Calibration Software Recommendations?

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mshell

#11
I have built a simple, easy to use access database for managing calibration. It meets the needs of our organization. What do you want this software to be able to do?
 
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BRUCE R.

#12
Hi Ron,

I'm new to this site and saw your question about calibration software. I have been using GageTrak for 7 years and find it easliy to use. Tech support is very good. I currently have 5600 items in the system with very few issues.

Bruce R..
Calibration technician
 

BradM

Staff member
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#13
Since I have not seen anyone mention, I have been using Blue Mountain calibration software for about five years or more. They have a new version that is really nice.

Strengths:Ability for custom reports through Crystal; ER/ES compliant; designed to be validated; can handle different events (calibration/maintenance/performance check); for a fee, Blue Mountain can merge existing data into the new database.

Weaknesses: Not sure; I am certain it has some, but I have not found any glaring deficiencies while using it. I am not that familar with other calibration software to provide a comparison. I did have one of the packages on a trial basis. The trial software had a fixed number of reports, with an additional fee for extra reports.

I have also taken one of the Access sample databases (that comes with Access) and developed a fairly decent calibration database. I had calibration reports, queries, cal due status, standards, etc.

I think it has already been mentioned, but some considerations are how many instruments you have, the level of complexity/diversity in your instruments, how many people will view the data, the level of users required, etc.
 
K

KungFuJoe

#14
Just a correction, but we're looking for calibration software also. The quoted price of $700-1200 is way off. GageTrak starts at $1995 for a one user package with no yearly maintenance, which is required.

I'm leaning toward writing my own at this point.

Just as an FYI, we have an Access database that we've been using (we're AS9100 registered), but got dinged because we couldn't justify our recall date methodology. Apparently, he wants to see a 95% confidence band calaculation on every gage. Good luck.
 

Kevin Mader

One of THE Original Covers!
Staff member
Admin
#15
Echoing the past:

Gagetrack is an acceptable tracking software but if you are in an industry which requires validation, you might find that this is a tricky endeavor. We were never able to validate it to Part 11 despite three attempts. In the end, the $1200 pricetag is dwarfed by the validation expenses. Based upon your needs, it could be an acceptable tool. For the Medical Device Industry, it's a challenge that may not be solved. We opted to develop an SAP application using their PM module that ended up being a better solution. Again, the development and validation expenses here dwarf the $1200 expense. Be pragmatic in your decision on the tool is all I can say.

Regards,

Kevin
 
R

R. Webb

#17
I have used a few purchased systems all of which worked okay but currently I am tracking less than 100 gages and all are hand tools - caliper and micrometes and the like. I stopped using the program they had as it wasn't flexible at all and put it all in excel, sort by date due, conditional formatting to highlight gages due and I'm there! Just need to check it regularly!
 
C

Citizen Kane

#18
Hi !

In our location we are using also GageTrack and I think it worked well for us until now. Gives also good comunication with Outlook and outputs good reports and easy to handle. We are satisfied with it.
 
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