When all applicable action plans are completed and approved, effectiveness checks are completed, and root cause analysis is completed, you can initiate a final approval workflow (if desired) before closing a non-conformance. You set up approval workflows in the Non-Conformance Profiles window.
- Log into the NPI client application.
- Select Templates and Standards
> Define Quality Standards, then select the Non-Conformance Profiles tab. In the Non-Conformance Profiles window under Initiate Closure, select an approval template from the Final Approval drop-down.
- If you want a non-conformance to be closed automatically after the final approval workflow is completed, select the Auto Close on Final Approval check box.
- Under Required Items to Close, select the items you want to close as soon as they are completed (effectiveness checks, action plans, and/or root cause analysis), then select Save.
