead of being cleared.
  
  
• The Only My Items filter button on the Machine Management Preventative Maintenance page now displays maintenance checks associated with the user's departments and work-centers (in addition to maintenance checks assigned to the user).

2022.8.5

• The FAIR Requirements list no longer has a limit on the number of rows that can be exported.
  
  
• Separate FAIR Requirements can now be created for the same Supplier Code / Part Number when the Part Revision differs.

2022.7.29

• Drop-down options are now available in the Supplier Code field on FAIR Form 1. Customers can set these up for suppliers through the Suppliers setup page; and a supplier can also set up a supplier code for a particular customer through the Customers setup page.
   
• Rejection Reasons can now be selected when disapproving or resetting an eSource inspection record. These are shown at the top of the inspection record form, as well as in a Disapproval Reasons column on the eSource internal/supplier "list" pages.
   
• Information about a FAIR's Drawing Number and Part Revision is now shown when linking an APQP package to a FAIR.

2022.7.22

• A Require Purchase Order option has been added to the APQP Setup page. After this setting is enabled, the Purchase Order field will be mandatory on all APQP records created for your company.
   
• Users who Opt Out of receiving APQP email notifications no longer receive them even when set as the Supplier Representative, Customer Representative, or APQP Engineer of an APQP package.

2022.7.15

• A user, department, or workcenter can now be assigned to a Part Request on the Supplier Requests page.
   
• A Platform Category has been added to the APQP Approval Form Report:
   
• The Supplier Code field on the APQP form is now provides drop-down options, if provided by the customer through the Suppliers setup page.

2022.7.8

• Password entry is no longer required when adding or removing signatures for an element on an APQP package
   
• The Supplier Code field on the eSource Inspection Record form now provides a drop-down entry, rather than automatically showing a read-only list all available supplier codes.
   
• A new APQP Report is available for checking the Schedule Status of records by Platform.
   
• It is now possible disable all Submission Levels for selection by a supplier when attempting to create an APQP package.

2022.7.5

1. The Calibration module has been entirely refactored to use a more modern application framework.
    
2. A new calibration date can now be selected while recording measurements on the Capture Calibration Results page.
    
3. Fields on the Create IR and Create APQP pages have been reordered so that later entries will no longer cancel out previous entries.
    
4. Additional APQP reports are now available for checking the Schedule Status of records by Month, Supplier, and Supplier Group.

2022.6.24

• An Assigned To field has been added to the Rejection Tag (eTag) form. The supplier or customer of an eTag can use this field to assign a person, department, or workcenter to the tag. This will automatically notify them via email that the eTag requires their attention.
   
• Automatic serialization on the Record Measurements page now accommodates serial numbers containing leading zeroes (e.g., ABC-0001).

2022.6.17

• A Schedule Status column has been added to the APQP Internal and Supplier "list" pages. It describes whether an APQP package is on schedule, as determined by the due date and current status of the package's PPAP Approval Form.
   
• The Bulk Update tool on the Record Measurements page can now be used to enter results for multiple features at once.
   
• The eSource Suppliers setup page now provides a link to each listed company's supplier record

2022.6.10

• A Comments button is now available on Audit records, allowing a user to see the history of an audit record and the comments provided during each stage.
   
• Users are now required to provide a comment when voiding an Audit record.

2022.6.3

• Supplier Platform and Customer Platform fields are now shown on the eSource Inspection Record form. These provide the platform(s) associated with the record's Part Number.

2022.5.20

• A new Quality Management report is now available: Distribution Analysis. This report contains three sections:
   
  • The Probability Plots report can be used to evaluate the type of distribution that best fits a dataset. This is particularly useful for finding out whether data fits a normal distribution, which in turn determines the applicability of process and capability indices such as PPK and CPK, and how these values should be calculated.
     
  • The Histograms report provides a visualization of the ranges that a defined set of measurements occupies.These can be used to easily confirm whether data fits a given distribution curve
     
  • The Control Charts report gives a visualization of individual measurements, as well as variance between these measurements. This can be used to quickly confirm whether a process is under control. The report also provides a calculation of PPK/CPK and related capability values based on a selected distribution.
     
• A FAIR Number can now be removed from a FAIR Requirement record without replacing it
   

2022.5.13

• Approving a division request on the Supplier Requests page now automatically aligns that division with the specified part number.
   
• In order for a FAIR Number to be automatically linked after a FAIR Requirement is created, the entry in the Part Revision field must now match.
   
• The character limit of the Baseline Part Number field on the FAIR form and FAIR import template has been raised from 50 characters to 100 characters.
   

2022.5.2

• Tool Calibration reminder notifications now omit tools with the Status Lost or Out of Service
   
• A new category is now available for selection when uploading an attachment to a FAIR or part: 3D HTML
   
• Multiple Change Reasons can now be selected when updating the status of a QPL record on the Qualified Parts List
  

2022.4.22

• A Comments button is now available in each section of the Corrective Action Request (CAR) form, as well as at the top of the form. Clicking this button will display that section's (or the entire form's) submission and approval history.
   
• An option is now available for making customer approval of Section D5 of the CAR form required before the supplier can complete the rest of them. This setting is available in the CAR Setup section of the Company Setup page.
   
• A Delegated FAIR Approval column has been added to the Part & Feature Setup page
   
• Incomplete maintenance checks are no longer shown in Machine Management reporting after a check has been deleted
  
  

2022.4.8

• The Corrective Action Request (CAR) form now has options available for making each section mandatory, as well as giving each a due date.
   
  • These settings are available through the CAR Setup section of the Company Setup page
     
• CAR Due email notifications are now separated by division and can be filtered by each user's divisions through the Notifications setup page (under User Management).
   
• A Customer, Program, and From/To Division can now be selected when copying a FAIR within your account.
   
• A Notice of Escape field has been added to the CAR form. It can be used to signify that the issue described in the CAR form reached the customer prior to resolution.
  
  

2022.4.1

• A Delegated FAIR Approval option is now available on the "Basic Info" page for each part record through the "Part & Feature Setup" page.
   
  • If the setting is enabled for a part number, then approval of FAIRs that you receive for that part number will be delegated to the supplier: the FAIR will be considered fully approved upon submission by that supplier.
     
