Tutorial

Tutorial: Trace a finished product

Read the complete proof chain from released product definition to exact material, operation, as-built and acceptance evidence.

Learning goal

Audience

Auditors, Configuration Managers, Quality reviewers, programme users and production leads.

Goal

Answer what was designed, planned, consumed, executed, accepted and retained for one serialized product unit without changing it.

Before you begin

A completed product unit/build with accepted as-built evidence
Read access to Engineering, Manufacturing, controlled documents and traceability
Site and clearance scope covering the record

Use safe learning data

Observation-first is the default. Do not create retained customer, procurement, receipt, inventory, Quality, Engineering or Manufacturing records merely to complete a tutorial.

Guided journey

1
Engineering
Identify the unit and baseline
Open /product-configuration
Acting role
Reviewer
What to do
Open the product unit and record its exact variant, baseline and configuration status.
What you should observe
The as-designed source is an immutable released snapshot.
May change
Nothing.
Must remain unchanged
Product and inventory records remain untouched.
2
Manufacturing
Verify the production definition
Open /manufacturing/mbom
Acting role
Reviewer
What to do
Follow the PLM handoff to the released MBOM and then to the released manufacturing plan.
What you should observe
Every design line, gross/net quantity and operation allocation is exact and versioned.
May change
Nothing.
Must remain unchanged
Review cannot create material demand or stock.
3
Manufacturing
Review dispatch and execution
Open /manufacturing/build-control
Acting role
Reviewer
What to do
Read ordered attempts, named operator/dispatch, resource/calibration references, WIP/labour and immutable result evidence.
What you should observe
Failures/retries remain visible and latest passing evidence does not erase them.
May change
Nothing.
Must remain unchanged
No operation is replayed and no resource or cost record is edited.
4
Inventory / Assembly
Follow material genealogy
Open /traceability
Acting role
Reviewer
What to do
Trace the finished identity backward to exact batches, serials, containers and allocations, then forward from one component to its parent product.
What you should observe
The same physical and custody identities connect the ledger to as-built evidence.
May change
Nothing.
Must remain unchanged
Traceability is a query; it never moves or releases material.
5
Manufacturing / Quality
Confirm as-built and acceptance
Open /manufacturing/acceptance
Acting role
Reviewer
What to do
Verify accepted results, Quality and Configuration decisions, FAT/SAT/commissioning sequence and controlled evidence hashes.
What you should observe
The as-built and acceptance chain points to exact immutable sources and accountable actors.
May change
Nothing.
Must remain unchanged
Review does not claim customer delivery, external acknowledgement or service release.

Continue learning

Traceability workflowReview the official backward/forward flow.Labels and traceability guideUse identity search and evidence views.Manufacturing acceptance guideUnderstand the final evidence sequence.

Learning goal

Before you begin

Guided journey

Identify the unit and baseline

Verify the production definition

Review dispatch and execution

Follow material genealogy

Confirm as-built and acceptance

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