The Monday Board is a one-page checklist of eight actions, one for each step an audit finding response goes through. Each uses records you already have and finds a real gap if one exists. Print it, pin it up and tick them off.
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01 · The requirement
Compare the requirement quoted in your last response with the auditor's exact words.
Chapter 1: Requirement02 · The problem statement
Write the problem statement for one open finding with no cause in it, and send it to the auditor.
Chapter 2: Restate It03 · The correction
Check the correction on your last finding names what was done and the date, with no system change in it.
Chapter 3: Correction04 · The sample
List every place the same gap could exist beyond the auditor's sample and check them all.
Chapter 4: Look Beyond the Sample05 · The root cause
Check the root cause on your last finding does not end at a person or at training.
Chapter 5: Root Cause06 · The corrective action
Pair each corrective action on your last response with a cause and replace any that only reminds or trains.
Chapter 6: Corrective Action07 · The tracker
Find every item in your corrective action log with no owner or no date.
Chapter 7: CAR Tracker
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Based on the made-up customer audit CAR-0417 in One Finding. The Audit Response Trail. The plant, finding and numbers are made up. Use your own forms; every check works with whatever records you already keep.