Corrective Action
What is Corrective Action?
Action taken to eliminate the root cause of a detected nonconformity or other undesirable situation, preventing its recurrence. A key concept in ISO management systems.
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Requirements naming corrective action across 6 standards, quoted from the control text.
A provider that considers, or has reason to consider, that a high-risk AI system it has placed on the market or put into service is not in conformity with the Regulation must immediately take the necessary corrective action to bring it into conformity, withdra...
EUAI-Art.20 · Corrective actions and duty of information →Flaw Remediation | Time to Remediate Flaws and Benchmarks for Corrective Actions. (a) Measure the time between flaw identification and flaw remediation; and (b) Establish the following benchmarks for taking corrective actions: [Assignment: organization-defined
SI-2(3) · Flaw Remediation | Time to Remediate Flaws and Benchmarks for Corrective Actions. (a) Measure the time between flaw identification and flaw remediation; and (b) Establish the following benchmarks for taking corrective actions: [Assignment: organization-defined →Clause 10 addresses improvement + nonconformity + corrective action + problem solving + error proofing + continual improvement. Conceptual coverage: 10.1 General Improvement (continual improvement of suitability + adequacy + effectiveness of QMS);
IATF16949-Clause10-Improvement-Nonconformity-CorrectiveAction-Problem-ErrorProof · IATF 16949 Clause 10 - Improvement + Nonconformity + Corrective Action + Problem Solving + Error Proofing + Continual Improvement →The IRS Office of Safeguards conducts continuous oversight of FTI safeguarding through structured reports + on-site reviews + assessments.
IRSPub1075-OfficeOfSafeguards-OnSite-Review-SAR-SDSR-SCSEM-POAM-CAP-Audit-FTI-Compliance · IRS Office of Safeguards Reviews + On-Site Safeguard Review + Safeguard Activity Report (SAR) + Safeguard Security Report (SSR) + SCSEM + Plan of Action and Milestones (POA&M) + Corrective Action Plan (CAP) →Determine opportunities for improvement and implement the actions needed to achieve the intended BCMS outcomes; when a nonconformity occurs, react to it and deal with its consequences, evaluate whether action is needed to eliminate the cause by reviewing the n...
iso-22301-2019::10.1 · Nonconformity and corrective action →Requires structured procedures for addressing non-conformities including root cause analysis and verification.
ISO-17025-8.7 · Corrective actions →Questions people ask about corrective action
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