# Record and review production evidence

Attach a fact to the correct unit and revision, then obtain the required independent review.

Source: https://help.smartfact.ai/manuals/orders/evidence

Review edition: 25 October 2026

Roles: operator, supervisor

Production evidence describes what happened to an identified unit. A report, its independent review and a later withdrawal are separate records. Use the evidence type actually offered for the selected work.

## Select and report

In the order or **Workstation**, find **Production and prerequisite evidence**. Select **Unit for the report** and confirm its manufacturing revision. Use **Record manual evidence** to enter the supported fact, result, observation time and requested reference or detail.

Describe only what you observed or what the stated evidence establishes. A prerequisite check recorded as passed must have its actual supporting basis; a scan alone does not perform an inspection.

Read the action result and keep the report reference. Ask a different Supervisor to review it where required.

## Review independently

The reviewing Supervisor checks the unit/revision, type, result, evidence reference and current validity. The implementation refuses a person's review of their own evidence. Review must not be used to conceal a failed or unresolved result.

If approved evidence later becomes unreliable, use **Record why this fact is no longer reliable** with a concrete reason. That change can invalidate prepared work and require further review.

## Link inspection and kit records where required

The **Inspection and kit evidence links** workspace allows a Supervisor to prepare the complete supported set of exact unit links. Read its displayed remaining-unit scope and requirements. Fill the requested CheckStation and KitProof references for every relevant unit, confirm the mapping and save it.

A different permitted reviewer then checks the retained mapping and source evidence. A link to another product is not itself an inspection pass or kit verification; the source record and current review still matter.

## Respect scope and currency

Do not substitute an order/lot reference for a required individual unit or evidence identity. If a source record is unavailable, changed, failed or withdrawn, stop and investigate the stated requirement.

Despatch checks the required current evidence. Read [despatch](/manuals/orders/despatch) rather than assuming that the presence of any report unlocks it.