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IT has launched a free Calibration Compliance Scorecard designed to help manufacturers assess audit readiness, reduce non-conformance risk and identify weaknesses in their calibration control before they become audit findings, production disruptions or product safety concerns.
The scorecard gives quality, technical, engineering and operations teams a practical way to assess how close they are to simple, audit-ready calibration control. It covers six core areas: leadership and governance, equipment and asset control, in-house calibration capability, records and traceability, scheduling and preventive control, and continuous improvement. Calibration is often treated as a background task until an auditor asks for evidence or a critical item is found to be overdue. For manufacturers operating under customer, ISO quality or industry safety standards, weak calibration records can quickly create wider issues around traceability, product release, downtime and non-conformance management. The new KIT scorecard is intended to help sites move away from reactive calibration management and towards a more controlled, visible and repeatable process. Users score their current approach across 30 statements, producing an overall rating out of 150 and a risk band ranging from “audit-ready and in control” to “critical risk”. Wayne Stant, head of Marketing Strategy for KIT, says: “Too many manufacturers only discover calibration weaknesses when an auditor asks for proof. By that point, teams are often searching for certificates, checking spreadsheets or trying to explain why equipment has gone overdue. This scorecard gives them a simple way to see the gaps earlier and prioritise the areas that matter most.” “As with KIT, the goal is not to make calibration more complicated. It is to make it calmer, clearer and easier to evidence. If a manufacturer can see what equipment exists, when it is due, who is responsible and where the records are stored, audits become far less stressful.” The scorecard also highlights the growing importance of internal calibration capability. Many manufacturers still rely heavily on external providers, which can create delays, missed dates and uncertainty when records are not connected to the wider equipment history. KIT’s approach supports manufacturers in building a balanced clearer rhythm around internal checks and external calibration tasks, certificates, reminders and compliance evidence. The free Calibration Compliance Scorecard takes less than five minutes to complete and is suitable for manufacturers that want to improve audit readiness, reduce reliance on ad-hoc paperwork and gain better visibility over calibration risk. It can be completed by quality managers, technical managers, engineering teams or site leadership as part of an internal review, audit preparation exercise or improvement planning session. Manufacturers using the scorecard are encouraged to focus first on their lowest scoring areas, particularly where overdue calibrations, missing certificates, unclear
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NEW SCORECARD HELPS MANUFACTURERS SPOT CALIBRATION COMPLIANCE GAPS BEFORE AUDITORS DO
ownership or weak traceability could affect customer audits, product safety or operational continuity.
AVAILABILITY
The KIT Calibration Compliance Scorecard is available now as a free resource for manufacturers from the KIT website. Anyone who completes the scorecard will also receive a free copy of a report of the top 10 calibration control failures in manufacturing.
KIT
thisiskit.com/calibration-compliance September 2026 Instrumentation Monthly
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