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ISO 9001: Management of Quality or the Quality Management

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Which does ISO 9001 emphasize more, the Management of Quality or the Quality of Management? The majority of newbies who just become familiarizing themselves with ISO 9001 international standard ask the same question: ‘ISO 9001 – is a management system of what ?’  Taking into account the following: the QMS requirements cover almost all elements of the enterprise management system; the requirements are worded based on analysis and synthesis of best international practices suitable for all; ISO 9001 is the core of the entire family of management systems standards; we can give the answer to the question as: ISO 9001 is a system of quality of management. So the following formula is valid: ' QMS = Quality of Management = Quality Business '   On Sale now! Check our ISO 9001:2015 Documents and Templates collection A complete set of ISO 9001:2015 quality system procedures I SO 14001:2015 Environmental management manual template

Quality Objectives and Planning to achieve them

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One of the requirements of the new version of ISO 9001 Standard is that there should be a plan to achieve quality objectives. How would/have you come up with a plan for achieving quality objectives and how would/have you document(ed) them? A good and practically proven practice is too word quality objectives of the organization in the form of the Organization’s Annual Development Program, which could have the following structure: # Quality objectives wording Process name Responsible for the implementation Deadlines Resources Report type Quality objectives of the Process (or structural subdivision) are set by the process owner (or structural subdivision manager), based on the analysis of two components: Tasks resulting from Organization’s Development Program for the year; Tasks aimed at the process (or subdivision) development, using own resources. Further details of quality objectives planning are given in the 2nd edition of ISO 9001:2015 Quality Manual .

I’m moving.

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Which has me thinking about the process of moving. (Trust me: Thinking about the process of moving is infinitely more fun than the actual work of attacking and packing up that junked out storage closet.) So go with me here....    In a fundamental way, the act of selling your house, packing your stuff, finding a new place to live, moving your stuff, and unpacking your stuff so you can settle in and get back to your life again, well, it’s fundamentally just another project. It has mission and goals tied to overall strategy, and it has phases and methods and detailed tasks that must happen in a specific order. And just like any other project you might work on in your professional life, the process of pulling up sticks and moving your household will run more smoothly if you obey and organize around the principles of effective project management. Every project has specific phases. These are initiation, planning, implementing, controlling, and closing. If the project is long and...

ISO 10001, 2, 3, and 4!

ISO 10004:2012 Quality management -- Customer satisfaction -- Guidelines for monitoring and measuring was issued on September 14, 2012 . Other standards of ISO 10000 series include: ·          ISO 10001:2007 Quality management -- Customer satisfaction -- Guidelines for codes of conduct for organizations ·          ISO 10002:2004 Quality management -- Customer satisfaction -- Guidelines for complaints handling in organizations ·          ISO 10003:2007 Quality management -- Customer satisfaction -- Guidelines for dispute resolution external to organizations. Standards to Watch : ISO/FDIS 10008 Quality management -- Customer satisfaction -- Guidelines for business-to-consumer electronic commerce transactions. Target publication date : 2014-08-25. Check out our Complete set of ISO 10002:2004 comp...