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Our response to a request from Stewart Industries for a Positive Recall Procedure to use with their AS9100 system:

Positive recall is dependent upon the affected process, such as Calibration, Nonconformance, Inspection Records, Product Traceability and much more…

AS9100 requires a trail of bread crumbs for all activities, which makes records available for audit that can be used to achieve positive recall. The most generic approach to positive recall is preparation of logs that can be sorted to find appropriate information.

AS9100 refers to positive recall in paragraphs 7.4.3 Verification of Purchased Product and 8.2.4. Monitoring and Measurement of Product. We implement positive recall using logs for each affected process; for instance, find useful positive recall instructions embedded in our QMS-15 Calibration Procedure. Search for the word recall throughout the procedure to find relevant instructions that could be adapted to any production activity. The calibration procedure uses a recall card from our Calibration System Forms that could also be adapted for any process.

QMS-09 Receiving Procedure requires inspection records for all materials that can be used for traceability and recall. Materials that have an expiration date have an additional requirement to complete a log, which will be used for recall when they expire their shelf life.

QMS-14 Control of Nonconforming Product requires a log for suspension of Material Reports and segregation of materials that are pending disposition.

Throughout the manufacturing or service process there are numerous opportunities to create logs that could be used for positive recall similar to the methods described in the calibration procedure.

Please visit our AS9100 Kit at:

http://www.as9100-quality-system.com/#as9100qualitysystemkit

We offer a very effective method to manage logs using our Efficient QMS, which enables the User to schedule important events, such as log entries for calibration, nonconformances, expired materials – deadlines and schedules of any kind. The login screen displays pending and overdue events for each person that is affected by a scheduled event and all records are contained in a database that can be searched and sorted for recall information. Please learn more about eQMS at: http://www.efficient-quality-program.com/

Hope this information helps your project.

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