• The Elements table on an APQP record now has options available for filtering by each column.
  
  

2022.3.11

• A new type of chart is available through the eSource Reports page: IR First Pass Yield (FPY)
   
  • Similar to the FPY chart on the list of Reports available for First Articles, the "IR First Pass Yield (FPY)" chart shows the rate at which inspection records are accepted after their first submission. IRs that are Approved or Approved Automatically after their first submission are counted as "First Passed", while IRs that are Disapproved or Reset after their first submission are considered "Disapproved".
     
  • The chart tracks FPY over a defined date range and shows the percentage of IRs "first-passed" each month, as well as a cumulative total over the entire time period.
     
• When Calibration Measurements are imported to Net-Inspect using the Tools Import Template, the calibrated tools are now given the "In Service" status, and their Next Calibration Date is automatically calculated.
  
  

2022.2.25

• Authorization errors throughout the software now provide more information on how to obtain access to unauthorized pages
   
• Audit questions can now be imported from an Excel template while setting up a quality audit checklist
   
• When exporting from the Record Measurements page or Inspection Report page, measurements can now be ordered either by Measurement Sequence # or by Feature Number
   
• A Division is now captured when a user submits a FAIR Reset request
  
  

2022.2.11

• The "N/A" option has been removed from most questions in sections D6 and D7 of the 8D CAR form.
  
  

2022.2.4

• Two new columns have been added to the "Resume Existing Run" section of the Record Measurements page: P.O. Number and Material Lot #.
   
• The Implementation/Completed Date and Implementation Evidence fields in the D5 section of the 8D Corrective Action Request (CAR) form are no longer mandatory prior to the supplier signing that section. Instead, they are mandatory prior to the supplier signing the form's D8 section.
   
• Sections D6 and D7 of the 8D CAR form can no longer be completed before signing the D8 section of the form.
   
• Sections of the 8D CAR form must now be signed by the supplier in sequential order. Section D0 (if the "Containment" section is required) must be signed before section D5, and section D5 must be signed before section D8.
  
  

2022.1.28

• Additional Date Types have been added to the FAIR Quantity report: Submitted Date, Customer Approval Date, and Signature Date.
   
• The "Platforms" filter on the View Internal and View Supplier FAIR "list" pages, as well as on FAIR Reports, now allows multiple selections.
  
  

2022.1.21

• A Date Type selector has been added to the FAIR Quantity report. This drop-down menu is available when the category "Month" or "Day" is selected.
   
  • By default, the FAIR Quantity report uses a FAIR's "Last Updated Date" when separating FAIRs into a particular Month or Day. The Date Type field can be used to change the type of FAIR event. Three date types are currently available: Last Updated Date, Buy-off Status Date, and Created Date
     
• The "Buy-off Status" filter on the View Internal and View Supplier FAIR "list" pages, as well as on FAIR Reports, now allows multiple selections
   

2021.12.7

• A CAR Effectiveness section has been added to the Corrective Action Request form. This optional section can be used to evaluate the effectiveness of the recommended corrective actions after the CAR has been closed.
   
• A Source Record can now be manually entered for Corrective Action Requests generated from an eTag or Audit source.
  
  

2021.11.19

• E-First Article Inspectors aligned with a supplier now receive an email notification when a FAIR belonging to that supplier is approved.
   
  • The settings for this "FAI Buyoff - Internal Users" email can be modified through the Notifications section of the User Management page.
     
• A Recall option is now available for removing an approval signature from a Corrective Action Request.
   
• An Unsign option is now available for removing the Approver Signature from an Audit Checklist.
   

2021.10.29

• A Customer can now be assigned to Internal Corrective Action Requests.
   
• Additional Due Date columns have been added to the Corrective Action Requests Due email notification.
  
  

2021.10.22

• On the Create FAIR page, a supplier can now send a request to a customer to add a new division to a part number. This will send an automatic notification email to the customer, who can then choose to approve or disapprove the request.
   
• Additional Due Date columns have been added to the CAR "list" pages. These can be used to track the due date of each section of a CAR independently.
   

2021.10.15

• A FAIR's Rejection Comments can now be printed through the Print FAIR page
   
• A Date Range can now be selected on the Control Charts available through the Quality Management "Reports" and the "Part & Feature Setup" page
  
  

2021.10.1

• Users must now provide a comment when Voiding an APQP record
   
• On the Supplier Requests page, users can now click a request's Part Number to go directly to the corresponding part record
  
  

2021.9.24

• "Date Added" and "Added By" columns have been added to the Part & Feature Setup page.
   
• Supplier Plaform and Customer Platform fields now show at the top of a FAIR if its part number has been associated with Platforms by the FAIR's supplier or customer.
   
• Data shown in the FPY (first pass yield) column on the FAIR Portal page now conforms with the "Last Twelve Months" and "Last Month FPY" columns.
   
• Data can now be entered in the Designed / Qualified Tooling and Nonconformance Number fields on FAIR Form 3 for "Not Reportable" characteristics

2021.9.17

• An approved FAIR's previous rejection comments can now be viewed by the FAIR's supplier.
   
• A Program column has been added to the Rejection Tags (eTags) "list" page.

2021.9.14

• An approved FAIR's previous rejection comments are now available to be viewed by the FAIR's customer.
   
• Started and Ended columns have been added to the Resume an Existing Job/Run page
   
• Submitted by and Reviewed By columns have been added to the eSource View Internal and View Supplier "list" pages.
   
• When measurements are uploaded from a CMM file, they are now distributed into separate operations according to the Operation Number of each feature, rather than being included in a single operation.
   
• When removing a part in an account where enhanced "part-level" access control is enabled, the user will be shown a list of technical data belonging to the part for follow-up purposes.

2021.9.3

• A Created By column has been added to the First Articles View Internal and View Supplier "list" pages. It displays the User ID of the person who created a FAIR. (This information may not be available for older FAIRs.)
   
• A selected FAIR Number can now be removed from an APQP checklist without selecting a different FAIR.
   
• Machine maintenance checks belonging to removed machines are no longer shown on the Preventative Maintenance page.
   
• A Removal Reason column has been added to the eSource Qualified Parts List page. For any listed part not currently flagged as being on the "QPL," this column will display the reason it was removed, if any was provided.

