The term "guided mobile PY checks" refers to software-supported, step-by-step Poka-Yoke checks performed directly on mobile devices such as smartphones, tablets, or industrial handhelds. Their purpose is to prevent or reliably detect errors in manufacturing, assembly, and quality processes by guiding employees through predefined verification steps.
Step-by-Step Guidance: Presenting verification steps in a predefined sequence to guide users systematically through the inspection process.
Mobile Checklists: Providing digital inspection checklists on smartphones, tablets, or industrial mobile devices.
OK/NOK Recording: Documenting whether an inspection step has passed or whether a nonconformity has been detected.
Mandatory Checks and Input Validation: Preventing required inspection steps from being skipped and ensuring that necessary information is entered.
Photo and Evidence Capture: Adding photographs, comments, measurements, or other supporting information to inspection results.
Barcode and QR Code Scanning: Identifying products, components, machines, or inspection objects through mobile scanning functions.
Automated Actions for Deviations: Triggering predefined responses such as alerts, additional inspections, holds, or escalation workflows when an NOK result occurs.
User and Timestamp Logging: Recording when a check was performed and which employee carried it out.
Offline Use and Synchronization: Allowing inspections to be completed without a permanent network connection and synchronizing the data later.
Inspection History and Traceability: Storing completed PY checks for later analysis, quality documentation, and audit purposes.
An assembly worker scans a production order and is guided step by step on a tablet through checks of safety-critical components.
During a machine inspection, an employee records each step as "OK" or "NOK." If an NOK result is entered, the software automatically requests an error description and a photo.
On a production line, an employee uses a smartphone to verify that all required components have been installed in the correct sequence.
A quality inspector scans the QR code of a workpiece and automatically receives the corresponding mobile Poka-Yoke checklist.
After completion of a guided check, the software stores the inspection results, timestamps, user information, and any documented deviations to ensure traceability.