Document Control System 2.0

A master list of controlled documents is not only a Quality System Requirement, but also a necessity for managing your inventory of critical documents and data. As documents evolve over time, it is important to know the difference between revisions. A change to a manufacturing procedure ultimately changes your deliverable product. The personnel approving a document revision will often have comments that become an important part of the documentation on the document itself. The approval process often yields important information about the process covered by the document. Consider the problems created through the use of outdated assembly instructions at one of your manufacturing stations. It is imperative that all personnel are reading the same script.