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title: "Basic quality planning"
slug: "basic-quality-planning"
tags: ["Life Sciences", "Quality Control and Assurance"]
updated: 2026-06-25T10:24:07Z
published: 2026-06-25T10:24:07Z
canonical: "docs.staedean.com/basic-quality-planning"
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# Basic quality planning

Quality orders can be automatically generated for raw materials (when a purchase order is registered/received) and manufactured products (when an operation and/or batch order/production order is started/reported as finished) based on the quality association setup.

Life Sciences Quality Control & Assurance allows planning Quality Control by defining a new quality lead time for purchasing/manufacturing and calculating the planned order start date accordingly. The basic quality planning functionality includes the time for Quality Control, calculated as a difference between the planned orders’ **Requirement date** and **Delivery date** when scheduling the planned purchase orders and production orders to:

- Include the quality time in MRP calculations both for incoming and manufactured materials.
- Determine the expected release date of materials under quality inspection (both for incoming materials inspected upon receipt and manufactured products).
- This functionality provides additional features related to lead times, including:
- The capability to define the site/warehouse where the lead times apply (quality lead times may be different by site/warehouse).
- The capability to define a purchase order quality lead time for raw materials.
- The capability to define a batch order quality lead time for finished products.
- The capability to define if the quality lead times refer to working or calendar days.

The additional fields are available in the **Quality order** tab in the **Default order settings** form (**Life Sciences Quality Control & Assurance > Released products > Manage inventory** tab **> Default order settings**).

## Related

- [Quality control setup](/quality-control-setup.md)
- [Life Sciences Quality Control & Assurance](/life-sciences-quality-control-assurance.md)