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Adding A New Corrective Action Report (CAR)

Step #1

Click here


Step #2

Click here to create a “Corrective Action Report”.


Step #3

Mouse over the section and click the pencil to edit its name (Optional).


Step #4

Mouse over “Status” and click the pencil to edit its name (Optional).


Step #5

Mouse over “Job #” and click the pencil to edit its name (Optional).


Step #6

Enter a “Job #” (Optional).


Step #7

Mouse over “Batch Number” and click the pencil to edit its name (Optional).


Step #8

Enter a “Batch Number” (Optional)


Step #9

Mouse over the section and click the pencil to edit its name (Optional).


Step #10

Click here to add additional “Owners” to the job (Optional).


Step #11

Mouse over the section and click the pencil to edit its name (Optional).


Step #12

Click here to add a “Subscriber” (Optional).


Step #13

Click here to add a “Subscriber” (Optional).


Step #14

Mouse over the section and click the pencil to edit its name (Optional).


Step #15

Mouse over “Source” and click the pencil to edit its name (Optional).


Step #16

Select the “CAR Source”.


Step #17

Note:


Step #18

Mouse over “Type” and click the pencil to edit its name (Optional).


Step #19

Select the “CAR Type”.


Step #20

Note:


Step #21

Mouse over “Date Opened” and click the pencil to edit its name (Optional).


Step #22

Mouse over the section and click the pencil to edit its name (Optional).


Step #23

Mouse over “Error Code” and click the pencil to edit its name (Optional).


Step #24

Select the “Error Code”.


Step #25

Mouse over “Date Completed” and click the pencil to edit its name (Optional).


Step #26

Select the date the CAR was completed.


Step #27

Mouse over “Assignee” and click the pencil to edit its name (Optional).


Step #28

Select the employee you wish to assign the reporting to.


Step #29

Mouse over “Description” and click the pencil to edit its name (Optional).


Step #30

Enter a description of the situation at hand (Required).


Step #31

Mouse over “Immediate Action” and click the pencil to edit its name (Optional).


Step #32

Enter “Immediate Action”.


Step #33

Upload files that are associated with the action (Optional).


Step #34

Mouse over the section and click the pencil to edit its name (Optional).


Step #35

Begin the “Root Cause Analysis” (Optional).


Step #36

Mouse over “Date Root Cause Occurred” and click the pencil to edit its name (Optional).


Step #37

Enter the date that the root cause occurred (Optional).


Step #38

Mouse over “Description” and click the pencil to edit its name (Optional).


Step #39

Enter “Description”.


Step #40

Begin a “5-Why Analysis” by clicking here or click “Next” to move to the next section in your report (Optional).


Step #41

Mouse over the section and click the pencil to edit its name (Optional).


Step #42

Mouse over “Why 1” and click the pencil to edit its name (Optional).


Step #43

Enter the first “Why”.


Step #44

Mouse over “Why 2” and click the pencil to edit its name (Optional).


Step #45

Continue to the next “Why” or enter text to move on to the next section in your report.


Step #46

Mouse over “Why 3” and click the pencil to edit its name (Optional).


Step #47

Continue to the next “Why” or click next to move on to the next section in your report.


Step #48

Mouse over “Why 4” and click the pencil to edit its name (Optional).


Step #49

Continue to the next “Why” or enter text to move on to the next section in your report.


Step #50

Mouse over “Why 5” and click the pencil to edit its name (Optional).


Step #51

Continue to the next “Why” or click next to move on to the next section in your report.


Step #52

Click here to create a “Fishbone Analysis” or “Next” to move to the next section in your report (Optional).


Step #53

Mouse over the section and click the pencil to edit its name (Optional).


Step #54

Mouse over “Measurement” and click the pencil to edit its name (Optional).


Step #55

Enter “Measurement”.


Step #56

Mouse over “Material” and click the pencil to edit its name (Optional).


Step #57

Enter “Material”.


Step #58

Mouse over “Machine” and click the pencil to edit its name (Optional).


Step #59

Enter “Machine”.


Step #60

Mouse over “Mother Nature” and click the pencil to edit its name (Optional).


Step #61

Enter “Mother Nature”.


Step #62

Mouse over “Man Power” and click the pencil to edit its name (Optional).


Step #63

Enter “Man Power”.


Step #64

Mouse over “Method” and click the pencil to edit its name (Optional).


Step #65

Enter “Method”.


Step #66

Mouse over the section and click the pencil to edit its name (Optional).


Step #67

Add any Preventive Actions (Optional)


Step #68

Mouse over the section and click the pencil to edit its name (Optional).


Step #69

Mouse over “Preventative Action Effective” and click the pencil to edit its name (Optional).


Step #70

Was the Preventative Action effective?


Step #71

Mouse over “Due Date” and click the pencil to edit its name (Optional).


Step #72

Choose the “Due Date”


Step #73

Mouse over “Description” and click the pencil to edit its name (Optional).


Step #74

Enter “Description”


Step #75

Mouse over the section and click the pencil to edit its name (Optional).


Step #76

Mouse over “Cost of Quality ($) and click the pencil to edit its name (Optional).


Step #77

Enter “Cost of Quality ($)” (Optional).


Step #78

Mouse over “Effect on Other Processes” and click the pencil to edit its name (Optional).


Step #79

Describe the “Effect on Other Processes”.


Step #80

Click here to create your report.


Step #81

Enter “Conclusion” for the Root Cause Analysis


Step #82

Mouse over “Conclusion” and click the pencil to edit its name (Optional).


Step #83

Sign-off the Root Cause Sector


Step #84

Add any implementation Plan related to this report (Optional)


Step #85

Mouse over the section and click the pencil to edit its name (Optional).


Step #86

Add an Action Item


Step #87

Enter the title of the Action Item


Step #88

Assign the action item to a user


Step #89

Enter a “Due Date”


Step #90

Click here to create the action item


Step #91

Click here to save the report.


Step #92

Enter Password.


Step #93

Select a Reason Code


Step #94

Click Continue


Step #95

Click Save & Close


Step #96

Enter Password


Step #97

Click Continue


Step #98

Click on the clock to see your activity.


Step #99

The activity tracker shows all activity for this report.


Step #100

Activities can be searched by key word or date range.


Step #101

The user, the action and the date/time is tracked and recorded here.


Step #102

Click on the blank space to go back to the report.


Step #103

Click on the gear to access Corrective Action Settings.


Step #104

Enter a “Form Name” (Optional).


Step #105

Enter “Revision Level” (Optional).


Step #106

Click on the blank space to go back to the report.


Step #107

Click here to download your report