Welcome to QA Assistant Studio MAX
December 1, 2018
The new QA Assistant Studio MAX transcends our highly-acclaimed legacy software with superior performance, a plethora of new time-saving features, and an unmatched user interface.This page is only the tip of the iceburg for what's new in QA Assistant Studio MAX.
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New Features
In addition to an incredible boost in performance, QA Assistant Studio MAX contains many new features. We've listed some of them below:
12,000+ New Document Templates
Thousands of new document templates available, including new documents such as Work Instructions and additional fields such as GM Priority Zones, images, Poka Yoke, SxO and criticality for FMEA and Control PlansAndon Color Coding
Andon System allows you to highlight risk thresholds for Severity, Occurrence, Detection and RPN values within your FMEA document.Approval Workflows
Approval Workflows are now revision controlled, access controlled, and permit multiple signatures per approval fieldAttachments
Upload external files or specify native QA Assistant files as reference documentsClassification Images
Select from new high-resolution SVG images for clarity, or add information directly to the document. Re-order class fields as required.Comments
Enter a comment/annotation to a document field to provide more information regarding the cell entry or to clarify the information enteredCorrelated Documents
Ability to build new document types from a document with embedded Build+Sync documents; The new documents will use the Build+Sync documents for the new document type(s) which correspond to the documents embedded in the original documentCustom Date Format
Date fields may be customized to a user-preferred or document-specified formatCustom Risk Criteria
Severity, Occurrence, Detection, and Criticality Matrices are now revision controlled, access controlled, and completely customizableDashboard
A personalized dashboard displays important notices, overdue actions, recent documents, and other useful information.Direct URLs
Create your own shortcuts or share your documents and workspaces with colleagues using a direct link URLDocument Content
Functionality to fold/unfold document rows for hiding/displaying important document information; Embed images within the document content; And embed Build+Sync documents in-line with other document content.Document Preferences
Preferences for individual documents are now found in one convenient locationEnhanced Build+Sync™
Use documents as building blocks, embed a document as part of another document, and even 'nest' documents within other Build+Sync documents.Expanded Lessons Learned Library
Expanded library results with improved interface for easy results viewing and selectionExport Options
Choose from several new file formats, use dynamic "Labels" to extract relevant document and project information into the document header, and convert image file types.External File Management
Import external file formats (i.e. CAD drawings, Word® documents, PowerPoint® presentations, etc) and use QA Assistant Studio MAX's control features to manage their revisions, access, and use as attachments or embedded in other QA Assistant Studio MAX documents. The imported files are stored using a robust AES-256 file encryption implementation.Gantt Charts
Gantt Charts may be created independently of projects, embedded, and nested within other Gantt Charts.Guest / Scheduled Access
Ability to share full document content with colleagues or guests for a scheduled period of time.Managing Documents
Ability to open or recycle many documents at once. Also the ability to open documents in a 'minimized' view to quickly view large filesMultiple Open Documents
QA Assistant Studio now supports "tabbed" views and multiple instances to allow you to view several documents simultaneouslyPareto Assistant
7 new graphs with greater level of detail and color-coded per user-specified criteriaPPAP Documents
Compile related documents in the AIAG PPAP Document format for customer submissions and review.Redline Comparison
Compare two versions of a document using a redline document comparison to identify the changesReporting
Refine the search criteria of your favorite standard document templates or use the improved Custom Reporting tool to create powerful reportsRisk Criteria Tables and Risk Results
Severity, Occurrence & Detection tables together with easy to read risk statistics are automatically displayed with a concise quick-reference menu and the full risk tableSpecial Symbols & Characters
Select Mathematical, Greek, and other symbols to quickly insert them into a document fieldSyncrhonization
Improved synchronization performance with same pane view. Additional tools for managing synchronizationWorkspaces
Opening a saved workspace will recreate that workspace, including your window layout, which document is open, opened document tabs, and window's scroll positions within those documents