SAP ABAP Data Element QAUSANTLC (Estimated Fraction of Nonconforming Units)
Hierarchy
BBPCRM (Software Component) BBPCRM
   CRM (Application Component) Customer Relationship Management
     CRM_APPLICATION (Package) All CRM Components Without Special Structure Packages
       QM00 (Package) QM central QM functions
Basic Data
Data Element QAUSANTLC
Short Description Estimated Fraction of Nonconforming Units  
Data Type
Category of Dictionary Type D   Domain
Type of Object Referenced     No Information
Domain / Name of Reference Type QSOLLWERTC    
Data Type CHAR   Character String 
Length 16    
Decimal Places 0    
Output Length 16    
Value Table      
Further Characteristics
Search Help: Name    
Search Help: Parameters    
Parameter ID   
Default Component name    
Change document    
No Input History    
Basic direction is set to LTR    
No BIDI Filtering    
Field Label
  Length  Field Label  
Short 10 Share 
Medium 15 Share of scrap 
Long 20 Share of scrap 
Heading 20 Share of scrap 
Documentation

Definition

Estimated fraction of nonconforming units in the population.
A unit is nonconforming if it has at least one defect or if the attribute of a characteristic does not conform to the requirements.

The fraction of nonconforming units is a number between 0 and 1. For better understanding, this number is displayed as a percentage value between 0% and 100% or in ppm (parts per million).

Example

The fractions 10 ppm, 0.001%, 0.00001 are different in the method of notation only.

Use

In a sampling inspection, the fraction of nonconforming units in the lot to be inspected can only be estimated.

For inspection lots with characteristics results recording, the fraction of nonconforming units is determined as a first step for each individual characteristic. In the plan, you can specify how this is to be carried out for each characteristic.

You can choose one of the following methods:

  • Calculate the fraction of nonconforming attributes as a quotient of nonconforming attributes and conforming attributes.
  • Estimate the fraction outside the tolerance using the mean value and standard deviation and by accepting a normal distribution of original values.
  • Estimate the fraction of units with defects using the number of defects and by accepting a Poisson distribution of defects.
  • Customer-specific procedures

As a second step, the fraction of nonconforming units for the individual characteristics is compressed into a fraction of nonconforming units in the lot. It is assumed that the characteristics are independent of one another. Given that pi is the fraction of nonconforming units for characteristic i, then the fraction in the lot is calculated on the basis of the following formula:

Fraction in lot = 1 - ((1 - p1) * (1 - p2) * ... )

You can use control indicators to exempt individual characteristics from the formula.

Example

Characteristic 1 20% fraction
Characteristic 2 10% fraction <-- not relevant
Characteristic 3 10% fraction
Lot 28% fraction

For lots without characteristics results recording, the fraction of nonconforming units in the lot is determined for discrete units of measure only (units without decimal places, for example, a piece).

The fraction is estimated on the basis of the number of inspected units and the number of units found to be defective in the inspection. It is assumed that defects do not occur often and their occurence can be described by a Poisson distribution.

Example

Units inspected = 10, number of defects = 2, estimated fraction in lot = 18.5%

With non-discrete units of measure (units with decimal places, for example, liters or kilograms), a fraction of nonconforming units is not determined.

History
Last changed by/on SAP  19950401 
SAP Release Created in 605