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Chapter 06 of 23 · CAP · Action Plans

Corrective actions,from finding to effectiveness.

Corrective and preventive actions as first-class records. Every action links upward to the finding or hazard that spawned it, and cannot close until the effectiveness gate is signed by someone other than the owner.

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The action reopens
Three months ago this corrective action closed on a checkbox in the old stack. On the graph it reopens with an effectiveness gate: the fix is implemented, verified in the field, and signed by a second person before it may close.
In the operation
CAPAction Plans
4capabilities
2record types
3linked modules
Why it holds

Closure is a gate, not a button.

An action cannot move to closed until a verifier, a different person from the owner, signs the effectiveness gate. The workflow refuses to record closure otherwise. Regulators get this in the audit trail without asking.

What it does

The capabilities, on one record.

CAPA workflow

Corrective and preventive actions with typed source links and ownership.

Owner assignment

Owner + verifier separation enforced by the workflow, not by trust.

SLA tracking

Due dates cascade by severity. Escalation paths are declared, not improvised.

Effectiveness gate

Verification step required before closure. Cannot be bypassed without a role-gated override.

The records it produces

Real records, one reference each.

Every record carries a stable reference and a source on every field. Nothing is silently overwritten, and the trail is the record.

Every action links to its source finding

Owner ≠ verifier, enforced by the workflow

Effectiveness gate is non-optional for closure

Override is role-gated and logged

CAP
Actions
Corrective & preventive.
EFV
Effectiveness verifications
Signed verification records.
The gate

Closure takes proof and two people.

Every corrective action carries an effectiveness gate. The owner is never the verifier, and the record closes on demonstrated effect, not on a click.

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07 · Safety Action Group

The fix is proven, not declared. The next chapter is where the operation looks at all of it together: the Safety Action Group, with an agenda that builds itself.