Before using Quality Management, set up appropriate control program values. Before you can report quality test results, you must define a quality document, called a specification. Test specifications control the testing process, describing each test step, the characteristic to be measured, the measurement tolerance, and the sequence for conducting tests.
If you have tests that apply to more than one item, you can define master specifications. These serve as templates for defining specifications for individual items.
If multiple steps are required for a stand-alone quality test, define them as a procedure in QM Procedure Maintenance (19.26.2.1).
You may also want to establish a sampling pattern. These define how items will be selected for testing if all items are not to be tested. The two options are lot intervals and number of days before expiration.