Our records are completely traceable.
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An auditor followed one from the report back to the raw data in under two minutes.
Audit Season
Written practices, records and the auditor’s favorite question. For every industry. 14 jokes.
The auditor said our quality manual was a heavy-duty document. She was right.
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Every page holds up.
Why was the Level III the calmest person on audit day?
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She had read every page twice and annotated the second time.
What do auditors and inspectors have in common?
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They both start by checking the label.
Why was the calibration certificate so relaxed at the audit?
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It still had months to go.
The calmest person on audit day is the one whose binder looks exactly like it did last Tuesday.
The best answer in any audit is the record from March, found in under a minute.
You might be audit-ready if you can find a calibration certificate faster than your car keys.
'Where is the written practice?' asked the auditor. The new Level II pointed at the shelf. 'And the current revision?' She pointed at the binder. 'And the evidence that everyone has read it?' She opened the training record: eighty signatures, each dated the day that person read the current revision.
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'That's all of it,' said the auditor. 'I brought a long list of questions.' 'We brought the matching list of answers,' said the Level II.
Auditor arrives.
Each page dated, signed, in place.
Lunch is still on time.
Observation (n.): An audit finding that isn't a nonconformance yet, but has the energy of one.
Audit season is the only time the filing cabinet is the most popular person in the building.
Ever notice that the label maker is the only tool in the lab with a perfect record?
Knock knock.
Who's there?
Audit.
Audit who?
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Audit be nice to see every initial in its place.