Fluid Components International Quality Assurance Manual - Manual (Page 92)

DOCUMENT NUMBER
07QA070003
SUBJECT
Quality Manual
CAGE CODE
64818
RELEASE DATE
10-8-2012
SECTION
3
PAGE
19
CURRENT
REVISION
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16.2 Significant Conditions
Significant conditions adverse to quality as determined by the Quality Assurance
Manager shall be addressed in a memo to the President, a CPAR per 04QA 704083 or
if discovered during an internal audit, on an Audit Finding Report, with the following
information included:

A description and/or cause of the condition.

Recommended corrective action to be taken to eliminate the condition and
preclude repetition.

Proposed follow-up action to verify implementation of the corrective action.
When determined necessary by the Quality Assurance Manager, copies of the memo
shall be distributed to management personnel responsible for the area affected.
16.3 Document Non-Conformances
Document Change Requests (DCR's) are used to initiate changes to drawings and
other documents found necessary during Production or Inspection activities. They
may be used in conjunction with a Discrepancy Report as a vehicle to notify
Engineering that a document change is needed as part of a discrepancy corrective
action. DCR's may be generated by anyone discovering a document-related error.
16.4 Product Non-Conformances
Non-conformances related to product are best documented on Discrepancy Reports as
described in Paragraph 15, Non-Conforming Items”, of this section of the Manual.
The Corrective Action section is used to initiate actions that will preclude the product
nonconformance from recurring.
17 QUALITY ASSURANCE RECORDS
Quality records are maintained to demonstrate conformance to specified requirements
and the effective operation of the quality system.
Documented procedures describe the identification, collection, indexing, accessing,
filing, storage, maintenance, and disposition of quality records.
Quality records are stored to minimize deterioration and damage and prevent loss;
they are legible, identifiable and readily retrievable.
The Quality Assurance Department shall process and maintain Quality records per
Quality Assurance Procedures 04QA704007 and the Quality System Database;
Quality Records.