Quality management is more than recording inspection results. When a deviation occurs, the system can raise a non-conformance, hold the affected unit, and keep the entire history in a record that can be verified.
Out of spec raises a non-conformance and holds the unit. Every batch traces forward or backward, and every signature can be verified.
Today Deviations are caught at the weekly meeting.
With VECHR MES Out of spec triggers a non-conformance and an automatic hold.
Today A recall means days of digging.
With VECHR MES Genealogy traces any batch forward or backward in seconds.
Today Records can be edited without a trace.
With VECHR MES Hash-chained signatures make any change visible.
Every deviation has a clear process from start to finish. Only the legal next states are offered, and every status change is recorded.
| Stage | What happens |
|---|---|
| Open | Recorded by an operator, or created automatically when a data collection result falls outside specification. |
| Under review | The team triages severity, the non-conformance code, and the affected units. |
| Investigation | The root cause is traced and supporting evidence is recorded on the same record. |
| Disposition | Decide the action: use as-is, rework, reprocess, scrap or reject. The deciding user and the time are recorded. |
| Closed | The non-conformance is closed, and its entire history remains in the audit trail. |
A minor non-conformance can skip straight to Disposition. Non-conformance codes sit in a tree of groups that can be scoped per plant.
A Signature Meaning states what a signature means. A Signature Requirement sets how many signatures are needed, and from whom, in one or more slots.
| Attached to | What it gates |
|---|---|
| A step (Specification) | Move Out of that step, enforced on the server. |
| An order (Routing) | Batch release of the order, enforced on the operator screen. |
| A maintenance task | Completion of the work order, with its own signature trail. |
Non-conformance dispositions are not e-signed yet. The deciding user and the time are recorded instead.
One report brings together everything recorded about a unit. It exports as a signed, tamper-evident batch record.
What QA and compliance teams usually want settled first.
No. If a data collection result falls outside specification, the system can raise a non-conformance automatically. At critical severity, the affected unit goes on hold immediately.
No. The audit trail is designed append-only, so it provides no edit or delete path. That is part of the system design, not a permission that can be reconfigured.
From the finished product back to the raw material lots used, including through splits and merges, and then forward again to the destinations or units that consumed that material.