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At our company we use what we call a "detail print". It is the blueprint for the building of a part. This document includes the mechanical configuration, bill of materials, processing procedure references, sequence of steps in building the parts, test parameters, marking, customer drawing reference (if applicable), and the shop routing reference number. When an order is processed, this detail print is copied and kept with the manufacturing order, and a copy is issued with each shop routing generated to fill the manufacturing order.
We are having our registration audit for AS9100 at the end of August. The problem that I have is, how do we prove control of these detail prints? With our document control, we have provisions for changing, reviewing and approving documents. When is comes to issueing documents, items like processing procedures and other specifications are issued to departments and work areas, signed for, and records kept for their release. However, the detail prints are handled differently because they are issued with orders, and we have literally tens of thousands of different detail prints, and thousands of orders in process at a time. We have a procedure for issueing changes to prints, and maintaining configuration control. We can show the current revision of the detail print with a shop routing and manufacturing lot matches the master on file, show the approval of the detail print, but how do we prove the controlled release of this document?
We are having our registration audit for AS9100 at the end of August. The problem that I have is, how do we prove control of these detail prints? With our document control, we have provisions for changing, reviewing and approving documents. When is comes to issueing documents, items like processing procedures and other specifications are issued to departments and work areas, signed for, and records kept for their release. However, the detail prints are handled differently because they are issued with orders, and we have literally tens of thousands of different detail prints, and thousands of orders in process at a time. We have a procedure for issueing changes to prints, and maintaining configuration control. We can show the current revision of the detail print with a shop routing and manufacturing lot matches the master on file, show the approval of the detail print, but how do we prove the controlled release of this document?