VDA 1 Documentation and Archiving - Code of practice for the documentation and archiving of quality requirements and quality records / 3rd edition 2008

1

Introduction

2

Explanation of technical terms

3

Reasons for maintaining records

3.1

Quality control

3.2

Legislation; contracts; standards

3.3

Product liability; criminal law; responsibilities and duty of care; legislation covering equipment and product safety

3.3.1

Product liability

3.3.2

Criminal alw

3.3.3

Responsibilities and duty of care

3.3.4

Legislation covering equipment and product safety

4

Documents for certification purposes

4.1

Extent of consideration

4.2

Composition of documents

5

Archiving

5.1

Archiving requirements

5.2

Extent of archiving

5.2.1

Examples of critical characteristics

5.2.2

Quality requirement documents & quality records covering critical characteristics

5.3

Period of use and archiving period for documents covering critical characteristics

5.4

Identifying documents covering critical characteristics

5. 5

Identification and traceability

6

List of abbreviations