∞Major
•Portion of the standard not addressed
•May lead to shipment of nonconforming product
•Not isolated, consistently found such as a procedure
consistently not being followed
∞Minor
•Significant number of minor nonconformances indicating
system weakness
•3 to 5 Minors in one element or procedure *MAY* make a
Major - but - this is a rule of thumb for
companies under 150 folks. Larger companies will typically have more minors than smaller companies. So -
this is somewhat subjective.
∞Finding
•Very minor problem; isolated incident
•Needs to be addressed
∞Observation
•Opportunity for improvement