Re: Stamping Documents with ‘For Reference Only’
Welcome to the Cove! You might be interested to read back over this thread about the use of 'for reference' documents. It's not unusual to do this, however, one point of disscusion is that people don't check on the document's validity, especially if it can't be done easily/readily. Now, it's possible to be registered to ISO 9000 etc with such as system, but can you and your management be really confident that everyone does this check before they use a document? If not, then the system isn't working. Do your internal audits check this, for example?
If releasing a 'controlled' document is complex/complicated, you might want to look into that. Document control doesn't have to be that way......
The regular Cove members welcome you
We are using stamps "controlled document" and also "for reference only". The difference is that a document with stamp "for reference only" serves for information and the user has to check its validity. E.g. we use reference copies during internal audits. Releasing of controlled documents is more complicated.
Hope it helps you a little bit
Hope it helps you a little bit
If releasing a 'controlled' document is complex/complicated, you might want to look into that. Document control doesn't have to be that way......
The regular Cove members welcome you
I really hate to think like an Auditor, it gets me in trouble sometimes


