Elements and Performance Criteria
- Implement response
- Define extent and nature of non-conformance
- Determine commencement and expected duration of non-conformance
- Determine impact of non-conformance on target performance
- Determine impact of non-conformance on ecological, economic and social sustainability performance
- Determine impact of non-conformance on maintenance performance
- Liaise with customers to determine minimum acceptable performance during period of non-conformance
- Define non-conformance in terms of customer requirements and target performance
- Determine priorities and actions
- Determine timing of responses
- Identify required resources for the responses developed
- Evaluate and shortlist responses
- Select responses and obtain necessary approvals
- Organise resources in accordance with procedures
- Identify information needs
- Identify the sources of required information
- Arrange to collect required information
- Obtain authorisation to disseminate information
- Report information to stakeholders
- Analyse data and information as it comes to hand
- Determine progress of response to achieving required outcomes
- Modify response, including deployment of resources, to better achieve desired outcomes
- Establish plan to return to normal conformance
- Develop remedial plan to eliminate root cause
- Obtain required sign-off for planned action
- Implement remedial plan and establish normal conformance
- Conclude and review response
- Evaluate and review response and procedures
- Evaluate and document effectiveness of the response function and its interaction and communication with stakeholders
- Recommend improvements to prevent a recurrence and improve response for non-conformances
- Communicate reports in accordance with procedures