Visual guide

Resolve a quality nonconformity

Document a response to a nonconformity created by a failed item and resolve it before continuing the check.

5 minutes
Product screenshot: Resolve a quality nonconformity
Step by step

Follow each step on screen

  1. 01

    Open NC beside the NOT OK item. The check cannot close while the nonconformity remains open.

    Step 1: Open NC beside the NOT OK item. The check cannot close while the nonconformity remains open.
  2. 02

    Review its detail, Open status and severity.

    Step 2: Review its detail, Open status and severity.
  3. 03

    Read the description and prepare a response describing the work performed.

    Step 3: Read the description and prepare a response describing the work performed.
  4. 04

    Enter a concrete response in the field.

    Step 4: Enter a concrete response in the field.
  5. 05

    Select Save response.

    Step 5: Select Save response.
  6. 06

    Select Resolve once the corrective action is documented.

    Step 6: Select Resolve once the corrective action is documented.
  7. 07

    Review the confirmation with the response and confirm Resolve.

    Step 7: Review the confirmation with the response and confirm Resolve.
  8. 08

    Verify that the detail says Resolved and retains the response.

    Step 8: Verify that the detail says Resolved and retains the response.
  9. 09

    Return to the check. The resolved NC no longer blocks closing, but the failed item still needs a new check to become OK.

    Step 9: Return to the check. The resolved NC no longer blocks closing, but the failed item still needs a new check to become OK.
  10. 10

    In Quality control > Nonconformities, verify the row is shown as Closed.

    Step 10: In Quality control > Nonconformities, verify the row is shown as Closed.
FAQ

Frequently asked questions

What was verified and what remains untested?+

The nonconformity was created by a failed item. Independent creation, evidence uploads and reopening were not tested.