Many quality teams still deal with manual data entry on the shop floor, excessive notification noise, rigid lot blocking rules, and disconnected steps between sales, production, and warehouse put-away. These small frictions add up: delayed test results slow material release, irrelevant alerts distract inspectors, non-compliant lots slip through to sales, and sampled items require manual line splits during receiving. Each issue creates extra work, risks compliance gaps, and affects production flow.
Business Central handles basic lot tracking, inventory movements, and notifications, but it leaves gaps in automated quality triggers, granular grade-based blocking, Teams-integrated data capture, and intelligent put-away behavior. You often end up with workarounds, manual checks, or custom code to close those gaps.
Quality Inspector v7.25 from Insight Works addresses several of these real pain points directly in the app. The updates focus on faster data capture, stronger compliance enforcement, reduced distractions, and smoother integration between the warehouse and production. Here are the main changes:
Teams-based Data Entry for Simple Tests
Quality inspectors frequently need to record basic test results while away from a desktop—on the shop floor, in receiving, or during production checks. Switching apps or waiting to return to a workstation delays data capture and risks incomplete records.
Business Central’s mobile client helps, but it does not offer a lightweight way to enter results directly inside Microsoft Teams conversations.
In v7.25, you can now share a quality inspection test to Teams and let users enter simple values using an adaptive card. This requires Business Central SaaS version 27 and appropriate Power Automate licensing. The card appears in the Teams channel or chat, values flow back to the test in Business Central, and the inspector can continue working without leaving the conversation.
Stronger Blocking on Sales and Outbound Movements
You sometimes need to prevent a lot from being sold or shipped until a specific grade is cleared, but the rules must be precise enough to allow internal consumption while blocking external release.
Business Central tracks lots and can block transactions via status or reservations, but it does not tie blocking to custom quality grades without additional configuration.
Quality Inspector v7.25 adds new grade-level blocking options for sales order releases and outbound warehouse transactions. Define the rule in the grades setup page (Business Central 22 or newer), and the system enforces it automatically when users attempt the blocked action.
Fewer Distracting Notifications
Quality events generate alerts, but many are low-priority or irrelevant to a given user. Too many notifications create noise and reduce attention on critical failures.
Business Central’s notification framework is system-wide and can become overwhelming when multiple apps post messages.
v7.25 uses the standard My Notifications page so each user can turn off unwanted Quality Inspector alerts individually. Go to your user settings → My Notifications, find the Quality Inspector entries, and disable the ones you do not need.
Smarter Warehouse Put-away Handling with Sampling
When you sample incoming goods for inspection, the sampled quantity often needs to go to a different bin or zone than the main receipt. Manually splitting put-away lines is time-consuming and error-prone.
Business Central splits put-away lines based on warehouse rules, but it does not automatically consider quality sampling outcomes.
Quality Inspector v7.25 can now influence bin or zone selection during put-away and automatically split lines during sampling. Configure the behavior in the app’s warehouse settings (Business Central 27 or later), then process a receipt with an active sample test to see the split happen.
Automatic Notifications When Tests Finish
Teams wait for test results before releasing material or starting the next step. Checking manually wastes time and risks delays.
Business Central can send workflow notifications, but test completion events require custom setup.
v7.25 triggers a notification automatically when a test is finished. Set the recipient and channel (email, Teams, etc.) in the app’s workflow configuration. Finish a test, and the right people receive the update without extra steps.
Auto-create Tests for Production Orders from Sales
Production orders released from sales lines often need an associated quality test, but creating it manually adds steps and can be forgotten.
Business Central links sales to production but does not automatically generate quality inspections.
Quality Inspector v7.25 adds a trigger that creates the test when a sales-driven production order is released. Enable the option in the production automation setup, release a sales-linked order, and confirm the test appears.
Editable Planned Start Date on Inspection Cards
Inspection schedules sometimes need adjustment after creation, but the planned start date is read-only, and the end date-time can behave unexpectedly.
Business Central uses planning dates on documents, but quality inspection cards do not allow direct edits.
v7.25 makes the planned start date editable on the inspection card and corrects the end date-time calculation. Open the card, change the start date, and save—the schedule updates immediately.
Putting These Improvements to Work in Your Environment
These changes focus on reducing manual work, improving compliance controls, and cutting distractions in real quality processes. If you are already using Quality Inspector, check compatibility and update through Microsoft Marketplace. For setup questions about any of these features, your Business Central partner can walk you through the configuration.
These changes reduce manual steps, strengthen compliance controls, and let your team focus on actual quality work rather than fighting the system.
If you already use Quality Inspector, review the update in Microsoft Marketplace and test the new features in your sandbox. If you are evaluating quality extensions or want to see how these fit your current workflows, contact your Business Central partner. They can walk through the setup and compatibility for your environment.