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 →A part measured out of spec. What happens next?
Catching an out-of-spec result is the easy part. The value is in what happens after: who was told, what was decided, and whether that response is recorded next to the measurement or lost in a conversation. Here is what a controlled out-of-spec response looks like.
Every plant has them: the corner behind the press line, the cell inside a steel enclosure, the spot where the tablet loses signal. If your quality capture dies with the wifi, the data ends up on paper. It does not have to.
July 17, 2026A Cpk number in a spreadsheet is not process capability evidence. Without the characteristic, the specification limits, the sample window and the revision behind it, the number cannot answer the question an auditor actually asks.
July 4, 2026When the control plan and the inspection record are separate documents, the link between requirement and measurement has to be rebuilt manually. That rebuilding is where audit evidence breaks down.
June 6, 2026Evidence, in your inbox
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.