Complaints management

There are situations in any business where complaints by customers have to be addressed and managed. The reasons for complaints can be multifold — for example, quality concerns, contamination or lack of purity of a product, or simply broken packaging. Professional handling of complaints requires a management infrastructure that includes customer data, production data, reasons, corrective measures, and information about how to handle and solve the problem. A complaints management module supports all processes of this sensitive task with the following benefits  

A complaints management module allows the processing of complaints that are caused by internal, external, or manufacturer reasons. Such systems control all steps involved in management of electronic complaints the compilation of addresses of all participants, detailed descriptions of the defects, communication of actions, recording protocols, and setting deadlines. The system provides an automated controlling 

A reply to the customer or a specific reduced customer report can also be formulated automatically or derived from the internal reports. 

The main difference between exception management and complaints management is that the latter usually involves a customer, which requires at least two different reporting methods. 

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Supervision of the handling of data by means of an audit trail function Reservation of material and control of the execution of stability studies Assistance in the processing of stability and complaints management, recipes, and reference substances... 

Even though several software solutions exist for exception or complaints management — most of them as a module of a LIMS — none of them takes advantage of technologies used in expert systems. Most of the existing systems rely heavily on textual information that has to be interpreted by a domain expert. Interpretation could be done by an expert system module, if the description is entered in a formal fashion that allows automatic parsing and interpretation. 

To prepare complaint managing records describing the contents of the complaint, clarified cause as well as corrective action taken, and to retain 3 years after the date of recording. 

The manufacturer shall prepare, at each manufacturing plant, a document of the operating procedures for validation, complaint managing, recall action, self-inspection, and training (hereinafter referred to as "the operating procedures ), for the proper conduct of the duties in the next article to Article 14 inclusive. 

What is your complaint management process Include how you ensure that complaints are resolved effectively and promptly, and that aU complaints received are aggregated and analyzed for use in overall organizational improvement. 

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It is not uncommon to hear the complaint that the maintenance department has never been informed as to what is happening in the plant. If this is a common complaint, the maintenance manager needs to examine the communications in his department. The following are six practical suggestions for improving communications ... 

Overcrowding issues should be noted. Future occupant density is estimated when the ventilation system for a building is designed. When the actual number of occupants approaches or exceeds this occupant design capacity, managers may find that lAQ complaints increase. At that point, the outdoor air ventilation rate will have to be increased. However, the ventilation and cooling systems may not have sufficient capacity to handle the increased loads from the current use of the space. 

We should keep in mind that the main difference between level D and C equipment is the amount of respiratory protection. Level C protection requires use of a respiratory device (APR). Requiring workers to work in level C for more than a small percentage of the time can prove to be a challenging situation for both workers and managers. Respirators, especially full-face respirators, can provide excellent protection for workers, but are also found to be a source for worker complaints. 

You will need to provide evidence of effective management of customer complaints with your application for certification. 

This potential for consolidation in the area of documentation systems was used as an example to sell the overall integration concept. Documentation was an area of constant complaint and senior management could easily visualize opportunities for improvement in basic resource requirements, as well as secondary effects on resources for training, auditing and other activities. Exhibit 10-1 was a key part of the presentation that the VP, ESH made to senior management. 

Quality Management Personnel Premises and Equipment Documentation Production Quality Control Contract Manufacture and Analysis Complaints and Product Recall Self Inspection... 

Generally, arblockers are considered as second-line agents to be added on to most other agents when hypertension is not adequately controlled. They may have a specific role in the antihypertensive regimen for elderly males with prostatism however, their use is often curtailed by complaints of syncope, dizziness, or palpitations following the first dose and orthostatic hypotension with chronic use. The roles of doxazosin, terazosin, and prazosin in the management of patients with hypertension are limited due to the paucity of outcome data and the absence of a unique role for special populations or compelling indications from JNC 7. 

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