Labs
Audit Week
A CNC paperwork and process check for audit week, prepared for South African shops that need traceable work and tidy records.
Records that survive an audit
Audit Week looks at the records and process checks that matter when traceable work is required. For South African shops, that often means tidy paperwork, clear job history, and enough detail to show how a part was made.
Audit Week focuses on the evidence behind each CNC job, not only the cut itself. Material batch details, tool numbers, spindle settings, hold-down method, and operator notes all matter when a customer, lecturer, or quality file needs traceable history in a South African shop.
A machine photo before the first cut helps tie the paperwork to the actual setup on the bench. Include the fixture, cutter fitted, stock marking, and any handwritten change to feeds or depths, because that small record often explains why the next run matched or failed.
What goes into the file
The output is a tidy job pack that shows how the part moved from drawing to finished piece. Expect a checked route for photos, setup notes, revision marks, cutter references, and timing entries that can be followed later without guessing what happened at the machine.
Use Audit Week alongside the related note in Labs when your shop needs clearer traceability before a customer review or internal check. Before sending details, gather sample job sheets and one recent example where a missing record caused confusion during packing, machining, or inspection.
- Job history linked to each setup
- Photo record before stock is cut
- What to send
Checks shaped for South African shops
Traceability here often has to work around shared benches, mixed one-off work, and paper records that sit near the machine instead of inside an office system. Audit Week takes that reality into account and checks whether the file still makes sense after a tool change, a handover between operators, or a delayed courier collection.
For Audit Week, start by pulling one complete job file from drawing to finished part and check that every step can be traced without filling gaps from memory. Include cutter ID, spindle speed, feed setting, stock marking, fixture photo, revision note, and the operator comments written at the machine. In South African shops, power interruptions and shared benches often break the paper trail, so this check looks closely at restart records, renamed files, and handwritten changes to depths or tool choice.
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Bring these audit-week details
Brief Audit Week with machine photos, job timing, and anything that has already gone wrong. Keep the subject line plain and specific.
Send the part drawing, current job sheet, machine photos, and any non-conformance note tied to the work under review. If cutters, stock codes, or revision names differ between the screen and the bench, include both versions so the record trail can be checked properly.
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