Quality Management for Welding Fabrication Shops — Atlantis NDT Inspection Software

Quality controls built into NDT reports, procedures, certificates and calibration

Overview

The Atlantis NDT ERP puts quality checks where NDT work actually happens rather than in a separate quality module. Reports move through draft, in progress, review, approved and sent, with inspector, reviewer and approver signatures and third-party inspector name and signature. Procedures follow draft, submitted, reviewed, approved and published, with approved revisions locked, rejections recorded with a reason, and a snapshot of every revision. Technician certificates and vision tests carry automatic status (active, expiring soon, expired, revoked) and warning tasks 90 days before expiry, and timesheets warn when a certificate is not valid. Equipment calibration records and the certificate register flag expiring and expired certificates, and Team Assignments warns when assigned equipment is out of calibration. Company certifications are tracked with alert days. Dashboards bring together calibration due and overdue, certificates expiring and expired, and issued equipment overdue. Surveys can be used for client feedback and competency questionnaires. A formal deviation and corrective action process is not a standard feature and is configured during implementation if you need one.

Why inspection and testing businesses run it differently

Accredited or not, every NDT company is judged on the same basics: was the technician qualified, was the procedure approved, was the equipment calibrated and was the report reviewed. The Atlantis NDT ERP places a check on each of those points, so problems show up before a report reaches the client.

Capabilities

• Report review and approval with inspector, reviewer and approver signatures
• Procedure approval workflow with locked revisions and revision snapshots
• Certificate and vision-test status with 90-day warnings
• Timesheet warning for invalid certificates
• Calibration certificate register with expiry alerts
• Out-of-calibration warning when equipment is assigned
• Quality dashboards for certs, calibration and overdue equipment
• Surveys for client feedback and competency questionnaires

How the workflow runs

The quality manager starts from the dashboard: certificates expiring, calibration due and equipment not returned. Technicians flagged as expiring soon are booked for renewal or a new vision test, and units with expiring calibration are sent to the lab before they are needed on a job. Reports in review are checked against the procedure and standard references, the method-specific data such as IQI placement or probe calibration, and the acceptance criteria before approval; reports that need correction go back to the inspector. Procedures pending approval arrive with email reminders, and approved revisions are locked. After a job, a client feedback survey can be sent. Where a formal follow-up process is required, it follows the method configured during implementation.

Standards and compliance covered

• ISO 9001:2015 quality management records
• ASNT SNT-TC-1A written practice: certification, vision tests and procedure approval
• ASME BPVC Section V procedure and calibration references
• Client requirements for reviewed and approved reports
• Company certifications tracked with alert days

Integrations

• Open REST API — SAP, Maximo, NetSuite and any other system that accepts API connections
• NDT Reports
• Procedures
• Certificates
• Asset Management (calibration)
• Dashboards and Surveys

Measured impact

Reports are reviewed and signed before they are sent, procedures are approved before they are used, and expiring certificates are seen well in advance. The quality manager can show a clear, dated trail for people, procedures, equipment and reports whenever a client or auditor asks.

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