Can an 8D section marked as completed and approved be entered and edited at a later date? Is the record locked after approval?
Once you approve a section, the supplier can no longer edit it. However, as the person who issued the 8D, you can still go to the approved section and edit it.
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Open the approved section. Go to the approved section and start editing it. The system asks you to confirm that you want to edit the section, although it has been completed and approved.
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Confirm with OK. Click OK and start editing. The section status changes to In progress.
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The supplier is notified. At the same time, the supplier receives an email saying that the 8D has been changed. From that moment, the supplier can edit the section as well.
You can edit an approved section only if the whole 8D has not been closed. Once the 8D is closed, nobody can edit any of its sections.
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