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GMP Audit Checklist And Compliance Readiness Survey

A structured self-assessment for Good Manufacturing Practice audits — covering documentation, training, equipment, supplier qualification, validation, and CAPA management. An AI follow-up interview digs into the root cause behind your most significant finding, going beyond a pass/fail checklist to surface systemic issues before the next regulatory inspection.

Sample questions

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14 questions · ~7 min
Q01
Message

Thanks for taking this GMP audit readiness check. It covers documentation, training, equipment, suppliers, and corrective actions, plus a few follow-up questions about your most recent findings. About 6-8 minutes.

Q02
Multiple ChoiceRequired

What type of audit or assessment does this response relate to?

  • Internal self-audit
  • Corporate/parent-company audit
  • Supplier or vendor audit
  • Regulatory agency inspection
  • Third-party certification audit
  • Other
Q03
MatrixRequired

Based on your most recent audit or your day-to-day observation, how would you rate compliance in each area?

7 rows × 4 columns
  • Documentation and record-keeping
  • Personnel training and hygiene practices
  • Equipment calibration and maintenance
  • Material and supplier qualification
  • Process and cleaning validation
  • +2 more
Columns: Fully compliant · Minor gaps noted · Major gaps noted · Not applicable
Q04
Multiple ChoiceRequired

In the last 12 months, has this site received a major or critical audit finding?

  • Yes
  • No
  • Unsure
Q05
Best–Worst Trade-off (MaxDiff)Required

Which of these areas currently poses the greatest risk to product quality if left unaddressed?

  • Documentation and record-keeping
  • Personnel training and hygiene practices
  • Equipment calibration and maintenance
  • Material and supplier qualification
  • Process and cleaning validation
  • Deviation and CAPA management
  • Facility and environmental controls
  • Data integrity and system access controls
Pick best & worst per setBest:Highest riskWorst:Lowest risk
Q06
Opinion ScaleRequired

If a regulatory inspector arrived unannounced today, how confident are you that this site would pass without a major finding?

Scale: 010
Min:Not confident at allMax:Completely confident
Q07
Long Text

Describe the most significant nonconformance identified in the most recent audit, including its current corrective action status.

Q08
AI Interview

Probe the root cause behind the respondent's most significant nonconformance or highest-risk area: was it a one-off human error, a process design gap, a resourcing/staffing issue, or a systemic failure across the site? Ask what the corrective action actually changed versus what was documented on paper, whether similar deviations have recurred before, and whether the fix addressed the root cause or just the symptom. If they report no major findings, probe what near-misses or informal workarounds staff use that wouldn't show up in a formal audit.

Q09
Rating Scale

How would you rate site leadership's visible day-to-day commitment to quality, beyond what's written in the quality manual?

Range: 15
Min:Not committedMax:Fully committed
Q10
Multiple Choice

On average, how long does it take to close a corrective and preventive action (CAPA) at this site?

  • Under 30 days
  • 30-60 days
  • 61-90 days
  • Over 90 days
  • We don't formally track this
Q11
Short Text

Is there anything else auditors should know before the next audit?

Q12
Multiple Choice

What is your role at this site?

  • Quality Assurance
  • Quality Control
  • Production/Operations
  • Regulatory Affairs
  • Site Leadership
  • External Auditor/Consultant
  • Other
  • Prefer not to say
Q13
Multiple Choice

How many years have you worked in GMP-regulated roles?

  • Less than 1 year
  • 1-3 years
  • 4-7 years
  • 8-15 years
  • More than 15 years
  • Prefer not to say
Q14
Message

Thank you — your responses feed directly into the site's audit readiness report and help prioritize which corrective actions to tackle before the next inspection.

What’s included

  • AI follow-ups

    Adaptive probes on open-ended answers that pull out detail a static form would miss.

  • Attention checks

    Built-in safeguards against rushed answers and low-quality respondents.

  • AI-drafted copy

    Wording, ordering, and branching written by the AI — tuned to your research goal.

  • Auto report

    Themes, quotes, and a plain-English summary write themselves once responses come in.

How it compares

We reviewed the closest templates from other survey tools. Here’s what they do well — and where this template goes further.

Why this template

  • Goes beyond checklist scoring by using an AI follow-up interview to probe the root cause behind the respondent's most significant nonconformance, surfacing systemic issues rather than just a pass/fail.
  • Combines structured multiple-choice and matrix questions across documentation, training, equipment, supplier qualification, validation, and CAPA with an open-ended long-text nonconformance description for context.
  • Captures CAPA closure timelines, leadership commitment ratings, and inspection-readiness confidence alongside a max-diff ranking of which risk area most threatens product quality if left unaddressed.
  • Automatically compiles responses into an audit readiness report, turning self-assessment answers directly into a document usable ahead of the next regulatory inspection.

Typeform

GMP Audit Checklist Form

Typeform's GMP Audit Checklist is a fielding-ready form covering core GMP compliance areas in Typeform's conversational one-question-at-a-time style. It's designed for straightforward checklist-style data collection rather than deeper diagnostic follow-up. Good for quick compliance snapshots but not for uncovering root causes behind findings.

What it does well

  • Purpose-built for GMP audits specifically, unlike generic audit templates
  • Typeform's clean, conversational UI likely improves completion rates for checklist-style questions
  • Quick to deploy for a straightforward compliance self-check

Where it falls short

  • Static question flow with no adaptive AI follow-up to probe root causes behind flagged nonconformances
  • No automated per-response quality scoring or auto-generated readiness report
  • No voice AI interview or guided screen-share task option for verifying evidence in real time

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