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Table of Contents
1.0 Purpose..........................................................................................................................................................2
2.0 Scope.............................................................................................................................................................2
5.0 References.....................................................................................................................................................3
6.0 Procedure..........................................................................................................................3
Purpose
The purpose of this procedure is to define the methods of maintaining and controlling documents of
external origin at the facilities of [Company Name].
1.0 Scope
This procedure applies to documents originating outside of [Company Name] only.
2.1 Document
A document is any written, printed, or electronic record. Documents include, but are not limited
to the following examples: drawings, specifications, blueprints, procedures, and work
instructions.
2.4 Standards/Regulations
Standards and regulations are the documents or principles originating external to [Company
Name] but not by a customer of [Company Name] to which [Company Name] is either required
or has agreed to comply.
4.0 References
None
5.0 Procedure
Any employee who references external, non-[Company Name], documentation within standard, released
[Company Name] documentation, is responsible for ensuring that Document Control Department is
supplied a copy of that referenced documentation. Copies of standards, regulations, customer drawings,
and vendor drawings should be supplied to Document Control Department by the appropriate
[Company Name] personnel.
Document Control Department will maintain a library of needed externally originating documents for
use by personnel in other departments. In addition, Document Control Department also will maintain a
database catalog of external document holdings for use by other departments.
Upon request, Document Control Department will provide copies of documents in the library as needed
to the requester.