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Process · Document and acknowledgment review

Document and acknowledgment review

Carry a controlled version through review and trace each person's acknowledgment to that version.

Step by step

  1. Prepare version Document Controller

    Document Controller records title, version, attachment and intended effective date while the document is draft.

    • Captures version and attachment
    • Updates Controlled documents
  2. Review content Quality Reviewer

    Quality Reviewer examines the version before it is approved.

    • Makes the review state visible
    • Updates Controlled documents
  3. Approve version Quality Reviewer

    Quality Reviewer makes the document decision and changes its status to approved.

    • Records the approved state
    • Updates Controlled documents
    ApprovalA person approves before the work moves on.
  4. Record acknowledgment Document Controller

    Document Controller records the Person and date against the exact Controlled Document version.

    • Ties person and date to a version
    • Updates Training acknowledgments, Controlled documents, People
  5. Replace version Document Controller

    Document Controller prepares the next version and marks the older one obsolete after the effective change.

    • Preserves version-specific history
    • Updates Controlled documents, Training acknowledgments
Document Controller
Prepares versions and records acknowledgments; Quality Reviewer decides document approval; Auditor inspects the resulting history.

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