Audit template in the LeanSuite app
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Visual defect inspection station audit checklist
Audit of the visual inspection station: lighting, samples, training and decisions.
The full question list
The 8 questions in the audit
Every question is answered Yes, No or N/A. Each No is flagged and asks for a photo and a comment, so the finding arrives with its evidence.
Station
- 1Lighting is adequate and glare free
- 2Defect samples and limit photos are displayed
- 3Inspectors have had eyesight checks and training
- 4Work instruction is available
Decisions
- 5Operators correctly sort sample good and bad pieces
- 6Rejects are placed in the correct container
- 7Defects are recorded by type
- 8Repeated defects are escalated
When to use it
- Once a week.
- An auditor or leader answers each question from what they see, hear and read in the area.
- Each record starts with: Station.
How it is scored
The template is built with points per answer and a pass mark of 80. In this library every audit is set to pass at 80 and every inspection at 90. Each submitted audit shows its score and pass or fail, and every No is flagged with its photo and comment.
Change the points or the pass mark after you clone it. How rules and scoring work.
Read and print
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Use this template in LeanSuite
It is ready in the Template Marketplace inside Lean Creator as “Visual Defect Inspection Station Audit”. Clone it into your plant, change any question, then schedule it to a person, role or asset with reminders. Auditors complete it on a phone or tablet, with photo evidence where required.
Not on LeanSuite yet? On a 90-day pilot our team sets up your account and digitizes the forms and checklists you use today, this one included.

