Caution!
The following is meant to
give you some ideas. For example, you will see references to documentation - most of which, by context,
is paper documentation. As we all know, there
are vast changes taking place every day, from
Microsofts latest “XP” software experiment to 21CFR11 compliant document management software. Some companies are cutting
edge - scanners at every PeeCee and a PeeCee
at every station and desk. Some companies are still
basically paper based. Most are somewhere in between.
This said, take the ideas
presented into the context of your company and systems. Some companies have travelers, for example,
while others do not. Some companies keep work
instructions at each station while other companies
have work instructions which are part of the traveler package. And, of course, sometimes OJT (or education or experience or a combination
thereof)
takes the place of specific work instructions.
Also consider vocabulary. As an example, some companies call work instructions process sheets.