iso9001
DESCRIPTION
ISO9001TRANSCRIPT
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BSENISO9000SeriesQualityManagementBusinesseshadadesiretoshowtheircommitmenttocustomersatisfactionandcontinuingimprovementinqualitymanagementandtothisendqualitymanagementsystemshavebeendevelopedandcertificationsystemshavedevelopedalongsidethemanagementsystems.
ISO9001:2008isthemostrecentinternationalstandardforcertificationofamanagementsystemtomaintainandimprovequalityinanorganisation.
ThefocusofISO9001istheattainmentofcustomersatisfactionbymeasuringtheorganisation'scurrentperformancewithregardstothequalityofitsproductsandservices,settinggoalsandobjectivestoimprovetheirperformanceandmeasuringtheirprogresstowardsthosegoals,takingactionstopreventfailuresbeforetheyhappenandcorrectthecausesoffailureswhichhavehappenedandperiodicallyreviewingperformancewithaviewtoupdatinggoalsandobjectivesandamendingthemanagementsysteminordertomeetthem.
AuditablestandardssuchasISO9001:2008areprescriptive,thatistheyprescribecertainstandardsthatmustbemetinordertocomplywiththestandardandallowcertification.Theseprescribedstandardsincludedocumentingprocessesandproceduresandmaintainingrecordstodemonstratethecorrectoperationofthesystem,includingauditfindings,investigationsintofailuresofthesystem,correctiveandpreventiveactions,andevidenceofcompetenceofemployeestocarryouttheirtasks.
Havingprescriptivestandardsallowsthesystemtobeauditedeffectivelybothinternallybypeoplefamiliarwiththesystemandexternallybypeoplewhoarenotfamiliarwiththespecificsofthesystembutexperiencedintherequirementsofthestandard.
Thismodelofstandardhasbeenadaptedandextendedtoprovideauditablemanagementsystemstandardsforvariousotherareasofbusinessincludingenvironmentalmanagement(ISO14001)andhealth&safetymanagement(OHSAS18001).
InitialAssessment
POLICY
PLANIMPLEMENT
Checking,Corrective
&PreventiveActions
Review
ContinualImprovement