2021.8.27

• Net-Inspect has completed its first release of the Audit module, an add-on designed for scheduling and tracking your company's internal, supplier, and customer audits.
   
  • Audit Types and Audit Checklists can be configured through the "Quality Audit Setup" section of the Company Setup page.
     
  • One or more audit checklists can be assigned to each audit record. Each checklist consists of questions that must be answered prior to completion of the audit.
     
• Net-Inspect has completed its first release of the Corrective Action Request (CAR) module, an add-on designed for sending, tracking, and setting due dates for internal, supplier, and customer CARs.
   
  • Two types of CARs are available: a Net-Inspect standard form, and an 8D form built to match AS13100 reference materials.
     
    • Both forms provide sections intended for describing actions taken to immediately contain an issue (if necessary), establishing a root cause and planning a corrective action, and implementing that correction. Due dates can be separately assigned to each section.

2021.8.20

• The character limit of the Revision Level field on the eSource Inspection Report form is now 100 characters.

2021.8.13

• Part Requests that are still "In-work" can now be approved or disapproved.

2021.7.16

• The Check Description field of a Preventative Maintenance Check now has a maximum limit of 3000 characters.

2021.7.9

• Previously, when reopening a job through the "Record Measurements" page, every job under that run number was reopened. Now, only that single operation is reopened.

2021.7.2

• FAIR Excel and XML import templates, data import templates (used for uploading part information, new features, and measurements), and measurement import templates now have a maximum size of 10 MB. The previous limit was 2 MB.
   
• When uploading measurements from an Excel import template through the "Part & Feature Setup" or "Record Measurements" page, any newly created runs are now separated into distinct operation numbers, rather than being uploaded together under "Op. 0".
   
• If a new run is created while uploading measurements from an Excel import template, the run will remain open unless all parts and features are fully measured. Previously, all uploaded runs were automatically closed.
   
  • The sampling plan associated with each feature is not taken into account, so uploaded runs are likely to remain open unless "100 percent" sampling is used on all features. Complete runs can be closed at any time by navigating to them through the "Resume an Existing Run/Job" section of the "Record Measurements" page, clicking the Tools button, and selecting the Close Run option.
     
• In accounts where enhanced "part-level" access control is enabled, when the Remove Part option is used to deactivate a part record through the "Part & Feature Setup" page, all of its aligned Programs are removed as well.

2021.4.16

• The message "Digitally signed using Net-Inspect" now appears below field 21 ("Reviewed By") on FAIR Form 1 after the FAIR has been submitted.

2021.3.19

• Compatibility for Keyence device software "Horizontal CSV" measurement files has been added to Net-Inspect's CMM import function.
   

2021.2.27

• The Dashboard page, the "View Internal" and "View Supplier" FAIR List pages, and the Supplier Tree page have been upgraded to the same software framework used by the newer modules in the Net-Inspect software. This is the first stage of a project designed to make all of Net-Inspect run more quickly and seamlessly.
   

2021.2.12

• The export limit on the Suppliers setup page has been raised to 5000 rows.
  
  

2021.1.29

• A Setup Comments section has been added to the "Feature Details" section of the Record Measurements page, which can be opened by clicking the Open Details button. It displays the Setup Comments defined for a feature through the Part & Feature Setup page.
  
  

2021.1.22

• The Requirement of an element on an APQP form is now highlighted when changed from its initial state by either the customer or supplier, until the record is signed by all parties. This ensures that changes to this section do not escape notice.
   
• A new setting has been added to the User Access monitoring section of the User Access And Security page, located in the Access Control Setup section of the Company Setup page. It allows an administrator to set a time limit within which a user must log in after their User ID is created or reactivated. If the time limit is reached, the user is deactivated.
   
  • This behavior was previously handled by the "Deactivate user X days after last access" setting.
    
    

2021.1.15

• Field labels on the APQP and PSW forms have been updated to synchronize them with the AS9145 PPAP Approval Form. The PSW form is now referred to as the "PPAP Approval Form" throughout Net-Inspect's APQP solution.
   
• The Submission Results section of the PPAP Approval Form (PSW) can now be toggled on or off through the "APQP Setup" section of the Company Setup page.
   
• The Declaration section of the PPAP Approval Form (PSW) can now be customized through the "APQP Setup" section of the Company Setup page. The default message has been changed to match the AS9145 PPAP Approval Form.
   
• Platform and Product Safety fields have been added to the Basic Info section of the APQP record, as well as to the PPAP Approval Form (PSW). These fields are read-only and reflect the current entries on the part record, accessed through the "Part & Feature Setup" page on the Quality Management menu.
  
  

2021.1.8

• When importing data to your account from an Excel template (e.g., Parts, Tools, Users...), any rows that are duplicates of existing data are now ignored. Previously, the presence of duplicates caused an error that prevented any data from being uploaded and processed.
   
  • In addition, duplicate rows entered on the import template are ignored when uploading any programs or other alignments to a user; or when uploading programs, divisions, jurisdictions/classifications, or platforms to a part.
     
• A Bubble Number section has been added to the Control Charts available on the Quality Reports page, as well as on the Part & Feature Setup and Part Quality Zones pages, via the Quality Management menu. It becomes visible if a Bubble Number has been set for the selected feature.
   
• A Bubble Number field has been added to the Bulk Update option in the "Features" section of a part record (accessed through the Part & Feature Setup page via the Quality Management menu.)
  
  

2020.12.18

• Changing the Serial Number at the top of a column on the Record Measurements page will now automatically update the serial number of the measurements already recorded in that column.
  
  

2020.12.11

• Multiple User IDs in an account can now have the same First/Last Name. This is intended to allow a single person to more easily have multiple Net-Inspect User IDs.
   
• Customer Workflows now have an additional notification option, labeled as #4 on the Customer Workflow Setup page. If enabled for a step, then when that step arrives, email notifications will be sent according to that step's rules as defined under option #4. (Previously, the preceding step's "option #1" notification settings were used instead.)

2020.12.4

• When a disapproved FAIR is resubmitted, the user who rejected it will now receive an email notification regardless of any other notification settings.

2020.11.25

• When creating a FAIR, users are now required to select a To Division that matches the customer's part record.
   
  • This requirement only applies if the entered part number has been assigned to one or more divisions. Otherwise, the user may select any division.

