Inspection points are used in SAP Quality Management to record inspection results for partial quantities of an inspection lot or at different points in time. This functionality is particularly suited for scenarios where an inspection is not performed on the entire lot at once. The three primary use cases are:

1. In-process inspections: Recording results at specific operations or time intervals during a production run (e.g., every hour).

2. Goods receipt inspections: Inspecting partial quantities of a large delivery, such as individual containers or pallets.

3. Inspections with physical samples: Each physical sample drawn from an inspection lot is treated as a separate inspection point for results recording.

B. Inspections for quality notifications: Quality notifications are primarily for defect management and follow-up actions, not for structured, repetitive results recording which is the purpose of inspection points.

C. Inspections for warehouse defects: This is not a standard inspection scenario. Defects found in a warehouse are typically managed using quality notifications or specific warehouse management transactions.

1. SAP S/4HANA Help Portal

"Inspection Points": This document explicitly states

"You can use inspection points to inspect a material at various points in time or for different partial lots. You can use inspection points for the following purposes: In-process inspections... Incoming inspections...". This directly supports options A and E.

2. SAP S/4HANA Help Portal

"Processing Inspections for Physical Samples": The documentation details the process: "When you process inspections with physical samples

the system creates an inspection point for each physical sample." This directly supports option D.

3. SAP S/4HANA Help Portal

"Inspection During Production": This section describes the use of inspection points for inspection lot origin 03 (In-Process Inspection). It states

"If you want to perform an inspection during production

you can create inspection points... You can define inspection points as points in time

quantities

or freely-defined." This confirms option E as a primary use case.