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BS EN ISO9000 Series - Quality Management: Initial Assessment Review Continual Improvement
BS EN ISO9000 Series - Quality Management: Initial Assessment Review Continual Improvement
BS EN ISO9000 Series - Quality Management: Initial Assessment Review Continual Improvement
Businesseshadadesiretoshowtheircommitmenttocustomersatisfactionandcontinuing
improvementinqualitymanagementandtothisendqualitymanagementsystemshavebeendeveloped
andcertificationsystemshavedevelopedalongsidethemanagementsystems.
ISO9001:2008isthemostrecentinternationalstandardforcertificationofamanagementsystemto
maintainandimprovequalityinanorganisation.
ThefocusofISO9001istheattainmentofcustomersatisfactionbymeasuringtheorganisation'scurrent
performancewithregardstothequalityofitsproductsandservices,settinggoalsandobjectivesto
improvetheirperformanceandmeasuringtheirprogresstowardsthosegoals,takingactionstoprevent
failuresbeforetheyhappenandcorrectthecausesoffailureswhichhavehappenedandperiodically
reviewingperformancewithaviewtoupdatinggoalsandobjectivesandamendingthemanagement
systeminordertomeetthem.
Continual
Improvement
Initial
Assessment
Review
Checking,
Corrective
&Preventive
Actions
POLICY
IMPLEMENT
PLAN
AuditablestandardssuchasISO9001:2008areprescriptive,thatistheyprescribecertainstandardsthat
mustbemetinordertocomplywiththestandardandallowcertification.Theseprescribedstandards
includedocumentingprocessesandproceduresandmaintainingrecordstodemonstratethecorrect
operationofthesystem,includingauditfindings,investigationsintofailuresofthesystem,corrective
andpreventiveactions,andevidenceofcompetenceofemployeestocarryouttheirtasks.
Havingprescriptivestandardsallowsthesystemtobeauditedeffectivelybothinternallybypeople
familiarwiththesystemandexternallybypeoplewhoarenotfamiliarwiththespecificsofthesystem
butexperiencedintherequirementsofthestandard.
Thismodelofstandardhasbeenadaptedandextendedtoprovideauditablemanagementsystem
standardsforvariousotherareasofbusinessincludingenvironmentalmanagement(ISO14001)and
health&safetymanagement(OHSAS18001).