My Blogs
A Menu of my Blogs is below. They are organized by subject matter. Each subject has links to related blog chapters.
Scroll further down the page, the blogs are posted with the most recent at the top.
Document Pyramid
A 7-part series on how to develop and manage your QMS required documented information.
Document Index
A 3 part series on methods to organize and quickly retrieve your QMS documented information.
Supply Improvement Program
A 5-part series describing the SIP method to manage your supply chain.
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cDouglas@QualityTLC.com
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Ridgefield, Washington
Document Pyramid – Review
We began our journey at the top Document Pyramid tier of Policy, then we traveled through Level 2 Procedures. Next, we descended into level 3 Work Instructions and …
Document Pyramid – Level 4: Objective Evidence
Policies, procedures, and work instructions are in place. We look deeply into the pool of objective evidence that includes references (inputs) and records (outputs).
Document Pyramid – Level 3: Work Instructions
Work instructions are an invaluable aspect of our lives and equally important in business. A well written and described work instructions enable someone to …
Document Pyramid - Level 2: Procedures, 2/2
In this 4th post in the series, we’ll dive deeper into procedures to provide guidelines for content. A procedure is used to convey the overall workflow of the macro process.
Document Pyramid – Level 2: Procedures, 1/2
In this 3rd post in the series, we’ll dive into the second tier of the document waterfall. At this plateau the process documents and high-level SOPs (Standard…
Document Pyramid – Level 1: Policies
In this second post on Documented Information and those that follow, we’ll dive into each level to provide a little more clarity of each hierarchical tier.
Documented Information Management
Twenty years ago, with the release of ISO 9000:2000, a document Pyramid was applied. Today we use the term: Documented Information.