Notes on control, tooling and evidence
Practical writing for die-casting, stamping and moulding teams. How to keep tooling, quality and audit evidence tied to the work that produced it.
Job cards, preventive maintenance and critical spares, with the history written as the work happens.
Browse tooling →Released control plans, inspection capture and capability, kept tied to the characteristic and revision.
Browse quality →Turn the records you already keep into an evidence trail an auditor can follow.
Browse audit →What software keeps audit evidence for IATF 16949 surveillance audits?
A surveillance audit asks to see what you have actually been doing. Folders, audit schedulers and QMS suites each hold part of the answer, and the part they all miss is the operational record the auditor reads.
An auditor asking for maintenance records is rarely counting whether you have them. They are checking whether the maintenance you scheduled is the maintenance that actually happened. Why PM adherence is the real test, and what a record has to show to pass it.
August 21, 2026The records existed. The work was done. But when the auditor arrives, teams spend days reconstructing evidence that should have been automatic.
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Short, practical notes on control, tooling and audit evidence for SME manufacturers. No noise.
Tooling, quality and audit evidence on one foundation
See how records written as the work happens become the evidence you need later.