IATF 16949 Clause 8.3 - Rework Records Requirements

[Marleigh]

In 8.3, Control of Nonconforming product, the standard says, "Records of the nature of nonconformities and any subsequent actions taken, including concessions obtained, shall be maintained."

Does this mean that if a product is reworked in-process, records of the nonconformity and subsequent rework activities must be maintained?

The wording seems a little unclear to me, but I remember an auditor at a past company making an issue out of rework records not being maintained. Any direction would be appreciated.

 

[QualitySpirit]

Re: Rework Records Requirements?

In 8.3, Control of Nonconforming product, the standard says, "Records of the nature of nonconformities and any subsequent actions taken, including concessions obtained, shall be maintained."

Does this mean that if a product is reworked in-process, records of the nonconformity and subsequent rework activities must be maintained?

The wording seems a little unclear to me, but I remember an auditor at a past company making an issue out of rework records not being maintained. Any direction would be appreciated.

Yes, according to the requirements there is a need to maintain record of what nonconformity is detected, and what action the authorized person made such as scrapped, reworked, concession. Normally this ends in one production record, how many pieces are in; how many are OK; how many are NG (with notes of natures of the nonconformity such as scratched, bari, dent. and then another column what you did with the NG parts.

There is a question then that to what extent rework is considered rework in this sense. I have seen an example of a QC operator performs 100% visual inspection and if he finds dust or dirt, he cleans it immediately.
This could be consider on-line rework too but it would be too time consuming if he has to do visual inspect and record piece by piece that every single dirty part has been reworked by cleaning.