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Hello all,
I have a question concerning shop travelers and documentation of procedures. I work for a tool & die welding and heat treating company, and we are implementing an ISO 9001 quality system.
How much actual documentation is required for what actually happens with each job in our shop? I noticed that some companies use a shop traveler, which then documents what work was done, materials used, process used, time into job, etc. Are these necessary for ISO 9001 certification? I didn't see anything about it being required, but i noticed they are used frequently.
While I like the idea of shop travelers, since each job has its own record and everything is on one piece of paper, it may be too difficult to implement in our shop since many jobs are in and out in 15 minutes. Some larger jobs may be here for weeks. Is it ok to use them for larger jobs only? Or does it have to be for all jobs? Right now, we don't really have any paperwork on what we did, except for the customer's paperwork and our shipper. For furnace jobs, we do provide to our customer and keep on file the chart recorder from the furnace, but for weld jobs we don't write down the welding process, wire used, etc. Time sheets are kept by each welder showing which jobs they worked on, however.
I'd like to have more accountability and records for what we do, but is it really necessary and worth the time?
Thanks,
Travis
I have a question concerning shop travelers and documentation of procedures. I work for a tool & die welding and heat treating company, and we are implementing an ISO 9001 quality system.
How much actual documentation is required for what actually happens with each job in our shop? I noticed that some companies use a shop traveler, which then documents what work was done, materials used, process used, time into job, etc. Are these necessary for ISO 9001 certification? I didn't see anything about it being required, but i noticed they are used frequently.
While I like the idea of shop travelers, since each job has its own record and everything is on one piece of paper, it may be too difficult to implement in our shop since many jobs are in and out in 15 minutes. Some larger jobs may be here for weeks. Is it ok to use them for larger jobs only? Or does it have to be for all jobs? Right now, we don't really have any paperwork on what we did, except for the customer's paperwork and our shipper. For furnace jobs, we do provide to our customer and keep on file the chart recorder from the furnace, but for weld jobs we don't write down the welding process, wire used, etc. Time sheets are kept by each welder showing which jobs they worked on, however.
I'd like to have more accountability and records for what we do, but is it really necessary and worth the time?
Thanks,
Travis