Lot traceability and production records

Skills you'll practise

• Explain the difference between identification and traceability, and why lot numbers must be unique
• Record material lot changes, rework and partial containers so the chain isn't broken
• Run a backward trace from a finished lot to its material lots and process records
• Run a forward trace from a suspect material lot to the work orders, finished lots and shipments it went into
• Spot record gaps that would make a trace impossible and fix them at the time

Course outline

1. 1.Lot traceability and production recordsVideo · 2 min
2. 2.Identification and traceabilityLesson · 16 min
3. 3.Records that keep the chain intactLesson · 17 min
4. 4.Running a traceLesson · 17 min
5. 5.Lot traceability and production records: knowledge checkKnowledge check · 16 questions
6. 6.Lot traceability and production records: practical exerciseKnowledge check · 1 question
7. 7.Final exam7 questions · passing it completes the course, so people who already know the material can test out

Sources it draws on

The lessons and questions are written from these references, so learners can go back to the original.

• ISO 9001:2015 Quality management systems: Requirements (clauses cited: 7.5 documented information, 8.5.2 identification and traceability, 8.7 control of nonconforming outputs)
• Your site's quality manual, inspection plans, drawings and nonconformance procedure (these govern)