Manual · Chapter 5

Readiness & gaps

A number you can show your auditor: the readiness view measures how many applicable requirements are covered by released documents. Drafts don't count — which is exactly what makes the number trustworthy.

All screenshots show sample data from Berger Präzisionsteile GmbH — a fictitious company (CNC precision manufacturing, 12 people) used to show every easo feature honestly, open gaps included.

An honest percentage

Berger stands at 89 % — 16 of 18 applicable requirements covered by released documents. The rest isn't a vague remainder; it's listed by name: what's missing, what's due, what was excluded with a justification. A QMS that starts at 100 % would be lying; one that knows its gaps is ready for an audit.

The readiness view: audit readiness 89 % with a progress bar (16 of 18 required elements released), below it cards for the management review with its due date and for the internal audit with “10 processes not scheduled” and one open corrective action. — Readiness means released. 89 % — and the remaining items sit right below it, with names and dates.

What the view tells you

Beneath the number sit the things that make a QMS alive: the next management review with its due date, the state of the audit programme, open corrective actions. For Berger, the whole honest picture is one glance: the procedure for 7.2 is still a draft (an open gap), clause 8.3 is excluded with a justification — Berger doesn't do design — and one document is past its review date.

Every row is a jumping-off point: click the gap, finish the draft, release it — the number follows. What the standard actually requires is explained in ISO 9001, explained clearly.