A cautionary note about adding additional traceability fieldsTraceability information is text that is stored with each subgroup of data. It can help you track from where your data is coming and help to pinpoint sources of variation.
GainSeeker is automatically installed with six traceability fields: Lot, Shift, Department, Machine, Cavity, and Operator. You can change any of these labels to better suit your organization, and you can add up to 42 more traceability fields for a maximum of 48.
A cautionary note about adding additional traceability fieldsStoring values for traceability fields numbered seven and higher uses additional disk space, which can result in slower retrieval speeds and decreased performance. Only add traceability fields that you require because additional traceability fields cannot be deleted once they have been added. To determine which traceability values are necessary, consider your quality goals and the significant variables that affect the quality of your products.
For more information, see Configuring traceability labels.
After traceability labels are set up for the key variables you want to track, you can build a predefined list of acceptable entries for each traceability field. Selecting traceability values from predefined lists during data entry provides control and consistency in how the data is entered and it simplifies later root-cause analysis.
After creating the predefined lists of traceability values, you can set up priority lists that allow each user or group name in GainSeeker to enter data using only subsets of the full traceability lists.