Thanks for the reply Marc.
What I inspect is an operation and maintenance contract. I'm making sure equipment works as it should, is scheduled for preventive maintenance properly, and general maintenance (buildings, grounds, general housekeeping) is being performed. Inspections also focus on drawings (As-Built, PIPR) files, test equipment (mostly calibration), safety (OSHA regs), property control, corrosion control (salt air of Florida), security (military contract), environmental (EPA, 40 CFR), occupational health, and vehicle maintenance.
Normal procedure is I inspect, generate a written report of findings to a group, they fix the problems and issue a response of corrective actions to findings, the response is reviewed for acceptability, filed, and on to the next one.
What I need is a procedure or method that would tell me if a particular finding is being repeated over and over by numerous locations, or if a problem is being repeated in subsequent inspections of the same group. The only way I have now is my own mental recall of what findings have been, or to go back and read past reports (which in a 1-man QA effort, of about 100 sites, spread over 4 counties is about impossible). I was just wondering if anyone has a method or process that can track things and "show" trends, that isn't a "data entry monster."
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