Quality Assurance

Unit Verification

When all test data is readily available, you can instantly check if a given unit has been tested as required. With the help of Unit Verification Rules, you can be sure that no product leaves the factory or supplier unless all tests are performed in the correct order and passed. Advanced organizations can also programmatically design strict manufacturing processes to reduce the possibility of human error during manufacturing with the Workflow Module.*

*WATS Workflow Module is currently only available for on-premise installations.

Monitor your test policy

Excessive product retesting is an unfortunate situation that costs companies a lot of money. This problem exists both in in-house manufacturing and outsourced. This is usually because  of an inability to use data to improve the test systems, and is allowed to continue because the extent of retesting remains unknown. By understanding the specific performance of test equipment, you can easily remove the trivial causes of test failures, improving test equipment efficiency and manufacturing output. You can also quickly gauge the frequency of retesting and evaluate if additional corrective actions are necessary.

Optimize Test Coverage

A product test is only as good as its coverage. Unfortunately, this coverage is not always scientifically determined. Test limits are often determined based on ideal component specifications and experience. Very often, these test limits are deployed as-is, with little or no adjustments. Simply put, this can cause false failures.

However, this can also lead to test limits that are so forgiving that they allow faulty products to pass through undetected. WATS gives you the ability to analyze these trends so that you can make informed decisions on updating test software and test limits – stopping poor-quality products from leaving your factory.

Learn why traditional Statistical Process Control may be obsolete to monitor electronics manufacturing.

RMA/Warranty Analysis

Units returned from the field represent the biggest cost for manufacturers when dealing with failures introduced during design or manufacturing. By having full traceability of the origin of a product, you can also understand what took place during the manufacture of individual units or groups of units, which might have caused them to fail later. 

After introducing WATS, we have seen customers reporting an astonishing 97% decrease in warranty claims.

Asset Management

Keeping track of the maintenance status of your test equipment goes beyond simple calibration data management. An Automated Test Equipment rack contains multiple instruments, interfaces, and connections. All of which have different calibration intervals, cleaning intervals, and pin-replacement intervals. WATS helps you design the detailed maintenance specification of your test components and translate test reports into usage data. You get quick and easy access to the complete maintenance status of all your test assets.