Develop a traceability system

Answer:

Start by the end. Imagine that you are with a finished product in the warehouse, or that you receive a complaint about a service provided. What kind of information is requested by legislation, by your customers, or by your own organization? Go backwards step by step and determine what kind of information you want to record and easily access. Stop where you want or need. For example some organizations only keep traceability after a certain operation. In the first case, with the finished product in the warehouse, with a particular lot number, perhaps you want to see:

Who and when controlled quality of the finished product
Who, when, with what machines/team/line manufactured the product
Who, when recorded process control verifications
What raw materials and subassemblies were used
Who manufactured those subassemblies
Who and when controlled raw materials used
Who and when supplied the raw materials
This is just an example.

The following material will provide you informati on about traceability:

- ISO 9001 – ISO 9001:2015 clause 8.5 Product realization – Practical examples for compliance - https://advisera.com/9001academy/blog/2015/11/03/iso-90012015-clause-8-5-product-realization-practical-examples-for-compliance/
- Record of Traceability [ISO 9001:2015] - https://advisera.com/9001academy/documentation/record-traceability/
- free online training ISO 9001:2015 Foundations Course – https://advisera.com/training/iso-9001-foundations-course/
- book - Discover ISO 9001:2015 Through Practical Examples - https://advisera.com/books/discover-iso-9001-2015-through-practical-examples/