In the past, we have received hard copies of gauge calibration/verification results from our outside suppliers. Most of them are moving to a system that provides an online database with company specific log-in and do not provide hard copies. It is a bit of a motivator, as we have been wanting to go paperless internally for a while. It's just been easier to take the packet of certs and file them in a drawer by year than have someone scan each cert individually.
As we're working on becoming ISO 9001:2015 certified, we want to provide that record of calibration when being audited. We already have a (in-house generated) gauge database in Access.
There appear to be some options here for records:
A) Have a field in the database that identifies which supplier calibrated the gauge and a link to their website/database.
B) Download each cert/record as a PDF and save locally
C) Print each cert and file it in the cabinet as we have been (I can't imagine this being the best option)
D) Something else?
We're not medical, aerospace, or FDA. There are over 1700 items that get some form of calibration or verification. We do get a summary of which gauges needed adjustment or were non-repairable. Is this enough to show all items are in calibration? Do you need a locally stored (electronic or physical) copy of a calibration certificate? Looking for options and trying to learn from others experience. This can't be the first time this has come up....
Thanks
Rick
As we're working on becoming ISO 9001:2015 certified, we want to provide that record of calibration when being audited. We already have a (in-house generated) gauge database in Access.
There appear to be some options here for records:
A) Have a field in the database that identifies which supplier calibrated the gauge and a link to their website/database.
B) Download each cert/record as a PDF and save locally
C) Print each cert and file it in the cabinet as we have been (I can't imagine this being the best option)
D) Something else?
We're not medical, aerospace, or FDA. There are over 1700 items that get some form of calibration or verification. We do get a summary of which gauges needed adjustment or were non-repairable. Is this enough to show all items are in calibration? Do you need a locally stored (electronic or physical) copy of a calibration certificate? Looking for options and trying to learn from others experience. This can't be the first time this has come up....
Thanks
Rick