30 July | 2 MIN READ
Quality Inspection Software for Manufacturing: How to Choose the Right Solution
Still searching for the right quality inspection software? Let’s make it easier.
In today’s highly competitive manufacturing landscape, small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) are under increasing pressure to deliver high-quality products while keeping costs under control. Yet, many still rely on outdated, manual quality inspection processes that are prone to errors, inefficiencies, and hidden costs.
Unlike large enterprises, SMBs often lack the resources for complex, on-premise quality systems. What they need is a solution that is:
- Scalable without heavy infrastructure investment.
- Easy to deploy and maintain.
- Cost-effective with fast time-to-value.
Meet ATS Inspect: Smarter Quality Inspections for Manufacturers
Choosing the right software for quality inspection can feel overwhelming. The ideal solution should deliver consistent, reliable results while being flexible enough to adapt to your shop floor.
That’s why we created ATS Inspect, a visual quality inspection platform designed specifically for modern manufacturing environments.
What is ATS Inspect?
ATS Inspect is a powerful Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) quality inspection platform that helps manufacturers digitally manage and improve their quality control processes. With ATS Inspect, operators can perform guided visual inspections, easily capture defects during production, and document rework activities – all in real time.
As a SaaS solution, it eliminates the need for local servers, reduces IT overhead, and enables scalability. With a wide range of out-of-the-box reports, you gain immediate insights into defect trends and root causes, empowering data-driven decisions and continuous improvement. This supports targeted actions to resolve root causes, ultimately reducing the number of defects and lowering production costs.
How Does ATS Inspect Work?
ATS Inspect enables inspections to be performed directly on digital twins of the products being checked. Operators on the shop floor can easily record defects by interacting with text buttons or by marking issues on 2D and 3D images (all from a tablet or PC). For even greater flexibility, ATS Inspect offers an Android app that lets users answer checklist questions and complete repair actions right on the go (soon, defect recording will be added to the app as well!).
Beyond manual inputs, ATS Inspect integrates seamlessly with various production and testing equipment. This allows automatic collection and storage of key production data, test results, and measurement values, creating a comprehensive quality record that supports better analysis and decision-making.
Where Does ATS Inspect Make the Biggest Impact?
ATS Inspect is a versatile solution designed for any industry with inspection requirements. However, its ideal market is within the discrete manufacturing sector, where quality inspection is critical. Key industries include:
- Automotive: Digital inspection software tailored for automotive quality control, visual inspections, and car inspection processes.
- Aerospace & Defence: Specialized software for aerospace & defence parts inspection.
- Medical Device: Inspection software designed to meet the stringent quality standards of healthcare and medical device manufacturing.
Whether you’re managing the complexity of High Mix-Low Volume (like Aero-engines) or the speed of Low Mix High Volume (like passenger cars), ATS Inspect helps you maintain the highest quality standards without compromise.
How Does ATS Inspect Reduce the Cost of Quality (CoQ)?
The Cost of Quality (CoQ) covers all expenses related to prevention, appraisal, and failure, both internal and external. ATS Inspect tackles each of these areas to help you lower your overall quality costs:
- Prevention: Standardized digital inspections reduce variability and training time, setting your team up for success from the start.
- Appraisal: Real-time data collection and visualization improve inspection accuracy, catching issues before they escalate.
- Internal Failures: Early defect detection prevents rework and scrap, saving time and resources.
- External Failures: Root cause analysis tools reduce customer complaints and warranty claims, protecting your brand reputation.
The result? Fewer defects, faster response times, and a significant reduction in your total Cost of Quality.
Example of # of defects tracked when going from paper to digital
ROI That Speaks for Itself
If you’re wondering about the return on investment, SMBs using ATS Inspect typically experience impressive results, including a 30-50% reduction in defect rates and a significant drop in rework and scrap costs. Beyond cost savings, businesses benefit from improved customer satisfaction and enhanced brand reputation. Plus, audits and compliance reporting become faster and more efficient.
And because ATS Inspect is a SaaS solution, the initial investment is low, and the payback period is short – making it a smart choice for growing manufacturers.
ATS Inspect’s Core Features at a Glance
ATS Inspect offers a range of powerful features designed to streamline and enhance your quality inspection processes:
- Intuitive Inspection with a rich user-friendly interface: Operators can interact directly with 3D CAD models imported from your PLM system, rotating the model and digitally marking defects exactly where they occur.
- Highly configurable framework to fit any inspection workflow: The easy drag-and-drop editor lets users create and modify inspection workflows, including checklists and reference documents, quickly and effortlessly, significantly reducing setup time.
- Integration with all existing systems, tools, and instruments: ATS Inspect connects directly with shop floor cameras, sensors, gauges, and meters, allowing automatic transfer and accurate recording of inspection data.
- Real-time reporting, analysis, and alert triggers: Access advanced drill-down reports, trend analysis, and business intelligence tools. Live data can be shared instantly with the right teams, enabling prompt action and informed decision-making.
To support those who choose ATS Inspect during implementation and ongoing operations, we provide dedicated support during your office hours. Optionally, we can provide extended support up to 24/7.
Whether you’re planning to deploy to a full site or planning to start on a single line or station and expand, ATS Inspect SaaS grows with your business. You get enterprise-grade quality control without the enterprise-level complexity.
What Makes ATS Inspect Stand Out
What sets ATS Inspect apart from other manufacturing quality inspection solutions is its unmatched accuracy in defect entry, smooth integration with both shop floor equipment and business systems, powerful gatekeeping functionality, and flexible, detailed checklists – all in one platform. Another standout capability is the dynamic inclusion of inspection views and questions based on build or option codes, allowing inspections to adapt in real time to product configurations. While most tools offer only a few of these features, ATS Inspect brings them all together to deliver smarter, more complete quality control.
Curious how ATS Inspect could work for your business? Let’s connect!
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