01 · COST, NOT COUNT
Every scrapped part becomes a number.
Quantity × unit cost, frozen at the moment you log it, so last year's figures don't change when this year's prices do. The dashboard shows what went to scrap this month.
Unit cost is optional. If a part isn't priced, DefectLog tells you how many records have no cost and lets you switch Pareto over to counting pieces instead. It works with the figures you give it and nothing else.
02 · PARETO → ACTION
Raise the corrective action from the chart itself.
You can see which causes cost you the most and which of them still have nothing done about them. Raise a corrective action from the same screen and it stays pinned to the defects that built the bar.
03 · CAPA WITH EVIDENCE
Closing a corrective action requires evidence.
Action taken, effectiveness check, verification date. The database enforces all three, so there is no reminder left to ignore. ISO 9001 clause 10.2 asks for exactly this. A trend column then shows whether the cause's cost actually fell after you acted.
CAPA, in plain English: what you do after a defect. Find the root cause (RCA), take a corrective action (CA), then check it actually worked. Every shop names the parts a little differently. DefectLog keeps them as one record your auditor can follow from cause to close.
