Steelhead just rolled out an upgrade to the specs page, making it easier than ever to create, manage, and track your specs. Every update in steelhead is designed to be as intuitive and efficient as possible. So a quick overview of the specs dashboard, and then we'll get into some other suite enhancements across the board.
Your new table view, similar to other pages such as the quoting dashboard, displays any created specs With your important details, quick actions for editing the spec info archive. Copy a spec to reuse. Revise if you need a new revision of an existing spec and summary where you can edit spec fields and parameters if needed.
Some filtering options here at the top. The view archive toggle here, and the sidebar navigation for easily jumping between specs, spec fields, sample sets, and your spec Custom input settings. Let's say you get a new job from your best customer requiring specs, John Doe knows you will deliver top of the top quality.
Remember back in the days before steelhead, you had to write things here, switch to there, jump around, copy, paste, run around, chase paperwork. Now things are tracked and automated with job information at your fingertips. So creating a spec, give it a name, the revision info if needed. The type, add a label, and an external description.
If needed, select a default process. Click save. Here's your specs. Page view. Everything is easily accessible from the top here. Your main spec information view, any reference specs, spec files, part numbers, treatments, and custom inputs associated with this spec. John Doe needs the time and cleaner temp of cleaner and thickness recorded.
For this spec, we already have time and thickness, so to add temp, you have two options here, or you can click the type first and add the spec field. We'll call this temp of cleaner. Click create, and then the type auto fills for you. Fill in any other necessary details. Click save. And now you can add in the specific range of data collection that John Doe requires.
Give your parameter a name, we'll say temp of cleaner. I want to require operators to fill in this measurement and it must be passing in order to move parts. You know how important it is when you're working with military grade or other special equipment for parts to be shipped out with correct specs.
So this is a way you can ensure top quality going out the door. One sample is needed per batch. Put in your target value and your tolerance to autofill the minimum and maximum select a unit. Save then save the spec field. Now you can assign the process node where you want these measurements to be recorded by your operator.
So this would be Mr. Steel in Clean and JJ in Rinse. And if you're adding spec fields to a spec with no default process, click into the name, click edit spec field, select the process node tab, add process node, and select which of your process nodes you like measurements recorded and save. But check this out.
If you're reusing parameters, it's very easy to search other specs with this specific spec field type and import the parameters from it. Then save. To the all types tab, expand the view to review details and make sure all necessary info will be collected for John Doe, or click the spec field name to see more.
Here's default spec field, paras, process nodes, treatments, part numbers, and any active parts on work orders. Jumping back to the specs page, you can view archived search, edit with the pencil archive, and reorder the fields and the order you set up. The fields here is preserved across steelhead wherever you see these spec fields.
The process view toggle gives you a view of your process tree where you can see at a glance any nodes that have a spec field attached, as well as view more information on spec fields and parameters. Your spec process setup is then accessible from here as well. A couple other small and mighty spec notes.
When adding a new part number, you have this quick scroll button to jump you to the bottom of the dialogue box where you can go about adding your specs. You have this warning color to let you know that a spec field is missing a parameter and a reminder at the bottom to scroll through the entire page before saving.
You could still add specs to the part with the warnings, but you've been warned. Again, just a quick tip on the homepage. Your cursor is set up in the dashboard search box, so just start typing and when you hit enter, it will bring you to the first dashboard that's listed here in your quality management dashboard.
Under Failing Spec Field, peram values, you can search. Filter by the user that took the measurement or by supervisor, and you can see the min target and max at the top of each spec field. For info at a glance, ready to experience the new and improved spec workflows yourself. Log in and let us know what you think.
Remember with steelhead, you're not just managing specs, you're shipping out high quality parts with high standards.