1. What are the advantages of Good Weighing Practice (GWP)?
Accurate Weighing Scales Ltd created GWP to help you with your entire weighing program and support product quality, regulatory compliance and business expense reduction. We can help with everything from finding the right device for your specific needs to making sure that device remains fit-for-purpose and accurate over time. With our GWP program, it is possible to increase your quality, reduce costs and increase profit while successfully passing audits that involve weighing equipment.
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2. Why do I need Good Weighing Practice? Our balance or scale is a Accurate Weighing Scales Ltd device. Shouldn’t it be accurate enough?
All Accurate Weighing Scales Ltd devices are accurate and of the highest quality. However, are you sure your balance or scale is the correct device for the intended purpose? If not, Good Weighing Practice services can help. Also, the weighing performance of even the most accurate device changes over time. This is why weighing devices need to be maintained and tested periodically to ensure consistent accuracy.
3. Who should use Good Weighing Practice (GWP)?
GWP is relevant for every business where weighing is part of the value chain, whether it is in a laboratory, production environment, or other processing area. It is suitable for any weighing process and new or existing weighing equipment from any manufacturer in any industry and workplace.
4. Do I need to start at step 1 or can I start at step 2 or 3?
If you need a new balance or scale start at step 1 (selection)
If you already have a device but it is not installed, start at step 2 (installation)
If you already have an installed device, but have changed its location, changed your process requirements, or changed the weighing tasks, start at step 3 (calibration and routine testing)
5. What do I need to consider if I need to comply with USP 41 regulations?
The USP sets the official public standards for drugs and drug products in the US. USP drug standards are used in more than 140 countries. Learn more about USP chapters 41 and 1251 and take an eLearning course:
6. What do I need to consider if I need to comply with ISO 9001:2015?
ISO 9001 is a standard that sets out the requirements for a quality management system. ISO 9001:2015 focuses on ensuring customer satisfaction and recognizes the way globalization is changing modern business. Learn about how ISO 9001 applies to measuring instruments:
7. What do I need to consider if I need to follow LFT regulations?
The application of legal metrology rules creates very strict requirements for the weighing devices used in legal-for-trade applications. However, these requirements may fall short of your own process requirements quite severely. Learn more about applying legal metrology rules and combining them with your own process requirements:
8. What do I need to consider regarding weighing if I work in the food industry?
In a laboratory as well as in production, weighing is only one part of the analysis or production chain. Nevertheless, it is important to achieve quality and maintain consistency. Furthermore, if you are in the food industry, accurate weighing processes act as an important contribution for two of the most demanding challenges in the industry: increasing consumer safety and enhancing productivity.
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