BCT Inspector - Quality Management

BCT Inspector identifies, labels and extracts (critical) design characteristics, giving them unique characteristic identifiers over the entire lifecycle of the part.

BCT Inspector facilitates the extraction of valuable knowledge from virtual product development. Thanks to the integration with PLM, this can be made available company-wide and integrated directly into the quality management processes.

The inclusion of both 2D data and 3D model information allows a smooth migration without data loss from a conventional drawing-oriented working method to a future completely 3D model-oriented extraction of data for quality management.

Potential error sources are eliminated, time effort is reduced to a minimum.

The integration of the BCT Inspector data with the quality management solution Teamcenter Quality as well as Opcenter Quality from Siemens Digital Industries Software represents an ideal complement. This results in a holistic solution that integrates quality management throughout the company's processes and exploits the optimization potential: Development processes can be accelerated and teamwork optimized.

21%

Successful New Product Introduction (NPI)

27%

Reduction of Cost of Poor Quality for Internal Processes

10%

Reduction of Cost of Poor Quality for External Processes

Deploying a standard EQMS System (Electronic Quality Management System) will bring a potential impact in terms of benefits in the above listed areas.
Source : LNS Research 2016 Quality Management in the Board Room: Building the Executive Business Case for EQMS

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Requirements of Quality Management

The requirements of quality management define the process for inspection planning. Planning cycles must be kept as short as possible to keep development costs low.

Characteristics are the key!

The process is simple. However, the work involved can be very time consuming, error prone, and as a result, very costly.

Characteristics must be easily and clearly identifiable

The design department creates the drawing and model, which are the source for the characteristics needed in quality management. The individual design characteristics are identified and numbered for inspection planning. The inspection planner creates the inspection planning based on the ballooned characteristics. The collected information can be reused in many areas:

Generation of (First Article) Inspection reports
Identification of design changes
Seamless transfer of data towards Electronic Quality Management Systems (EQMS) for further use, e.g. Siemens Teamcenter Quality / Opcenter Quality
Other reuse

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But how to get this very important data the quickest and easiest way?

How is the ballooning of the characteristics done and by whom?
Does the designer know which data is relevant for inspection planning?
And what happens when design changes come into play?
How is it ensured that all changes can be transparently traced?
Have all changes been documented as required?
Does the inspection planner have the latest revision of the design or is he possibly even working with outdated data?
How can the cooperation between the departments be simplified?
What if characteristic numbers were assigned twice or characteristics critical for inspection planning were not ballooned at all?

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"We have clearly become faster, but this is not only thanks to the IT tools we use, but also to better cooperation between different areas."

Dr. Ralf Mayer
Head of R&D and IP
Jos. Schneider Optische Werke GmbH

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"BCT Inspector appealed to me immediately because it offered a solution to our problem with continuous ballooning of features across revision levels."

Olaf Pforte
Head of Quality Management
Bernina International AG

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"The seamless integration in Teamcenter allows us to manage the BCT Inspector data in a CAQ-ltem and to revise it independently from the drawing."

Philemon Handschin
Associate Director IT
Zimmer Switzerland Manufacturing GmbH

Key Features

Ballooning of Drawings and 3D Models
Revision Comparison for Design Change Identification
Generation of Inspection Reports
Opcenter / Teamcenter Quality Integration
Integration of Quality Management and Suppliers
Smooth collaboration with quality management and suppliers: BCT Inspector provides a technical data package containing all relevant data for exchange with suppliers in manufacturing and quality management:
- Complete table of characteristics
- NX drawings in neutral format
- Reference to JT PMI model
- Independent of CAD system
Unique feature numbers throughout the lifecycle of a part support collaboration between OEMs and suppliers.

Case Study

BCT Inspector at Siemens Mobility.

Integrated BCT solutions in Siemens NX, Teamcenter and Opcenter Quality reduce the complexity of inspection planning.

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Case Study

Implementation of Quality Standards.

With BCT Inspector BERNINA is able to close the gap between design, production and quality department.

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Large optimization effects through small measures

Jos. Schneider Optische Werke GmbH automated inspection plan generation and saves up to 50% of the time.

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Reduced workload

Automatic ballooning saves time and errors and results in faster time-to-market.

Clear traceability

Unique ballooning of each feature throughout its lifecycle and change tracking feature.

Less error costs

Early identification of errors reduces errors and avoids higher costs.

Improved collaboration

Access to up-to-date revision history across departments significantly improves collaboration.

Change identification - Active Workspace and NX

This video shows what ballooning of models in Teamcenter Active Workspace looks like. You can see all characteristic data generated by BCT Inspector. Changes in drawings and models are automatically identified and can be displayed in both graphical and tabular interface.

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Generation of (first article) inspection reports

Automated (First Article) Inspection Reports according to company and industry standard (e.g. AS9102), with a comprehensive output of data for manufacturing and quality departments, allows a CAD-independent visualization of inspection characteristic lists.

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Integration in Opcenter Quality

The inspection planning data generated by BCT Inspector can be further used in Quality Management Systems. Opcenter Quality brings higher integration between processes, global user groups and manufacturers to suppliers. Opcenter Quality is a process-oriented, modular system that supports the closed-loop quality product lifecycle, managing complexities for planning, control and monitoring of processes and corporate quality.

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