Quality audit without the CAPA plan that lives in a spreadsheet.
Most quality audits identify findings where the CAPA sits in a spreadsheet until the next audit. This template routes finding severity to CAPA planning with process owner sign-off and effectiveness review before close-out.
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Q1 Quality Audit: Manufacturing
40 samples · Major findings = CAPA required
- Audit scope & objectives100%Quality AuditorApproval gate
- Sampling planBLOQUEADAQuality Auditor
- Evidence collection & reviewBLOQUEADAQuality AuditorEvidence
- Finding classificationBLOQUEADAQuality AuditorApproval gate
- CAPA plan & sign-offBLOQUEADAProcess OwnerApproval gateDep. pendente
- CAPA executionBLOQUEADAProcess OwnerDep. pendente
- CAPA effectiveness & close-outBLOQUEADAQuality AuditorApproval gateDep. pendente
Opinion
What we cut. And what we kept.
This template is CAPA-driven, not finding-driven. Finding-driven is why audits become documentation exercises instead of quality improvements.
Cut
- Findings classified without CAPA routing.
- CAPA plans approved without process owner review.
- CAPA execution tracked in separate systems.
- Close-out without effectiveness verification.
Kept
- Finding severity drives CAPA requirement.
- Process owner approval gate for CAPA plan.
- CAPA execution tracked in the same run.
- Effectiveness review blocks audit close-out.
What this template includes
Process steps
- 1Audit scope & objectives
- 2Sampling plan
- 3Evidence collection & review
- 4Finding classification
- 5CAPA plan & sign-off
- 6CAPA execution
- 7Management review (Major / Critical findings)
- 8CAPA effectiveness & close-out
Why teams use this template
Internal quality audit with branching depth: scope drives sampling; finding severity routes the CAPA path; major nonconformance triggers management review and critical findings escalate to executive sign-off. When this work runs through inboxes and ad-hoc spreadsheets, ownership gets fuzzy and evidence gets lost. Quality Audit gives you a 8-step process with 5 checkpoints and a built-in SLA so nothing slips between handoffs.
Built for teams led by Quality Auditor and Process Owner: every task has a named owner, every approval routes to a real role, and the run history is the audit trail your auditors actually want.
The checkpoint tasks ("Audit scope & objectives", "Finding classification", and "CAPA plan & sign-off") cannot be skipped, they're where the run produces evidence the next stage depends on. Overdue runs escalate automatically, and you start with structure instead of building it from scratch every time.
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