Paper vs. digital
The binder is not a system of record.
Paper can hold a check. It cannot reliably require the fields, route the review, chase the corrective action, or produce the record while an auditor is standing there.
Clipboards and handwritten forms
Digital records at the point of the check
Missing fields
Required data before the record can move on
Illegible handwriting
Standardized entries
Manual supervisor review
Routed review and approval
Filing cabinets
One system of record
Searching through binders
Search in seconds
Corrective actions on another form
A digital corrective-action workflow
Records isolated by plant
Plant work with multi-plant visibility
Hours building an audit book
Audit-ready retrieval