🎯 QAS — Visual Spec
Visual acceptance specification — shape, colour, size, photos. R&D signs off before a recipe can be Approved.
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QAS is the visual reference for the line
Every recipe gets a QAS — Visual Acceptance Specification: target shape, colour, size, surface texture, plus reference and defect photos. R&D signs it off and the sign-off is the visual reference for everyone downstream. It is not a gate on the approval workflow — a recipe can move to Approved without it — but it is strongly recommended for any recipe that will run regularly.
Open QAS
Sidebar → Quality & Production → 🎯 QAS — Visual Spec. The landing list shows every recipe with a QAS status: Not started · Draft · Pending · Approved · Rejected · Bypassed. Sorted with unfilled ones first so the work-to-do is on top.
📍 In RecipeHub: QAS — Visual Spec page
Visual specs table
Click any recipe row. The Visual Specs table is pre-seeded with Shape · Colour · Size / dimensions · Surface / texture. Each row has 4 editable cells: Attribute · Target · Acceptable · Reject. Add custom rows with + Add row. Removed with ✕.
📍 In RecipeHub: QAS — Visual Spec page
Role-specific notes
NPD: You author these. Be specific — "Surface: smooth, no cracks visible" beats "looks good".
QA: You read these on the line as the visual reference for what passes and what gets rejected.
FACTORY: Operators check finished product against this spec.
Reference and defect photos
Two photo grids: Reference photos (correct product) and Defect photos (what to reject). Multi-upload supported, 5 MB cap each. Each photo gets a caption AND its own comments thread — useful for QA / R&D / Factory to discuss specific defects without scrolling.
📍 In RecipeHub: QAS — Visual Spec page
Sign-off
Bottom of the QAS page: ✓ Sign off — Approve QAS. R&D / Admin only. This stamps the spec as the official visual reference for the line. QAS sign-off is independent of the recipe approval workflow — it can happen before or after the recipe moves to Approved, or be skipped entirely.
📍 In RecipeHub: QAS — Visual Spec page
Role-specific notes
NPD: You sign off. You can also bypass with a reason — try not to.
QA: You can read every QAS but R&D owns the sign-off.
FACTORY: You can't edit QAS but you can drop comments on photos when you spot a defect drift.