ttrager
Cast Iron
- Joined
- Jul 23, 2015
- Location
- East Side / Detroit
That the inspection reporting needs to be done is a given. What I'm sonar-pinging you folks here for is the format / medium / method if we assume each client has their own Inspection Report format.
Which do you do (or add what I've not thought of):
1) Use the native reports provided by each client, even if it means passing around hard copy for pen recording followed by a typist moving those entries to the electronic version for submission back to the client.
2) Use your internally developed (or purchased) Inspection Reporting application where you copy/paste selected blocks of measurements to the Client spreadsheet prior to submission to the client.
3) Use your Inspection Reporting application to run the inspection for the job, then produce a data-export sent to the client where they import that to their inspection report.
I'm looking over the approach we use for filling out and submitting client inspection reports. The core requirement of course is satisfy the customer requirements. But I'd like to examine how some other places are juggling the data collection, recording, and submission of Inspection Reports to their clients, in an environment where every client has a different format.
Eventually I'd like to use this information for internal evaluation purposes as well. For instance, running a report and/or charting in/out of tolerance conditions for a year by customer to see where we might have trends one way or another. This, however, suggests a centralized "system" for recording and collection of this data, etc.
Thanks in advance. Feedback as to how you handle this will be appreciated.
Which do you do (or add what I've not thought of):
1) Use the native reports provided by each client, even if it means passing around hard copy for pen recording followed by a typist moving those entries to the electronic version for submission back to the client.
2) Use your internally developed (or purchased) Inspection Reporting application where you copy/paste selected blocks of measurements to the Client spreadsheet prior to submission to the client.
3) Use your Inspection Reporting application to run the inspection for the job, then produce a data-export sent to the client where they import that to their inspection report.
I'm looking over the approach we use for filling out and submitting client inspection reports. The core requirement of course is satisfy the customer requirements. But I'd like to examine how some other places are juggling the data collection, recording, and submission of Inspection Reports to their clients, in an environment where every client has a different format.
Eventually I'd like to use this information for internal evaluation purposes as well. For instance, running a report and/or charting in/out of tolerance conditions for a year by customer to see where we might have trends one way or another. This, however, suggests a centralized "system" for recording and collection of this data, etc.
Thanks in advance. Feedback as to how you handle this will be appreciated.