2020.11.20

• Two new options have been added to the "Inspection Preferences" Company Setup page:
   
  • Disable automatic serial numbering on measurement entry: Removes options on the Record Measurements page for automatically completing the Serial Number field.
     
  • New part numbers are serialized by default: Determines whether new part records are marked as Serialized.
   
• FAIR and eTag Workflow notifications can now be disabled for individual workflow steps through the "Workflows" Company Setup page.
   
• FAIR PO Requirement records created by the supplier can now be edited by the supplier, in addition to the customer
   
• When a FAIR is disapproved, all of the FAIR's open "Reset" requests are now voided

2020.11.14

• Support has been added for alphanumeric characteristic numbers and feature numbers throughout the Net-Inspect software.
   
  • One important effect of this update is that Net-Inspect no longer sees different features with numerically identical feature numbers (e.g., 1.1 and 1.10) as duplicates, so both numbers can now be entered on the same FAIR or inspection plan.
     
  • Char. Nos. and Feature Numbers can also contain any number of decimal points or spaces. (E.g., "1.5.12" or "A1 P20")
   
• A feature's specification values (such as Nominal and High/Low Tolerance) can now be updated at any time. Previously, these values could not be updated for a feature after 20 measurements were recorded.
   
• The category assigned to a FAIR attachment can now be changed after it is uploaded to the "Documents" tab.
   
• A Processes field has been added to the Bulk Update option available on the Features tab of a part record.

2020.11.6

• Keyboard shortcuts are now available for recording Attribute feature measurements on the Record Measurements page. While an Attribute measurement cell is highlighted, pressing the "P", "A", or "1" key will select the Pass option; pressing "F" or "2" will select the Fail option.
   
• A Customer column has been added to the "Part Programs" sheet of the Data Import Template available on the Create a Part page. This will allow customers' programs to be uploaded to a part record.
   
• A Next Calibration Date column has been added to the Calibration Report page.
   
• The FAIR Pending Buyoff email notification now provides a FAIR's From Division and To Division values.
  
  

2020.10.23

• The Export option on the eSource "View Internal" and "View Supplier" pages is no longer limited to exporting 1000 rows at a time.
   
• A new field has been added to the eSource inspection record: Heat or Lot Batch #.
   
  • This field can be enabled through the eSource Setup section of the Company Setup page.
   
• Various improvements have been made to the Record Measurements page interface on tablets and other mobile devices, including the capability to modify column widths by tapping and holding a column.
   
• A Part Name must now be provided when sending a Part Number Request to a customer.

2020.10.16

• A Manufacturer field has been added to the Machine Info section of each Machine record, as well as the list of Machines.
   
• Preventative maintenance checks can now be assigned to a specific user, department, or work center. This notifies the user(s) via email and adds the assignee to the Preventative Maintenance notification alert sent out each day. Users also see the maintenance check on their "To-do List", located on the Dashboard page.
   
• Several new features have been added to the Machine Incidents section of the Machine Management module:
   
  • Incident records now have a discrete status -- they can be closed, voided, and reopened.
     
  • Incident records can be assigned to a specific user, department, or work center.
     
  • The following fields have been added to the record: Priority Level, Corrective Action Comments, Requested Completion Date, and Estimated Completion Date.
     
  • The Machine Incident Chart can now be filtered by Manufacturer, Priority Level, Assignee, Requested Completion Date, Estimated Completion Date, and Status.
     
  • The Machine Incidents List has the following new columns: Priority Level, Status, Assigned To, Requested Completion Date, and Estimated Completion Date.
   
• FAIRs received from suppliers can now be assigned to a new "To Division" without directly opening them. This can be used to easily fix a FAIR that was submitted to the wrong division. (It may not be possible to open such FAIRs when their division doesn't match the division(s) indicated on the corresponding part record. Updating their division in this manner allows them to be accessed again without updating the part record and/or resetting the FAIR.)
   
  • This option is located under a drop-down menu found at the far right of each row on the "View Supplier" page on the First Articles menu.
   
• A new column has been added to the FAIR Portal page: Pass/Fail. It reflects the state of the Pass & Fail checkboxes on each FAIR.
   
• Serial numbers are no longer carried between operations on the Record Measurements page. (This behavior was intended to save labor, but several users informed us that it prevented them from easily changing measurement order or quantity between operations.)
   
• The Record Measurements page, the list of Programs in the Alignments section of the User Management page, and the Index of Part Numbers on FAIR Form 1 have been optimized to prevent inconsistent load times.

2020.10.9

• An APQP Engineer field has been added to the "Part Info" section of the APQP form. Along with the Customer Representative, this user is responsible for reviewing the APQP form, and can receive email notifications when updates are made to the checklist.
   
• Two new columns have been added to the Tool Measurement Report on the Calibration menu: Operator and Work Center.
   

2020.10.2

• FAIRs created by your company can now be excluded from the list of FAIRs on the "View Supplier" First Articles page, as well as from supplier FAIR reports, by toggling an option in the the First Articles Setup section of the Company Setup page.
   
  • Previously, this function was linked to the FAIR Buyoff setting provided for your own company on the Suppliers setup page. This is no longer the case, so internal FAIRs can now be excluded from Supplier FAIR pages and charts without disabling FAIR buy-off.
     

2020.9.25

• A Part Platforms sheet has been added to the data import template used to upload part and feature data. The template is available on the "Add a Part" page, which is accessed through the Part & Feature Setup page on the Quality Management menu. The Part Platforms sheet can be used to edit the list of Platforms associated with uploaded and existing parts.
   
• When an eSource Inspection Record is reset, an email notification is now sent to the user who submitted that record.
   
• The process of printing or downloading a FAIR has been optimized to prevent inconsistent load times.
  
  

2020.9.18

• A new section has been added to the "Part Info" tab of the eSource IR form: Shipping History for Manufacturing Lot Number. This section can be shown on all IRs by toggling the "Enable Shipment History" option on the eSource Preferences page, located in the "eSource Setup" section of the Company Setup page.
   
  • The Shipping History section displays data pertaining to all IRs that have the same Manufacturing Lot Number, Part Number, Supplier, and Customer as the IR being viewed by the user. Only submitted IRs will appear on this list.
   
