ProFicient™ - Statistical Process Control (SPC) Software

ProFicient is the latest version of our No. 1 ranked SPC software with new features and enhancements.

Making informed business decisions in real-time can be challenging. Thorough data analysis often occurs after products have already been produced, making it impossible to control quality during the manufacturing process. ProFicient™ is InfinityQS’ industry-leading Statistical Process Control (SPC) software. It automates data collection and analysis on the plant floor, helping quality professionals make intelligent decisions to improve their manufacturing processes in real-time, before defects occur.

Robust Functionality

InfinityQS ProFicient suite of software provides extensive functionality, allowing you to chart and analyze data in a way that’s most meaningful to you. Unlike other charting applications, such as Microsoft Excel, ProFicient offers unlimited data mining and sorting, so that your reporting options are virtually endless.

+ Advanced Control Charting Tools

ProFicient has the tools to manage SPC for long and short production runs, multiple characteristics and limited data collection opportunities. With over 300 different control charts, InfinityQS ensures there is a tool that is uniquely matched to your operation.

Attribute Control Charts: Traditional and Standardized Processing. Group, EWMA, Wandering Mean, CUSUM, and CUSUM AQL Chart Types
Variable Control Charts: Target, Short Run and Standardized Processing. Group, EWMA, Wandering Mean, and CUSUM %CV Chart Types
Pre-Control Chart

EWMA Analysis (click on image for larger view)

+ Process Event Handling and Notification

This feature automatically logs downtime and events to the database while optionally requiring Assignable Causes and Corrective Actions. When alarms are violated, automatic emails including control chart images can be sent to your people who must immediately know when a problem occurs.

Process Event Tracking
Reason for Change Tracking
Customizable Alarm Rules
Email Notification

Process Event Handling and Notification (click on image for larger view)

+ Sophisticated Comparative Analysis Tools

ProFicient’s Multi-tier Pareto and Box & Whisker charts allow users to sort, slice and dice data in millions of ways, allowing extensive comparative analyses. By using readily available production data, you don’t need to invest in expensive off-line studies or additional statistical software.

Multi-Level Pareto Analysis (Subgroup Data)
Multi-Level Pareto Analysis (Process Events)
Capability Analysis (Normal/Non-Normal)
Box & Whisker Plots
Scatter Plots
True Position Charts
Q-Q Plot
Normal Probably Plot
Autocorrelation Analysis

Muli-Level Data Pareto (click on image for larger view)

Scatter Plot Analysis (click on image for larger view)

+ Full support for FDA's 21 CFR Part 11 Requirements:

Strict access control features support ALL the requirements of 21 CFR Part 11 including password aging, recycling, lockouts, length and encryption. Automatic audit trail logging provides a history of all changes made to any database item including sample data, limits and alarm rules. Read our whitepaper or our application note for more information on meeting FDA’s 21 CFR Part 11 Requirements.

+ Lot Acceptance Sampling

Acceptance Sampling is used to make dispositions on accepting or rejecting a lot (or batch) of products that have already been produced. It is most often used to evaluate products that are received from outside sources. Acceptance Sampling should be considered when the testing required is destructive, 100% inspection isn’t feasible due to the cost or time involved, there is a high probability of errors from 100% inspection, or if the supplier has a strong history of supplying acceptable products

The new Lot Acceptance Sampling feature in ProFicient allows users to select a random sample from an incoming “lot” of materials and analyze the sample in real-time to make a decision regarding the lot’s quality. Other SPC solutions do not include the functionality to conduct incoming inspection sampling because the parts are not sequentially ordered when they arrive.

Acceptance Sampling Plan

Acceptance Sampling Report (click on image for larger view)

Click Here to download the Lot Acceptance Sampling information sheet

Easy to Integrate, Implement and Use

ProFicient software can smoothly integrate into any manufacturing environment. A single setup supports hundreds of parts and machine tools, simplifying deployment and system management.

+ Project Based

ProFicient is project-based rather than file-based. A file-based system requires its users to create separate “files” for each part. These files contain the features that are tested, their specifications, as well as their control limits. For example, if you have 600 parts, a file-based system requires a file for each of these parts, which can be difficult for operators to manage. When a job change occurs and the operator must test a different part, the operator must search through hundreds of different files to find the one they need. File-based systems are also difficult to setup and administer. If, for example, you want to check a new feature on your parts, the administrator would have to open and edit all 600 files. With ProFicient’s project-based system, you configure a single project to manage data entry and analysis of hundred or thousands of part numbers—all without requiring operators to search through files.

Honeywell Engines in Phoenix, AZ switched from a file-based system to InfinityQS software. Instead of juggling 5,500 files (one for each part), they now use only three projects to easily enter and analyze data on the shop floor. Gallo Winery in Modesto, CA uses only a single project to manage all data entry and analysis of over 7,500 wine products run on 17 different fill lines. These two examples demonstrate how the project-based nature of InfinityQS will dramatically simplify your setup and administration, and drastically reduce administrator time.

+ Ease of Integration

ProFicient is structured for use in virtually any IT/IS infrastructure. Most other SPC software packages have specific IT requirements which often create additional time and expenditures.

1. Open Architecture/Non-proprietary: ProFicient can work with any Microsoft operating system, any gage and network.
2. Connects with any database: ProFicient is simply the front-end to a database—you can use any database application you choose. IT personnel have the flexibility of changing database applications and easily transferring data from the old system to the new one.
3. Integrates with Any SMTP Email System: When an unusual event is triggered, ProFicient sends emails to the person or persons of your choosing.
4. No Archaic Files: Everything resides in database tables and there are no files to manage. If a project is accidentally deleted, all the data still resides in the database. This structure provides for a very secure environment.
5. All Native Code Written by InfinityQS Developers: Unlike our competitors, we do not “purchase” a statistical engine from a vendor. Therefore, we have the flexibility to continually improve and update our software on a frequent basis.

+ User-Friendly Interface

The ProFicient interface supports both standard and touch screen display modes; single, multiple and mixed characteristics; built-in gage support; and custom screens. User-specific interfaces and company-specific terminology combine to make our software easy to use for everyone from the shop floor to top level executives.

+ Simple Data Acquisition

Manual, automatic and hands-free data entry with built-in support for any serial gage means real-time data entry is simple, even for users with little or no computer experience. We offer a variety of data acquisition tools.

+ Database Independence

Our 100% ODBC compliant software runs on any ODBC compliant database making it simpler to implement and integrate with your current systems. Allowing the storage of billions of records in any category, this is a system your plant won't outgrow.

New Features & Offerings

Released in 2008, ProFicient 3 is the latest version of InfinityQS' #1 ranked real-time SPC software. This release offers the enhancements and functionality that InfinityQS customers have requested, in addition to optional tools and applications to maximize the value of the SPC system.

OPC Data Collection Service
LK-DMIS and MeasureMax Data Collectors
International language and number support
Hierarchical access control- links database resources such as Parts and Processes to a corporate structure, providing greater organization of resources
Rolling archive enhances performance- incorporates a rolling archive which enhances performance without limiting the ability of a user to view and analyze historic data.
Job Management - associates resources with job numbers, reducing the number of tag selections that a shop floor operator must make during data collection
Data Acquisition Upgrades - including drivers for integration to WonderWare, Cimplicity, various types of CMMs and access to most OPC Servers