It would be nice if there was a way to record or to tag P/N's that have corrective actions or nonconforming material reports history to alert manufacturing personel by use of the shop traveler. DBA users that wish to conform to ISO 9000 requirements must maintain independant systems to do this now which can result in loss of continuity and additional steps to research the part to see if such history exists for the purpose of corrective action followup. Some discussion amongst different industry professionals should be had before attacking this one to try and keep it universal.

Could you use the item # spec to advise corrective action/nonconforming?  It would need maintained, just like anything else.  It does show up on the router.
When it's taken care of, remove it off the spec.  It'll still be in the historical work orders, I think.

We use the Item # spec for specs that need to appear on travelers, packing lists, certifications, etc.. I wouldn't want to include the nonconformance history on my certifications. I'm thinking more like another seperate file that can be pulled from to be included on travelers. As far as using another product... We are comfortable with dba and don't wish to change. Adding another product would be overkill, this is only a suggestion for a DBA upgrade.