• A new section has been added to the "Complete and Review" tab of the eSource IR form: Receiving Inspection Information. A receiving number and comments can be provided in this section.
   
  • The Receiving Inspection Information section, located at the bottom of the page, is only visible to the IR's customer, and is only displayed after the IR is submitted.
     
  • A Receiving Number column has also been added to the "View Internal" and "View Supplier" eSource list pages.
   
• Two new columns have been added to the Measurement List Quality Management report: Lot Size and Supplier Codes.

2020.9.4

• A new column has been added to the Supplier Requests page: Requested By User ID.

2020.8.28

• A new filter has been added to the eSource Reports page: To Division.

2020.8.21

• Two new Sampling Plans are now available to be assigned to features: AQL, c = 0 and AQL, c = 0 (modified). These capability-based sampling plans are derived from ASQ H1331 (Zero Acceptance Number Sampling Plans). They can be used to calculate the frequency with which parts in a lot should be sampled given a selected AQL Index, used to specify a "worst tolerable" quality level.
   
• Select All buttons have been added to the Export options available through the Record Measurements page.
   
• A new column has been added to the Measurement List: Measurement Column. It displays the number of the column in which a measurement was entered on the Record Measurements page (or the order in which the measurement was uploaded).

2020.8.14

• Several new columns have been added to the Features tab of parts accessed through the Part & Feature Setup page: Characteristic Designator, Cpk Metric Basis, Designator, Dimension Type, Reference Location, Processes, Setup Comments, and Tolerance Type.
   
• A user can now be designated as an API User through the Applications section of the user's Alignments tab. This prevents the user's credentials from being used to log in to Net-Inspect, while allowing them to be used to publish data from another application.
   

2020.8.7

• A new Inspection Report page, which can be used to print and export measurement data, is now available in the Reports section of the Quality Management menu. To access it, click the Inspection Report option on this page and then select "Inspection Report" from the Report drop-down menu in the top-left of the Measurement List page.
   
  • For more information, please see the Inspection Report knowlegebase page.
   
• An Export option is now available at the top of each measurement column on the Record Measurements page.
   
• The status header shown at the top of eSource Inspection Records has been simplified. It is now displayed on all records, as well as their printouts.
   
• A new column has been added to the View Internal / View Supplier First Articles page: Drawing Number.
   
• FAI Reset Request email notifications now show the specific Customer to which the request was sent by a supplier.
   

2020.7.31

• Part Request email notifications now show the specific Customer and Division to which the request was sent by a supplier.
   
• A Supplier Group column is now available the "View Internal APQP" and "View Supplier" APQP pages, as well as on the APQP Chart available in the Reports section of the APQP menu.
   

2020.7.17

• Several new columns have been added to the View Internal and View Supplier eSource pages:
  • Part Name
  • Part Serial Numbers
  • Nonconformance Quantity
  • Supplier Planning Number
  • Supplier Revision Level
  • Authorization Date
  • Shipment Number
    
    

2020.7.2

• Administrators can now determine which users are able to close a run on the Record Measurements page before all mandatory results have been recorded. The "Manually Close Measurement Runs" option can be set through the Access Control section of the User Management page.
   

2020.6.26

• A new column has been added to the View and Add Tools page on the Calibration menu: Manufacturer.
   
• A new filter has been added to the eTag Analysis report: Operator.
  
  

2020.6.12

• A To-Do List section has been added to the Dashboard. It displays all of the currently active FAIRs that have been assigned to you, or assigned to a Department or Workcenter that you are aligned with.
   
  • Internal FAIRs will be removed from this list after they have been submitted to a customer, while supplier FAIRs are removed upon approval or disapproval.
    
    

2020.6.5

• An Expiration Date can now be assigned to Programs through a new column on the Programs setup menu, located in the "General Setup" section of the Company Setup page.
   
  • Records (e.g., FAIRs) cannot be assigned to an expired program, and users are blocked from viewing any record or technical data whose access is controlled by an expired program or license.
     
• The Department and Workcenter sections of the FAIR Assigned To field can now be disabled through their respective Setup menus on the Company Setup page.
   

2020.5.29

• A Tasks section is now available on all APQP records. Tasks are used to schedule and assign work that needs to be performed on a record, and to notify a corresponding user, department, or workcenter.
   
• Tasks can now be assigned to FAIRs submitted to your company by a supplier.
   
• A configuration option is now available for directing FAIR Reset Request notifications to users aligned with a FAIR's "To Division".
   
• A new column has been added to the internal/supplier eTag list page: Accepted Quantity.
  
  

2020.5.22

• Two new Sampling Plans are now available to be assigned to features: AS13002 - Major and AS13002 - Minor. These capability-based sampling plans are derived from the minimum sampling rates described in the AS13002 aerospace standard for major and minor characteristics, respectively.
   
• Two new columns are now available on the "View Supplier" and "View Internal" First Articles pages: To Division Group and From Division Group. These show the division group(s) that a FAIR's "To Division" and "From Division" belong to.
   
  • These columns are also available as filters on the "FAIR Quantity" and "FAIR Disapproval Quantity" charts, available in the "Reports" section of the First Articles menu.
     

2020.5.8

• A new field has been added to the First Article Inspection Report: Assigned To. This field is used to designate and display the party who is (or was) responsible for a FAIR. Assigning a FAIR to a user, department, or workcenter causes an email notification to be sent to them.
   
  • The Assigned To field is available to both the supplier and the customer of a FAIR until the FAIR is approved. The customer cannot see the user/department/workcenter that the supplier assigned to the FAIR, and vice versa.
     
  • The Assigned To field is designed to be used by a company internally, so it cannot be used to assign a FAIR to a user at another company. (For example, a FAIR's customer can't assign the FAIR to a user at the supplier.)
     
• Two new columns have been added to the "Supplier" section of the FAIR Portal page: Last Twelve Months FPY and Last Month FPY. These columns provide the "first pass yield" of a supplier over a time period (i.e., the percentage of their FAIRs that were approved or conditionally approved during that time frame without ever being disapproved).
   
• A FAIR's Buy-off Status is now displayed at the top of each of its forms. The Reason for FAIR field is also now available in this section of the FAIR, if enabled by the FAIR's customer.
  
