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October29,2013
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KeerthiP
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1.Introduction
This Blog describes the Quality Control of Geochemical
Samples in Mining Industry and the terminology related. Very
often in the mining industry, there are various physical,
chemical, acid and other tests that are to be conducted to
assessthequalityofthemetalores.Duetothevolatilenature
of the various materials such Iron Ore, Phosphorus Ore etc.,,
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2.TerminologyUsedinQuality
Analysis(MiningIndustry)
2.1.PointofAnalysis
OriginAnalysis:
QualityresultsarecheckedattheMiningsite
DestinationAnalysis:
QualityresultsarecheckedattheDestination/Customer
site
Negotiation:
Qualityresultsaresometimesdecidedbynegotiating
betweenMiningCompany&Customer.(Dependsonthe
Agreementsbetweentwoparties)
2.2.PartiesconductingtheAnalysis
Client:
QualityresultsarecheckedbytheMiningCompany
Independent:
QualityresultsarecheckedbytheIndependentVendor
(decidedbybothMiningCompany&Customer)
Umpire:
QualityresultsarecheckedbytheThirdParty
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Customer:
QualityresultsarecheckedbytheCustomer
2.3.GeographicalLocation/TestingLaboratory
Location/Laboratory:
Analysisconductedataparticulargeographicalplaceor
location.Forexample,Laboratory,Oman,NewYorketc.,
3.MiningIndustryRequirement
Asthequalityparametervaluesvaryfrequently,manyatimes,
thequalityanalysisiscarriedoutisdifferentiatedbasedonthe
Geographicallocation,Time&thepartyconductingthetests.Due
tothesereasons,manyresultsarerecordedforthesame
characteristic.Inordertoaccommodatetheserequirementsin
SAPQualityManagementmodule,theOriginofResultsDatacan
beused.Thisconceptavoidscreatingmultiplecharacteristicsfor
thesamequalityparameterthatistobechecked.Moreover,in
MiningIndustry,theinvoicingandbillingdependsonqualityof
theminingmaterial.Forexample,fortheMaterialOrewithless
moisturepercentageisinvoicedwithlesscostwhencomparedto
theMaterialOrewithmoremoisturepercentage.Thiscanbe
addressedusingtheOriginofResultsData.
4.SignificanceofOriginofResults
Data
Theresultsoriginentrydefinesthesourceofinformation.This
canbeassignedtothecharacteristicintheInspectionPlanorin
theResultsrecordingscreen.Aslongastheinspection
characteristichasthestatusinprocess,resultsoriginduring
resultsrecordingcanbespecified.
5.ConfigurationRequiredinSAP
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NavigationPath:SPRO>QualityManagement>Quality
Inspection>ResultsRecording>DefineOriginsofResults
Data
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OriginofResultsData
ShortText
Z1
OriginClientAnalysis
Z2
OriginIndependentAnalysis
Z3
OriginUmpireAnalysis
Z4
OriginCustomerAnalysis
Z5
DestinationClientAnalysis
Z6
DestinationIndependentAnalysis
Z7
DestinationUmpireAnalysis
Z8
DestinationCustomerAnalysis
Z9
NegotiatedClientandCustomerAnalysis
ZA
OmanMainLaboratory
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ZB
OmanSupportingLaboratory
ZC
OmanExternalLaboratory
5.1.DetailedExplanationofConfiguredvalues
IntheOriginofResultsdataconfigured,Z1toZ8are
analysisvalueswithreferencetothePartiesconductingthe
Test(Client/Independent/Umpire/Customer)andthePoint
ofAnalysis(Origin/Destination)
Z9referstothenegotiatedvaluebetweenClientandthe
Customer
ZAtoZBarethevalueswithreferencetoGeographical
location(OmanLab)
Inadditiontothedescriptionoftheresultsorigin,data
sourcefortheinspectionresultsalsocanbeselectedinthe
configuration
6.SAPScenario
BelowisthescenariodemonstratedforusageofOriginofResults
Data.
6.1.MasterData
6.1.1.MasterInspectionCharacteristic
CreateMasterInspectionCharacteristicMasterusing
TransactioncodeQS21
Ironcontent(Fe)isconsideredinthebelowexamplewith
Quantitativecharacteristic
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6.1.2.InspectionPlanResultofOrigin
assignment
CreateInspectionPlanusingTransactioncodeQP01.
