I use excel for the Defect File I use monthly.  It is one I put together
myself.
Nothing fancy.  Does require some data entry into two files.  Excel has a
Chart Generator that does a nice job with a variety of chart styles, and is
easily modified.

We also use Access, but I do not understand it well enough to use it for
Praeto  Analysis.   At least not yet.   I think your better off with Excel,
it is easy to maneuver thru.

Randy



----- Original Message -----
From: Dave Sorg <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, August 26, 2002 11:55 AM
Subject: [TN] Defect data tracking software


> I'm looking for recommendations for an off the shelf defect data tracking
software package for tracking SMT defects by reference locator and defect
type for a high mix/low volume contract manufacturer. At this time, I'm not
interested in SPC data as much as getting simple pareto charts showing some
trending over many individual work orders. It would be nice to be able to
use the same software to track yield data from the test technicians also.
>
> I should explain that we have an Access database a summer intern wrote for
us that collects the data but can't trend it for us. It is written in fairly
complex code that is difficult to modify without spending lots of time
working at it. We're thinking we'd be better off to stick with a canned
program that we can customize to out needs.
>
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