  

2020.5.1

• Measurement Device Tracking -- mandatory selection of a tool on the Record Measurements page -- can now be toggled separately for Variable and Attribute features. Now, providing a tool can be Required for variable features and Optional for attributes.
   
  • This setting can be found on the Inspection Preferences menu, located in the Quality Management Setup section of the Company Setup page.

2020.4.10

• The Supplier Requests page now provides an option allowing users to add requested parts.

2020.4.3

• Several new columns have been added to the User Management page: KPC Roles, eSource Roles, ePAR Roles, and APQP Roles.
   
• The ITC Review option has been moved to a new Access and Security menu in the First Articles Setup section of the Company Setup page. It has also been split into two distinct settings: one enabling a FAIR export review process, and another blocking access to FAIR technical data until a Customer is selected on Form 1.

2020.3.20

• When disapproving a Part Request through the Supplier Requests page, "Disapproval Comments" can now be provided. These comments will be shown in the disapproval notification received by the supplier.
   
• A new column has been added to the User Management page: Last Login Date.

2020.3.13

• Two new fields have been added to the eSource Create IR page and the Part Info section of each inspection record: Shipping Quantity and Manufacturing Lot Number.
   
  • The Shipping Quantity field is used to indicate the number of parts being shipped. (The description of the Lot Quantity field has also been updated: this field is instead used to indicate the total number of parts in the manufacturing lot.)
     
  • The Manufacturing Lot Number field can be used to provide a unique identifier for the manufacturing lot(s) involved in the shipment.
     
  • The Shipping Quantity, Lot Quantity, and Manufacturing Lot Number fields can all be toggled on or off, and made required/optional, through the eSource Setup section of the Company Setup page.
     
• Several new columns have been added to the eSource View Internal and View Supplier pages: Shipping Quantity, Manufacturing Lot Number, CAGE Code, and Platform. A Supplier Group column has also been added to only the View Supplier page.
   
  • The CAGE Code column corresponds with a field in the Basic Info section of a part record associated with an IR, and can be used to clarify the identity of a part's manufacturer(s).
     
  • The Platform column's corresponding field is also located in the Basic Info section of each part record. This field, which is used to designate a part as belonging to one or more product categories, can be configured through the Platforms setup page, located in the Quality Management Setup section of the Company Setup page.
     
  • The Supplier Groups column displays the groups assigned to the IR's supplier through the Supplier Group setup page, located in the General Setup section of the Company Setup page.
     
  • See above for explanations of the Shipping Quantity and Manufacturing Lot Number columns.
     
• Rejection comments placed on Form 3 fields by a FAIR's customer are no longer lost after the supplier uses an Excel import template to update the form.
   
• Workflow Name and Workflow Step Description columns have been added to the "Workflow Comments" table shown on eTags and FAIRs.

2020.3.6

• Tool Calibration notifications now show all tools that are coming due or past due for calibration, not just those that are exactly X "Calibration Alert Days" away from their next calibration date.

2020.2.28

• A Customer Comments field is now available for each question on a FAIR Checklist. The FAIR's customer can use this to provide feedback for individual questions.
   
• A FAIR's Reset page now has a History section detailing each instance that the FAIR was reset.
   
• The navigation bar at the very top of each Net-Inspect page now shrinks when the window is too narrow to display all of its options. This makes the navigation bar easier to use on mobile devices.

2020.2.21

• A Customer Part Number field has been added to the Rejection Tag (eTag) form, and a corresponding "Customer Part Number" column has been added to the internal/supplier eTag list page.
   
• There is no longer a limit on the number of Tools that can be exported through the View and Add Tools page.
   
• License program capability has been implemented. See Update 2020.2.14 below for details.

2020.2.14

• A new setting has been added to the Non-Conformance Preference has been added: Enabled pre-control limits. This setting is available through the Quality Management Setup section of the Company Preferences page.
   
  • If enabled, this setting causes pre-control limits to be applied at the 50% tolerance band of all Symmetrical and Bilateral features that don't yet have the number of measurements required to establish their control limits. (Usually <= 20 measurements.)
  • If a user enters a measurement that exceeds 50% of the specification limit on such a feature, then an Out-of-Control-Limits warning will appear, and a corresponding OOC notification will be sent to appropriate users.

• A new type of program called a License can now be assigned to suppliers through the Suppliers setup page, located in the General Setup section of the Company Setup page. Licenses can also be aligned with internal users and parts.
   
  • When creating a new program through the Programs setup page, it can instead be set up as a License.
  • Currently, Licenses provide access to data in Net-Inspect in a manner identical to Programs. In a later update projected for Feb. 21, the following capabilities will be implemented:
     
    • A user that is aligned with a License that has been assigned to a supplier can view any of that supplier's data, regardless of the Programs which the user and data are assigned to.
    • In accounts where enhanced "part-level" access control is enabled, in order to use License access to view supplier data pertaining to a given part number, the same License must be assigned to the part, user, and supplier.
    • Unlike Programs, Licenses cannot be selected and used by your company's suppliers.  

• A new column has been added to the Inspection Report page: Part Revision. It displays the Revision selected when creating a new run through the Record Measurements page.
   
  • The Inspection Report provides a catalog of measurements recorded by your company and its suppliers. It is available through the Reports section of the Quality Management menu.

2020.1.31

• As part of our ongoing improvements to the security of the Net-Inspect software, users will now be asked to provide acknowledgement of Net-Inspect's "Rules of Behavior" when signing in for the first time.
   

2020.1.24

• Companies can now customize the number of concurrent Net-Inspect sessions a user can have open.
   
• Companies can now customize the length of time that a user can remain idle in Net-Inspect before being timed out.
   
• Inactive machines are no longer included in Preventative Maintenance notifications.

2020.1.10

• The selected page and filters on the User Management list are now retained after viewing a user's profile and then clicking the "Return to List" button (or the web browser's Back button).
   
• It is no longer mandatory to provide a Supplier Code when generating a FAIR PO Requirement for a supplier.
   

2019.12.6

• If the Strong Passwords account preference is enabled through the Access Control Company Setup page, then users will now be prohibited from entering any of their 15 most recent passwords. (Previously, only the user's 5 most recent passwords were prohibited.)

2019.11.27

• A warning icon is now shown in the top-right of FAIR Form 3 if it contains unsaved work.
   
