# Kanoa Quality

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Kanoa Quality is the Kanoa MES Solution for **digital quality checks, compliance workflows, and statistical quality analysis**. It’s designed to replace paper check sheets and disconnected spreadsheets with an operator-friendly system that’s **easy to implement and hard to overlook**.

Kanoa Quality is an add-on Solution and **requires Kanoa Ops** for consistent production execution context (assets, orders, shifts, and events), so quality records stay tied to the real conditions that produced them.

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## What Kanoa Quality includes

Kanoa Quality combines two things:

1) **Quality workflow management** (forms, dispatching, execution, signoffs)  
2) **Quality analytics** (compliance performance + SPC and data analysis)

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## Quality management capabilities

| Feature | Description | Reference links |
|---|---|---|
| **Forms & Check Sheets** | Check Sheets are the core building block of Kanoa Quality. Each Check Sheet defines the required data, operator instructions, tolerances/limits, associated assets/items, and approval requirements—think of it as a digital replacement for a paper form. | <ul><li><a href="/kanoa-quality/checkSheets">Creating Checks</a></li><li><a href="/kanoa-quality/entering-checks">Entering Checks</a></li></ul> |
| **Dispatching & Scheduling** | Dispatch checks on a timed schedule or based on production conditions such as product change, shift change, mode change, manual trigger, or custom scripting—then track completion and compliance.| <ul><li><a href="/kanoa-quality/checkSheets#check-sheet-triggers">Check Sheet Triggers</a></li></ul> |
| **Operator execution** | Operators are guided through checks with instructions and real-time validation so the right data is captured consistently on the shop floor. | <ul><li><a href="/kanoa-quality/entering-checks">Entering Checks</a></li></ul> |
| **Manual & automatic data collection** | Capture data manually through forms, or automatically from PLCs, databases, and other sources using Ignition connectivity. Kanoa also supports calculated checks and derived values for more advanced quality logic. | <ul><li><a href="/kanoa-quality/entering-checks">Entering Checks</a></li><li><a href="/kanoa-quality/attributes#data-sources">Configuring Attribute Data Sources</a></li><li><a href="/kanoa-quality/checkSheets#check-item-settings---calculator">Calculated Checks</a></li></ul> |
| **Tolerance management** | Configure engineering limits and control limits and provide immediate feedback to operators when measurements violate expectations. | <ul><li><a href="/kanoa-quality/attributes#tolerances">Configuring Attribute Tolerances</a></li></ul> |
| **Signoff & approval workflows** | Configure checks to require signoff or approval by qualified personnel, enabling controlled release and compliance-driven review. | <ul><li><a href="/kanoa-quality/checkSheets#check-sheet-settings">Check Sheet Settings</a></li></ul> |
| **Image capture and attachments** | Attach images from a phone, tablet, or desktop to quality checks to support evidence capture and audit readiness.| <ul><li><a href="/kanoa-quality/checkSheets#check-item-settings---general">Check Item Settings</a></li></ul> |
| **Compliance visibility** | Quality teams can monitor what checks are pending, due, in progress, complete, or late, and analyze adherence to required checks by shift/asset/check sheet.| <ul><li><a href="/kanoa-quality/checkSummary">Check Summary</a></li></ul> |
| **SPC & data analysis** | Built-in analysis tools including SPC and histograms. Run Nelson/WECO/custom statistical rules, highlight violations, and filter outliers/junk data to focus on actionable signals. | <ul><li><a href="/kanoa-quality/checkDetails">Analyzing Check Details &amp; SPC</a></li></ul> |

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## How Quality works in Kanoa (high level)

- **Create Check Sheets**: define required fields, instructions, tolerances/limits, and approval requirements.
- **Dispatch checks**: schedule by time or trigger by production conditions/events, then track compliance through dashboards and performance analysis.
- **Take checks**: collect data automatically (via Ignition connectivity) or manually through operator entry with validation and guidance.
- **Analyze results**: review detail analysis (including SPC) and summarize compliance performance across checks, shifts, assets, and departments.