Automotive components
Navigator QMS includes APQP projects, PPAP submissions, FMEA and control plans.
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Navigator - QMS
Quality Management System
- Purpose
- Run daily quality operations and records: inspections, nonconformances, corrective actions, complaints, suppliers, calibration, audits, training and controlled documents — through to closure and reporting.
- Problem we solve
- Quality records scattered across registers, spreadsheets and paper; NCRs and corrective actions left open with no clear owner; and no view of what is pending or overdue until a review meeting.
- Our USP
- One flow from inspection through NCR, disposition and corrective action to closure, with a role-based operations dashboard showing what is pending and overdue — running independently of Navigator ERP, with Excel import for masters.
Overview
About Navigator QMS
Navigator Quality Management System is built for the people who run quality every day. Its working principle is simple: record, track, approve, follow up, close, print and report.
Inspection plans drive incoming, in-process and final inspection. Rejections become NCRs with containment, investigation and disposition, and problems that need a lasting fix move into corrective action with root cause and an effectiveness check.
It runs as its own application, separate from Navigator ERP, with quality masters that can be maintained directly or imported from Excel.
Capabilities
Capabilities by area
Setup and quality masters
- Sites, departments, shifts, working calendars and holidays
- Numbering rules, statuses and certification records
- Items, customers, suppliers, processes, machines, inspectors, characteristics, defects, rejection reasons and locations
- Excel import and export for masters
Inspection
- Inspection plans, and sampling plans with AQL and sample size
- Incoming inspection by receipt (GRN), supplier, item and lot
- In-process and final inspection by lot, machine and operation
- Inspection history
Nonconformance and corrective action
- NCRs from incoming and shop-floor inspection, with a rejection register
- Containment, investigation, disposition / MRB (use as-is, rework, scrap), action and verification
- CAPA with containment, root cause, corrective action, implementation and effectiveness check
- Due dates, SLA status, photos, evidence and a record timeline
Customer and supplier quality
- Customer complaint register with severity, due dates and SLA tracking, plus a complaint dashboard
- Supplier NCRs and supplier corrective action requests (SCAR)
- Supplier evaluation and scorecard with rejection rate and PPM
- Supplier inspection history and action tracker
Calibration
- Instruments and measuring equipment
- Calibration plans, jobs and records
- Calibration due register and dashboard
Audits
- Audit calendar and audit records
- Audit findings and action tracker
- Audit dashboard
Training and competency
- Training records, training due and training history
- Skill matrix with results and authorized tasks
- Competency assessments
Document control
- Controlled documents with revision, effective and review dates
- Document change requests and an approval matrix
- Acknowledgements, review-due list, obsolete register and disposal queue
Quality planning
- APQP projects with gates and actions
- PPAP submissions
- FMEA and control plans
Dashboards and reports
- Quality operations dashboard with inspector, engineer, manager and management views
- MIS reports counted from live operational records
- Printable quality records
Workflow
From inspection to closure
The core quality flow in Navigator Quality Management System.
Plan
Define inspection plans, characteristics and sampling plans.
Inspect
Record incoming, in-process and final inspection results by lot.
Raise an NCR
Log the nonconformance with containment and investigation.
Disposition
Decide use as-is, rework or scrap, then act and verify.
Corrective action
Find the root cause, implement the corrective action and check that it holds.
Close and report
Close and print the record, and follow performance on dashboards and MIS reports.
Common challenges
Problems it is designed to address
- Quality records scattered across registers, spreadsheets and paper
- NCRs and corrective actions that stay open with no clear owner or due date
- Not knowing what is pending, overdue or stuck until a review meeting
- Calibration, training and document reviews that fall due unnoticed
- Supplier rejections without a scorecard or a formal corrective-action request
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
What is Navigator - QMS?
Navigator - QMS (Quality Management System): Run daily quality operations and records: inspections, nonconformances, corrective actions, complaints, suppliers, calibration, audits, training and controlled documents — through to closure and reporting.
What problem does Navigator - QMS solve?
Quality records scattered across registers, spreadsheets and paper; NCRs and corrective actions left open with no clear owner; and no view of what is pending or overdue until a review meeting.
What makes Navigator - QMS different?
One flow from inspection through NCR, disposition and corrective action to closure, with a role-based operations dashboard showing what is pending and overdue — running independently of Navigator ERP, with Excel import for masters.
What does Navigator - QMS include?
Navigator - QMS covers setup and quality masters, inspection, nonconformance and corrective action, customer and supplier quality, calibration, audits, training and competency, document control, quality planning and dashboards and reports.
Which industries is Navigator - QMS a proven fit for?
Automotive components: Navigator QMS includes APQP projects, PPAP submissions, FMEA and control plans.
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