• A new column has been added to the Calibration Report page: Tool ID. This information is now distinct from the tool's Serial Number on the Calibration Report as well.
   

2019.11.22

• Attachments uploaded to a FAIR on its Documents page can now be sorted by any column by clicking its column header.
   
  • Users can also now filter the list of documents by Category.

2019.11.15

• The FAIR Cycle Time "Creation to Submission" chart (under FAIR Reports) now displays all submitted FAIRs, even those submitted to a customer without a buyoff procedure enabled. (i.e., FAIR Buyoff setting of "None".)

2019.11.8

• A Division option is now available for FAI Pending Workflow notifications. Enabling this option will cause workflow step notifications to be sent only to users aligned with a FAIR's From Division.
   
• The FAIR Form 2 printout no longer shows blank rows in sections that contain no data.

2019.11.1

• The Record Measurements page has been extensively updated to satisfy common customer requests.
   
  • Features with a "Statistical Sampling" (% Reliability) sampling plan now permit measurements in any field. Net-Inspect still recommends parts for users to measure (white fields), but users may choose to record measurements for optional parts (light blue fields).
     
  • Users can now choose the number of features that are visible on the page at a time. The default setting is now 50 features for modern web browsers.
     
  • Serial numbers may now be provided even for non-serialized parts, to aid in identifying each piece.
     
  • Measurements can now be entered in any order for features with the "100 Percent" sampling plan.
     
  • When all of a feature's measurements have been provided, the entire row now turns green to signify its completion.
   
• The Net-Inspect login page, as well as the "Forgot your Password" and "Forgot Company Name Or User ID?" pages and email templates, have been updated to the new Net-Inspect V5 layout.
   
• The web addresses of pages inside Net-Inspect V5 have changed to a new format, so you may need to update your bookmarks.
   
• The Request an Account form on the Net-Inspect homepage has been updated to conform with new Net-Inspect account security policies.

2019.10.18 (Build 5832)

• Two new fields have been added to the Basic Info page on each part record: Product Safety and Platform. These fields have also been added to the Data Import Template available through the Import section of the Add New Part page.
   
  • The Product Safety field can be used to designate a part as carrying a product safety requirement. By default, this option is set to "No".
     
  • The Platform field can be used to designate a part as belonging to one or more product categories. Platforms can be configured through the Platforms setup page, located in the Quality Management section of the Company Setup page.

2019.10.18 (Build 5828)

• The character limit of the Comments field on the Basic Info page of each tool record has been raised from 500 characters to 1000 characters.

Build 5820 (10/11/2019)

• A new field has been added to the Basic Info page on each part record: CAGE Code. This field (the abbreviated form of "Commercial and Government Entity Code") can be used to clarify the identity of a part's manufacturer(s).
   
  • The field has also been added to the Data Import Template available through the Import section of the Add New Part page.
     

Build 5814 (10/4/2019)

• Two new options have been added to the APQP section: View Internal Elements and View Supplier Elements.
   
  • These pages provide detailed information about the individual elements on each APQP record, with the exception of the PSW, whose information can instead be found on the View Internal PSW and View Supplier PSW pages.
     
• On all APQP section "list" pages, the Part Number and Key Code columns now allow users to filter by multiple entries at the same time. (Press the Enter key to confirm each part number or key code, then continue providing additional entries as needed before clicking the Filter button.
   
• A Key Code Name field has been added to the Part Info section of the APQP form. This field is optional, and can be enabled in the Additional Fields section of the APQP Setup page (located under Company Setup).

Build 5808 (9/27/2019)

• The Preventative Maintenance Checks page (available on the Machine Management menu) now shows all maintenance checks that are due, not just those are due this week.
   
• The Preventative Maintenance Checks page is now limited to showing 20 maintenance checks at a time by default.
   
  • This update is intended to improve the page's responsiveness in rare cases where 1000+ maintenance checks are scheduled at once.
     
• Labels indicating the status of a record are now shown the APQP and PSW list pages.

Build 5795 (9/13/2019)

• Email notifications that concern user deactivation, user access monitoring, and password expiration have been restyled to match Net-Inspect V5's format.

Build 5791 (9/6/2019)

• FAIR rejection comments now have a 1000-character limit, raised from 250.
   
• The Last Calibration Date listed for a measurement tool on the View and Add Tools page is now based on the date entered by the user during calibration, rather than the date the calibration measurements were actually recorded.

Build 5788 (8/30/2019)

• The Op. # field on FAIR Form 3 is now visible while the form is in "View Mode". The field can now be seen by Customer users viewing the form.
   
• A "General" Notifications category has been added. It currently contains only the Tasks Due notification, which determines which users receive Tasks assigned to a Department or Workcenter.
   
• A "Test Data" document category is now available to assign to attachments.

Build 5782 (8/23/2019)

New Net-Inspect feature: Tasks
 

• Tasks can be used to assign, describe, and schedule work in Net-Inspect for any user, Department, or Workcenter to carry out.
   
  • A Task can only be edited or carried out by its assignee or creator.
     
• The master Tasks page can be accessed by clicking the Tasks button in the top-right of the Dashboard page, or by choosing the View my Tasks option from your profile menu in the far top-right of any page.
   
  • A list of your Tasks is also available in the Upcoming Tasks section of your Dashboard.
     
• Tasks can optionally be assigned to any FAIR or eTag through its Workflows/Tasks tab -- just click the "Tasks" option in the top-left of this section.
   
  • This can also be done through the Tasks page, though it is not necessary to associate a Task with a FAIR/eTag entity.
     
• An email notification is sent to a task's assignee when the Task is created, and when its status or Assignee changes. Periodic emails are also sent out to remind users of Tasks that are coming due within the next week, and on the day when a Task is scheduled to begin.
   

Build 5778 (8/16/2019)

• The Disposition Date of an eTag discrepancy can now be edited. Previously, the entry always reflected the date at the moment of entry.
   
• Users are now asked for confirmation when deleting a row from the Index of Part Numbers on Form 1, the list of Materials/Processes/Inspections or Functional Test Procedures on Form 2, or Characteristics on Form 3 of a First Article Inspection Report.
   
• The Measurement Tool column on the Inspection Report page has been split into two separate columns: Tool Type and Tool ID.

