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1. Introduction
This document 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 assess the quality of the metal ores. Due to the volatile nature of the various materials such Iron Ore, Phosphorus Ore etc.,, their properties needs to be checked frequently. For example, percentage of moisture, compressive strength, density, Percentage of Oxides, porosity, Loss on Ignition, Metal % etc., change with the time.
Quality results are sometimes decided by negotiating between Mining Company & Customer. (Depends on the Agreements between two parties)
Quality results are checked by the Independent Vendor (decided by both Mining Company & Customer)
Umpire:
Analysis conducted at a particular geographical place or location. For example, Laboratory, Oman, New York etc.,
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As the quality parameter values vary frequently, many a times, the quality analysis is carried out is differentiated based on the Geographical location, Time & the party conducting the tests. Due to these reasons, many results are recorded for the same characteristic. In order to accommodate these requirements in SAP Quality Management module, the Origin of Results Data can be used. This concept avoids creating multiple characteristics for the same quality parameter that is to be checked. Moreover, in Mining Industry, the invoicing and billing depends on quality of the mining material. For example, for the Material Ore with less moisture percentage is invoiced with less cost when compared to the Material Ore with more moisture percentage. This can be addressed using the Origin of Results Data.
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The results origin entry defines the source of information. This can be assigned to the characteristic in the Inspection Plan or in the Results recording screen. As long as the inspection characteristic has the status "in process", results origin during results recording can be specified.
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Navigation Path: SPRO > Quality Management > Quality Inspection > Results Recording > Define Origins of Results Data
Short Text Origin - Client Analysis Origin - Independent Analysis Origin - Umpire Analysis Origin - Customer Analysis Destination - Client Analysis Destination - Independent Analysis Destination - Umpire Analysis Destination - Customer Analysis Negotiated Client and Customer Analysis Oman Main Laboratory Oman Supporting Laboratory Oman External Laboratory
conducting the Test (Client/Independent/Umpire/Customer) and the Point of Analysis (Origin/ Destination) Z9 refers to the negotiated value between Client and the Customer ZA to ZB are the values with reference to Geographical location (Oman Lab) In addition to the description of the results origin, data source for the inspection results also can be selected in the configuration
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SAP Scenario
Create Master Inspection Characteristic Master using Transaction code QS21 Iron content (Fe) is considered in the below example with Quantitative characteristic
Assign Origin Results Data Z1- Origin - Client Analysis for the Characteristic as shown below.
Similarly, assign Origin Results Data Z2 - Origin - Independent Analysis for the Characteristic 20 as
shown below.
After assigning the Origin results data for all the characteristics, save the inspection plan. Message
6.2.2.
Results Recording
In the Record Results: Characteristic Overview screen, we can observe that the result is recorded for
7.1. Invoicing
Depending on the agreement between the Mining Company and the Customer/Vendor, the appropriate result can be considered for the Invoicing (out of all the values recorded for the same characteristic).