Every review produces outputs of four kinds: improvements, changes to the quality system, resource needs and actions on risks and opportunities. The action register (AQL-F06) keeps every output from every review in one list, with one owner, a due date, the evidence it was done, and a verification by someone other than the owner that it worked. Its State column reads Open, Due within 30 days, Overdue, Done: verify, Closed: verified, Not effective: reopen or Canceled.
Writing an action someone could check
'Improve supplier delivery' can't be verified. 'Qualify a second anodize source, with first articles on three part numbers, by January 29' can. Rewrite vague actions in the meeting, before anyone leaves.
Re-dating
Owners can ask for more time; only the review or its chair grants it, and the reason is recorded. The register keeps the first due date beside the revised one. An action re-dated twice comes back to the next review as a decision, not an update.
What closes each kind of output
| Output | Evidence it is done | How we verify it worked | Does not close it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Improvement | The change in place, with its date | The measure it was meant to move, against its baseline | A project plan, or 'started' |
| Change to the QMS | The revised document issued; people trained | An audit or a sample of records made after the change | A draft, or an announcement |
| Resource need | The person hired, the equipment installed, the training held | The gap it was for: coverage, overtime, capacity | Budget approval on its own |
| Risk action | The action done and the register re-rated | The risk measured again at the next quarterly review | The register updated with no action behind it |
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