| Audit Tips Previous findings – In preparation for an audit, make sure you have included assessing to assure previous audit findings have been abated. Procedure Process Technique Approval – All procedures and process techniques or instruction sheets used for processing and/or evaluation of components must be approved by a level 3 in most cases. It is important to remember that if you are inspecting parts for an aerospace prime that requires them to approve the level 3, that level 3 must approve the procedure and other instructional documents. If you had a customer approved level 3 and that level 3 no longer works for you, you will have to obtain another approved level 3 and you will likely have to have that person re-approve the previously approved documents. You may have be able to be creative in how you do this with the least amount of administrative work, but be sure the approving customer agrees in writing, your method of approval. Records – Make sure you now record somewhere what specifications were used for the inspection and the revisions of the specification used. This can be in a job log or on a final test report. It is important for a prime customer to be able to trace an inspection to the specific acceptance criteria use at the time a component was inspected. Process Trainees – When you are training someone in the process and they have a trainee status, make sure you are documenting all training they receive and that they do not independently perform any operations, unsupervised, unless detailed appropriate documents are in place and approved by the level 3. Process Control Process Control Failures – Make sure you procedurally cover what to do if a process control check fails, including notification of customer if parts cannot be re-inspected or have been shipped before the failure was found. If you record the check as a failure, make adjustments and bring the check into compliance with requirements, make sure you re-record the accepted check. Procurement Purchasing and P.O.'s - It is vital to flow down all required technical information on a P.O. to the subcontractor who is providing you with a product or service. Keep in mind that anything required to meet a specification should have that specification referenced either on the P.O. or a document containing the specification requirements should be referenced on the P.O. Examples -
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