Hi everyone,
I work for a manufacturer that produces long life ambient products, so not high risk by the definition of BRC, no temperature controls (just for a bit of background, if you need more info to help, let me know.)
We have a change control procedure that has not been working for some time. Because people were not using it for anything other than new products which was creating a lot of admin work for me and was a constant headache of chasing people to see if specifications had been signed off, trials have been carried out etc.
Now I am moving this to a separate procedure for new product development, how can I word the scope of the change control procedure moving forward so that it is clear what it should include.
Does any one have any general tips or advice for handling change control?
Example of forms so I can try to simplify mine?
We are a very small company so this is another part of the issue. And everyone is doing a bit of everything so it can be quite difficult to get information from the right person (which is why the NPD is such an issue but the guidelines on this are a lot clearer so I am more confident I can get this right in principle).
We tried having a change control meeting once a week but this fizzled out because people were working from home, day off, at a meeting, too busy...but I realise that it would probably be a good way to talk through the changes now NPD is being taken out as this was taking up a lot of it.
Any help with any of this would be greatly appreciated
Thank you!
Amy