Quality issues rarely start and end in the warehouse. A defect might come from a supplier, originate on the production floor, or surface just before a shipment leaves the dock. A quality solution limited to warehouse inspections leaves gaps in that chain.
A full quality management solution
Quality Inspector is a full quality management solution for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central. It is not limited to warehouse inspections. It supports quality processes across production, warehouse, and shipping, including inbound inspections on received goods, inspections during manufacturing, outbound inspections before shipment, and general inspections within the warehouse.
Inspections can be run from within Business Central or from handheld devices. That flexibility matters, because quality checks happen at the receiving dock, on the production line, and at the shipping door, not at a desk.
Running inspections on handheld devices
Quality Inspector integrates with Warehouse Insight through an add-on from the Add-On Catalog. Once installed, inspectors can perform inspections on the same handheld devices the warehouse uses for receiving and picking. Quality checks become part of the workflow instead of a separate step that requires a trip back to a PC.
Relationship to Microsoft Quality Management
Microsoft offers a Quality Management module for Business Central built on Quality Inspector code that Insight Works licensed to Microsoft. It provides a subset of Quality Inspector’s functionality. For many businesses, that module is a reasonable starting point.
If you start with Microsoft Quality Management and reach the limits of what it can do, moving to Quality Inspector is essentially a one-click upgrade. You gain the full functionality, along with the ability to run inspections on handheld devices through Warehouse Insight. Insight Works publishes a comparison of Quality Inspector and Microsoft Quality Management on its website.
How the add-on works with existing inspections
The Quality Inspector add-on for Warehouse Insight handles the inspection work you would normally do in Business Central, from the handheld. Documentation for the add-on is available directly from the Add-On Catalog, and it explains what the add-on does and how it works.
Who benefits
Manufacturers that need in-process and final inspections tied to production orders.
Distributors that need inbound inspections on supplier receipts.
Any business with outbound quality checks before goods reach customers.
Operations that want inspectors working on handhelds instead of paper or PCs.
Bottom line
Quality Inspector covers the full quality process in Business Central, across production, warehouse, and shipping, not just warehouse checks. It runs in Business Central and on handheld devices through Warehouse Insight. If Microsoft Quality Management no longer meets your needs, upgrading to Quality Inspector is essentially a one-click step.