Doc. No.

:IMS/CP/79
PROCEDURE- LAYERED PROCESS Edition No.:01
AUDIT Rev. No.:00
Cl. Ref.: IATF 16949: 10.3,
Shriram Pistons and Rings Ltd. ISO 14001: 10.3
Date: 25.03.2019

Amendment History:

01 00 25.03.2019 Initial issue

Approved
Edition Rev. Date Subject of Rev. Prepared By-
By-

1. PURPOSE: -

Prepared By- (Manager-QA) Approved By-HOD-QA

 Doc. No.:IMS/CP/79
PROCEDURE- LAYERED PROCESS Edition No.:01
AUDIT Rev. No.:00
Cl. Ref.: IATF 16949: 10.3,
Shriram Pistons and Rings Ltd. ISO 14001: 10.3
Date: 25.03.2019

The purpose of performing layered process audits is to verify compliance to

the documented manufacturing process to assure the production system is working
optimally and to involve various level of management in audit process to remove
road blocks to correct potential issue which are identified during audit.

2. SCOPE: -

All manufacturing plants are covered for layered process audit.

3. RESPONSIBILITIES:-

HOD (Manufacturing plants) are responsible for effective execution of layered

process audit in their respective plants .

4. ACTIVITIES:-

(A). In layered process audit system, audits are conducted as pre- determined frequency
depending on the level of the auditor.

(B). Line Incharge and Plant HOD conduct layered process audit on monthly basis and
quarterly basis respectively QA HOD and Dy ED condut layered audit on half yearly basis.

(C). Layered process audit check sheet exists for performing audit by line in-charge ,Plant
HOD, QA HOD and Dy. ED.

(D). While planning and execution of layered process audits auditor focus on manufacturing
process having high risk for producing defective part.

(E) IN layered process audits , audit findings, actions, analysis and improvements are
integrated, Immediate initial corrective action are taken to improve effectiveness.

Audit frequency

Audit Layer Frequency Audit plan & report

compiling
ED Half yearly Central QA
Dy ED Half yearly Central QA
HOD-QA Quarterly Central QA
Plant HOD Monthly Plant QA
Line/Section Daily Plant QA
Incharge

ACTIVITY RESPONSIBILITY REMARKS

Prepared By- (Manager-QA) Approved By-HOD-QA

 Doc. No.:IMS/CP/79
PROCEDURE- LAYERED PROCESS Edition No.:01
AUDIT Rev. No.:00
Cl. Ref.: IATF 16949: 10.3,
Shriram Pistons and Rings Ltd. ISO 14001: 10.3
Date: 25.03.2019

QA
Prepared audit plan

Schedule audit as per

QA
plan Corrections should
be made and put in
place immediately
Conduct audit as per Auditor as per
check-sheet plan
If unsatisfactory items have
the potential to place the
product quality at risk,
immediate action must be
Circulate the QA taken by manufacturing to
observations correct the situation. Issues
that cannot be corrected
immediately should be
tracked in daily morning
meeting.
Correct all non-conforming
items
Plant HOD
within area of responsibility.
Note the corrective action taken
and date on the checklist.

Monitor and report QA

layered audit results

QA
Circulate for ORM

5. SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS :-

Sl.No. Description Format no. Retention

period
1 Layered audit check sheet for Dy. ED/ED QA/REC/120 D 3 year
2 Layered audit check sheet for QA HOD QA/REC/120 C 3 year
3 Layered audit check sheet for Plant HOD QA/REC/120 B 3 year
Layered audit check sheet for Line/Section In- QA/REC/120 A 3 year
4
charge

Prepared By- (Manager-QA) Approved By-HOD-QA