AssignMasterInspectioncharacteristicfortheOperation.
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SingleMasterInspectioncharacteristic(Fe)isassignedto
assessthesamecharacteristicatvariousportsorat
differentpointoftimeetc.,
SelectMasterInspectioncharacteristicandClickonGeneral
DataDetails
AssignOriginResultsDataZ1OriginClientAnalysis
fortheCharacteristicasshownbelow.
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Similarly,assignOriginResultsDataZ2Origin
IndependentAnalysisfortheCharacteristic20asshown
below.
AfterassigningtheOriginresultsdataforallthe
characteristics,savetheinspectionplan.Messagewillbe
displayedasbelow.
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6.2.TransactionSteps
6.2.1.InspectionLotcreation
CreateInspectionLotusingTransactionQA01(Inspection
Type01isusedinthebelowexample).
EnterQuantitydetails&assignInspectionPlan.
6.2.2.ResultsRecording
RecordtheresultsforthecharacteristicusingQA02/QE51N
transaction
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IntheRecordResults:CharacteristicOverviewscreen,we
canobservethattheresultisrecordedforthesame
characteristicwithdifferentOriginResultsData.
7.BenefitsderivedwithUsageof
OriginofResultsData
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7.1.Invoicing
Depending on the agreement between the Mining Company
and the Customer/Vendor, the appropriate result can be
consideredfortheInvoicing(outofallthevaluesrecordedfor
thesamecharacteristic).
7.2.BatchUpdateFunctionality
Minorenhancementcanbedonetothestandardbatchupdate
functionalitywhiletakingUsagedecisionfortheinspectionlot,
in order to update the batch value with one of the results
recordedbasedonpreconfiguredconditions.
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MartinHinderer
October29,2013at8:04am
Niceblog,IhaventusedthisfunctionalitysofarbutIfeelthatithasthe
potentialtoeliminatealotofduplicateMICs
NitinJinagal
October29,2013at9:48am
Hi
Niceblogandprettyuseful.Iguessfewofthesnapshotsareduplicateand
missingtheorder.Plignoreifimwrong
Regards,
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Nitin
KeerthiP Postauthor
October29,2013at12:46pm
ThanksforthecommentNitin.ThesequentialorderisrightbutI
reducedscreenshotsoftheregulartransactions&keptthekey
onesonly.
NitinJinagal
October30,2013at3:56am
HiNavin,
Cool!!StillIwouldlikeyoutolookafter4thand5th
snapsunder6.1.2and1stunder6.2.2.
Theylooksimilarunderdifferentheaders.
MaybeImstillconfused.Ihopeyoudontmindsuch
feedbacks.Guesstheyarenecessary
Regards,
nitin
KeerthiP Postauthor
October30,2013at6:19am
HiNitin,Youreright.Ivenowadded
fewmorescreenshots.plzcheckand
letmeknowforanyquery.Thanksalot
againforyourcomment.
NitinJinagal
October30,2013at6:29am
HiNavin,
Nowitiscorrectedand
looksappropriatefor
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userstolearnperfectly
Keeppostedforour
continuouslearning
Regards,
Nitin
SAPWARRIOR
October29,2013at11:07am
Hi
Nicedocument.Youusedthisfunctionalitysmartly.Iusedthisoneonlyfor
copyingresultfrompreviouslot.
Keeppostedonbasedonexp.
Manish
DhandapaniSatheeshkumar
October30,2013at5:23am
Hi..Newtothisfunctionalitywilltrytoreplicateandcontactyouforany
help.
Reg
Dsk
SteliosPanigirakis
February24,2014at2:33pm
Hi,
Thisisaveryinterestingapproachontheusageofresultsoriginfield.
A2ndAlternativecouldbetoadherethecharacteristicoftheoriginasan
Inspectionpointfield.Thepossiblevaluesoftheorigincanbeobtainedbya
customtableusingthestandardFMprovidedfortheIPs(F4).
Withthisapproach,theinspectionplanwillcontainonlythespecificationsof
thematerialanduponresultsrecordingtheinspectorwilldefineinIPdetails,
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theoriginofthevalueshewantstoregister.
Inthisway,incaseofaneworigin,itwillnotberequiredtomodifyallthe
inspectionplans.
KR
Stelios
RamagiriSrinivasRao
February24,2014at6:33pm
HiNavin,
NiceBlog.Thanksforsharing.
Regards,
Ramagiri
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