Best practices for tablet-based field inspections in quality control

[[Em...]]

We are evaluating digital, tablet-based approaches for field inspections and quality data capture, and are interested in how others handle offline scenarios without compromising data integrity.

In many field and site inspections, connectivity is unreliable, yet inspection records, photos, and annotations still need to remain traceable and consistent once synchronized back to central systems.

From a quality and metrology perspective:
- How do you manage offline inspection data while maintaining traceability?
- What challenges have you seen with synchronization, versioning, or data integrity?
- Are there established best practices to ensure inspection data collected offline remains audit-ready?

Interested in hearing how others approach this from a quality systems standpoint rather than specific tools.
 

[[Ch...]]

get something like a starlink hotspot.

Traceability is a must however it's done, photos are a good source of truth.

New versions of metrology software : try to retest previous data to see if it gives you same results. Recommend always store data locally (.zmp files are encrypted)  in separated folders, and sync that folder to the cloud if needed - this is where some methods are better than others, constant syncing and pulling.

I believe there are some ISO specs etc on how to store and manage data, and I'm sure there are 3rd party solutions.

pretty general response but hope it helps.