Improving your business

VisualFAIR^® is a business application designed to save you time and money by effectively managing the First Article process. It removes the administrative burden for your Quality professionals, quite simply VisualFAIR^® offers

• Improved quality
• Eliminates waste
• Reduces lead time
• Reduces total cost

VisualFAIR^® liberates the business to start the process early, even at the Contract Review stage and by so doing it can enhance the manufacturing process and is no longer seen as an administrative burden.

IPI has over 1000 users of VisualFAIR^® across four continents. It is these users who have inspired the ever growing functionality of this exciting business application. VisualFAIR^® is seen as a value adding tool that not only enhances FAI creation but it considered as powerful business application encompassing functionality for managing the complete FAI process including

• Forms & all documentation
• Complex 3D parts
• Assemblies
• Supplier management
• Repeat, Partial or Delta FAIs
• OEM Process & Material database
• APQP options e.g. Control plans, FMEA’s etc

Mistake Proofing

VisualFAIR^® helps to Mistake Proof the process: Tailored to your customers requirements

Customizable options

Optical Character Recognition

(OCR Traffic light status;

red/amber/green

Intelligent data entry interface

Current process status.

Helping Aerospace meet AS9102 requirements:

VisualFAIR^® populates any AS9102 forms in a precise, controlled and auditable way. By capturing and linking drawing requirements by utilizing Optical Character Recognition (OCR), manual or electronic data input for use within the AS9102 documentation.

VisualFAIR^® stores all of the AS9102 requirements ranging from bill of material information for Form 1, through material and process specifications for Form 2 and dimensional characteristics and drawing notes required for Form 3.

With all of the required data being identified within VisualFAIR^®, and knowing the exact make-up of the form, VisualFAIR^® can auto-populate the AS9102 forms, controlling changes for complete audit peace of mind. Of course, the same technique can be employed to populate internal control plans for example an in process verification check sheet or Inspection Method sheets etc, by associating operation and measurement equipment for each dimension. VisualFAIR^® is the professional tool that efficiently and effectively manages the entire FAI process. It will enhance your competiveness whilst providing your customer with the reassurance that their FAI requirements are being exceeded through the delivery of high quality complete documentation in either PDF, WEB or paper format. Reducing the process cost time:

APQP

VisualFAIR^® offers yet further added value to the process design and development phase of the Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) and Control Plan. Visual links can be made to both product and process characteristics introducing a highly usable Control Plan interface with real time electronic document synchronization.