About Genealogy

Genealogy is a web-based reporting application that allows you to look up the historical data of serials/lots that can be handy during a recall or an audit. In a complex manufacturing processes, the genealogy can be a facet that can cater overall serial/lot traceability.

As a supervisor or an operator, you can use the Genealogy application to trace or track the real-time details of any serial/lot such as current status, location, initial and current quantities, what raw materials the serial/lot consumed, where the serial/lot was used, what triggered its execution, and how did it come to be manufactured in the MES (a work order, a process order, a receiving inspection record, or a production event).

In Genealogy, you can view the list of non-conformances that are raised for a specific serial/lot in other applications such as Unit Operations, Work Queue, Non-Conformance, or Receiving Inspection. You can also view the quality variables and values that were entered in the Unit Operations, Work Queue, or Receiving Inspection applications.

Let's take a process example about the manufacturing vats of paint. The BOM of paint is water, powder additives of bonding, and color. The same lot of powder can be used to create many vats of paint. Genealogy allows you to search for the lot of powder and find all the vats of paint that used the powder. You can also search of a specific paint and find out what lots of powder it consumed.