Checking and Corrective Action
Now let's discuss the next step of the EMS process, checking and corrective action.
Checking evaluates how well you are doing and corrective action responds to any issues you identify.
Checking evaluates how well you are doing and the corrective actions in response to issues you identify. Questions to ask include:
- Are we doing what we said we would do? If not, why?
- Are we making progress toward our objectives and targets?
- Do we need to make any adjustments?
If you properly set up the tracking mechanisms during the planning and implementation steps, checking only represents making sure everything is being done and evaluating results. This is where it all starts to tie together.
Checking and Corrective Action has four elements:
- Monitoring and Measurement
- Nonconformance, Corrective and Preventive Action
- Records
- EMS Audit
Knowledge Check Choose the best answer for the question.
6-1. Evaluating how well you are doing in an EMS effort is called _____.
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