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DISCUS Basic

Benefits

With DISCUS Basic, you'll save time and money by:

Reducing the time it takes to produce a First Article Inspection sheet (AS9102, PPAP, Part 820) and ballooned drawing by 50% to 70%.

Using the same process and tool for all your customers, DISCUS handles customer-specific formatting requirements and can upload to your internal Inspection Sheets.

Using common file formats – PDF, TIFF, Excel – no separate data conversion or special file formats.

Uploading characteristic data into web-based First Article Inspection Reporting applications in use at many primes/OEMs.

A more detailed listing of features and benefits appears below:
 

DISCUS Basic Feature

Pertinent Business Benefit

Manage multiple drawings and documents for a Tech Data Package

Helps reduce quality escapes that come from overlooking requirements

Opens files in native PDF and TIFF formats

Supports common formats used to share electronic drawings and specs. No data conversion necessary

Multi-panel user interface with links for the TDP

Provides intuitive interface to view the source and relationships of requirements

Drop and drag to easily balloon 2D drawing

Allows for very efficient identification and disposition of characteristics

Customizable balloon numbering with groups

Supports balloon identification that is consistent with existing systems

Extract requirements from other documents such as specs

Enables the explicit inclusion of requirements from specifications

Capture characteristic requirements as an image

Minimizes manual data entry by capturing annotations in an image format

Capture characteristic requirements in structured format

Enables formatting of requirements for semantically-enriched downstream use

Copy, paste, and duplicate characteristics and balloons

Provides even greater efficiency in characteristic identification

Customizable balloon properties such as shapes, sizes, and colors

Enables support of company and/or customer-specific formats

Customizable drawing grid layout

Minimizes manual data entry by automatically capturing sheet and zone

Text markup of drawing along with leader lines

Improves communication by allowing customized information to appear on drawing

Generates a customizable Bill of Characteristics

Consolidates all requirements into accountability check list, keeping drawing and inspection sheet in synch

Saved profiles for efficiently supporting multiple customers

Enables quick configuration to support multiple customer formats.  Use same tool for all customers

Export Bill of Characteristics to customizable Excel reports

Provides format for additional downstream applications such as inspection sheets, setup sheets, etc.

Certified to export to FAI systems at Lockheed, Rolls, GE, Pratt

Reduces time and labor to submit first article inspection data to customers

Export ballooned drawing to PDF

Captures ballooning information in a very professional and easy-to-share format

Simple installation and configuration

Reduces the cost associated with having an IT or computer specialist get it up and running