Build 5771 (8/9/2019)

• There is no longer a limit on the number of APQP records that can be exported through the View Internal APQP and View Supplier APQP list pages.
   
• There is no longer a limit on the number of PSW records that can be exported through the View Internal PSW and View Supplier PSW list pages.
   
• Additional details are available for several data types in the Access History section of the User Management page.

Build 5768 (8/2/2019)

• Two new columns have been added to the "Features" sheet of the Data import template: GDT Callout and Group.
   
  • The GDT Callout format used by the data import template maps common GD&T symbols to keyboard characters. Contact the Net-Inspect Helpdesk for a copy of the GD&T font and a list of keyboard mappings.
     
• The Comments field on the "Form 2 - Cont." sheet of the FAIR import template has been moved to improve compatibility with 3rd party software. Please download a new copy of the template, as the Comments field will be ignored on copies that you downloaded prior to this update.
   
• A Disapproved FAIR can now be reset by its Customer. This allows the customer to remove a FAIR from their queue at any point after its submission.
   
• The Last PSW Due Date column on the APQP "View Internal" list is now mapped to the Due Date of the PSW element on the APQP record's Elements page. Previously, it was mapped to the Due Date field of the record's most recent PSW.
   
• Logging out of your Net-Inspect account twice in succession, or while already logged into another account, no longer causes an error to occur.
   

Build 5757 (7/26/2019)

• A Multi-level Step Disapproval option is now available for FAIR and eTag workflows. It can be toggled through the Workflow setup page, located in the "General Setup" section of the Company Setup page.
   
  • When enabled for a workflow, this option allows a user to disapprove and return the workflow back to any previous step, provided that they have access to the current step.
     
• Workflow step names and descriptions are now provided on all eTag and FAIR workflow notifications.

Build 5750 (7/19/2019)

• A Division column is now provided in each FAIR's Customer Workflow Comments section.
   
  • FAIRs submitted to multiple customer Divisions also now display comments belonging to all of these divisions, and not just the currently selected division.
     
• Customer-defined Additional Fields on an APQP record can now be edited by the customer after the Elements page has been signed.

Build 5743 (7/12/2019)

• The Supplier Tree page, available on the First Articles menu, now displays unlinked FAIRs.
   
• Two new columns have been added to the ITC Review page on the First Articles menu: Supplier and Supplier Code.

Build 5736 (7/3/2019)

• Customers can now set up an Approved Supplier Users List. This option is found in the Suppliers section of the General Setup menu, located on the Company Setup page.
   
  • If this option is enabled, then only supplier users listed on the page may access technical data assigned to your company.
     
  • If an email address added to the list matches a user at the specified supplier, then that user will automatically be granted access to your technical data.
     
  • If a user at a supplier is provided with an email address that is already on your Approved Supplier Users list, then they will automatically be granted access to your technical data.
     
• A "Workflow Step" secondary category has been added to the FAIR Cycle Time charts available in the Reports section of the First Articles menu.

Build 5733 (6/28/2019)

• Customers now have the option of setting up Internal-only Divisions that are not available to their suppliers.
   
• Companies using Part-level Access Control now have the option of enabling access to technical data only on the basis of Programs, rather than both Programs and Divisions.
   
• Tooltips are now available on the FAIR Form 3 Designed/Qualified Tooling and Nonconformance Number fields.
   
  • Users can view a field's full contents hovering their mouse cursor over it.
     

Build 5730 (6/21/2019) 

• APQP records can now be linked to internal FAIRs, as well as FAIRs belonging to archived and associated companies
   
• It is now possible to set up users with access to view, but not update, settings on the Company Preferences page.
   
• Inactive users who attempt to reset their password are now provided with steps for reactivating their User ID.
   
• Three new columns are available on the FAIR Statistics Report: Total Characteristics, Failed Characteristics, and Completed Characteristics. They can be included on the report by marking the "Include Characteristic Counts" checkbox on the list of filters.
   
• KPC forms, Management Forms, and Gage Suitability Packages now support Divisions for PO-Part Producers and KPC Producers.
   
• The KPC, Management Form, and Gage Suitability Packages List pages now recall selected columns between visits.

Build 5728 (6/14/2019) 

• An Acceptance Tests solution has been soft-released to a limited number of customers.
   
  • If enabled, a separate list of "acceptance test features" can be set up for any part number. Multiple acceptance tests can be created per feature number.
     
  • Acceptance test features can be "retested" at any time -- the same acceptance test can be performed more than once.
     
  • Once all acceptance tests have been performed for a part, a user can "Sign off" the part by providing a Final Serial Number.
     
• Both Features and Acceptance Test Features can now be mirrored to an existing part record.
   
  • This option is now available through the Mirror Part page, found under the Add New Part button on the Part & Feature Setup page. It can also be accessed through a menu attached to the Add Feature button on each part record's Features menu.
     
• The Machine Management Preventative Maintenance page is now available to users with only the Operator User Type. (Previously, these users could only access the Record Measurements page.)
   
• Two new columns have been added to the APQP List pages: Next Element Due and Next Element Due Date. These columns display the name and due date of the next Required element on an APQP/PPAP checklist which has not yet been submitted by the Supplier.
   
• A Part Request can now be initiated through Form 1 of a FAIR when selecting a Customer or updating a part number.
   
• A customer Division can now be selected when submitting a Part Request.
   
  • "Division" and "Division Groups" columns have been added to the Supplier Requests page.

Build 5721 (6/7/2019) 

• The Run Number of a run/job can now be edited through the Record Measurements page.
   
  • Select "Modify Results" under the Tools button in the top-right of the page to open the Run Number field for editing.
     
• A feature's Description and Units fields can now be edited at any time. Previously, these fields were inaccessible after the feature had 21 recorded measurements.
   
• There is no longer a limit on the number of eTag records that can be exported through the Rejection Tags (eTags) list.
   
• A "Bubble Number" column has been added each part's Features menu, as well as to the Features Report and Inspection Report.
   
• A Shipping Date column has been added to the list of inspection records available through the View Internal and View Supplier pages on the eSource menu.
   
• Customers can now select a Default Program for their suppliers to choose on their FAIRs. If enabled for a program by the customer, then that program will be automatically selected when a supplier begins a FAIR for that customer through the Create FAIR page.