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- Quality Management
- Process
- Audit follow-up
Audit follow-up
Audits carry the scope, planned date, auditor and overall status. Audit findings belong to a specific audit and carry the requirement, observed finding, severity, owner, due date and closed date. Together, they support a clear conversation about what was examined and who is responsible for follow-up.
Step by step
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Plan audit Quality Manager
Quality Manager names the scope, planned date and assigned auditor while the audit is Planned.
- Set scope, date and assigned auditor
- Updates Audits, People
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Conduct review Quality Manager
The assigned auditor works through the scope and records findings against requirements as the audit is in progress.
- Record requirement and observation
- Updates Audits, Audit findings
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Assign follow-up Quality Manager
Quality Manager gives each finding an Owner, severity and due date.
- Set severity, Owner and due date
- Updates Audit findings, People
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Report Quality Manager
The assigned auditor moves the audit to Reporting and reviews the recorded findings.
- Read findings with audit context
- Updates Audits, Audit findings
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Review closure Quality Manager
Quality Manager checks finding closed dates separately from the audit's completed date and Closed state.
- Inspect completed and closed dates
- Updates Audits, Audit findings
Who does what
Roles and permissions- Quality Manager
- Plans and reviews follow-up; the person assigned as auditor records findings; each finding owner handles follow-up.
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