Fluid Components International Quality Assurance Manual - Manual (Page 37)

DOCUMENT NUMBER
07QA070003
SUBJECT
Quality Manual
CAGE CODE
64818
Date
10-8-2012
SECTION
1
PAGE
15
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organization. FCI identifies, verifies, protects, and safeguards customer property
provided for use or incorporation into the product. Occurrence of any customer
property that is lost, damaged, or otherwise found to be unsuitable for use is
recorded and reported to the customer and records maintained.
7.5.5 PRESERVATION OF PRODUCT
FCI preserves the product during internal processing and delivery to the intended
destination in order to maintain conformity to requirements. As applicable, this
preservation includes identification, handling, packaging, storage, and protection.
Preservation also applies to constituent parts of a product.
7.6 CONTROL OF MEASURING AND MONITORING DEVICES
FCI determines the monitoring and measurements to be undertaken and the
measuring and monitoring equipment needed to provide evidence of conformity
of product to determined requirements.
FCI establishes processes to ensure the monitoring and measurement can be
carried out and are carried out in a manner that is consistent with the monitoring
and measurement requirements.
Where necessary to ensure valid results, measuring equipment is:
a) Calibrated or verified at specified intervals, or prior to use, against
measurement standards traceable to international or national standards;
where no such standards exist, the basis used for calibration or verification
is recorded,
b) Be adjusted or re-adjusted as necessary,
c) Be identified in order that the calibration status is determined,
d) Be safeguarded from adjustments that would invalidate the measurement
result, and
e) Be protected from damage and deterioration during handling, maintenance,
and storage.
In addition, FCI assesses and records the validity of the previous measuring
results when the equipment is found not to conform to requirements. FCI takes
appropriate action on the equipment and any product affected. Records of the
results of calibration and verification are maintained.
When used in the monitoring and measurement of specified requirements, the
ability of computer software to satisfy the intended application is confirmed. This
is undertaken prior to initial use and reconfirmed as necessary.