How it works

Capture the issue, then work the case

Raise the issue on the line, tied to the production record it came from. Attach photos, reports and records as evidence, and save the case as a draft if you need to finish it later.

  • Issue raised, Weld Line 1Linked to WO-118363
  • 2 issues waiting, Weld Line 1

Issue capture

Raise the issue right where the work is

Capture the issue on the line, tied to the production record it came from, and the case keeps that link. Alerts show what’s still waiting on someone, and you can open any issue to see its full history.

  • Capture the issue on the line, with the record it belongs to
  • Alerts surface the issues still waiting on someone
  • Open an issue to see its history and the case it became
  • Carried from issue Case title Part, asset Work order Suspect population

New case

Turn an issue into an open case

A guided wizard carries the issue across, so the case starts with the problem statement and evidence already attached. Save a draft and come back later. You don’t have to finish a case in one sitting.

  • A guided wizard creates the case from the issue
  • Save a draft and finish the case later
  • Attach photos, reports, and records as evidence
  • Countermeasures verified2 of 5
  • 3 causes still unanswered

Causes and countermeasures

Group the causes, then answer each one

Group the causes on a fishbone by category, then state the target condition you want once the issue is fixed. Record a countermeasure against each cause it answers, so nothing gets marked fixed without something to show for it.

  • Fishbone causes grouped by category on the case
  • Target conditions that state the condition you want
  • Countermeasures recorded against the causes they answer
  • Cases by stage CASE-0421, Weld Line 1 Investigating CASE-0433, Paint Booth 2 Open CASE-0407, Assembly Line 1 Countermeasures

Case board

See every case on one board

Cases move stage by stage and the board shows where each one sits right now. See what’s waiting on somebody, switch to the case list, or open the one dashboard that covers every case at your site.

  • A kanban board by stage, or the case list
  • Stage transitions recorded as the case moves
  • One dashboard across every case at the site
  • CASE-0357, bore above specclosed, root cause tooling

Investigation assistant

Find how this cause was answered before

The assistant reads the documents attached to your case and looks up how a similar cause was answered before, using the Knowledge Library. It runs inside a call, turn and time budget, then stops.

  • Reads the documents attached to the case
  • Retrieves prior causes and countermeasures from the Knowledge Library
  • Runs under call, turn, and time budgets, then stops
  • Closure criteria Containment held Root cause confirmed Countermeasures signed
  • Lesson learned logged

Close-out

Close the case and keep the lesson

Write the lesson learned right on the case before you close it. The audit trail keeps every stage change, action and edit alongside it. The dashboard keeps a running count of what’s open, in progress and closed.

  • Lessons learned recorded on the case itself
  • An audit entry for every stage change and edit
  • Dashboard counts of open, in progress, and closed cases

What a quality engineer sees from issue to closed case

    • Carried from issue Problem statement Evidence attached Work order WO-118363 Draft saved
    • CASE-0362 opened

    The wizard carries the issue straight into a case.

    A guided wizard carries the problem statement and its evidence across, so the case starts already filled in. Save it as a draft and finish the rest later.

    See the case wizard
    • CASE-0362 stages Open Investigating Countermeasures Closed

    A case moves stage by stage until it closes.

    The board shows exactly where each case sits right now, so nothing waits on somebody without anyone noticing. Close it out and the lesson learned gets written on the case itself.

    See the case board

FAQ

Bring the issue nobody has closed.

30 minutes on your open issue and how the Investigation Engine takes it from cause to closed case.