Archive for January 21st, 2009

ISO9001 and Management review

Wednesday, January 21st, 2009

In the context of ISO9001 Management Review has a particular connotation that is continued into the latest 2008 variant of the standard. It specifically relates to the review of management systems performance and the opportunities for developing further improvement. But this review is just one of several review requirements documented in the standard, with further [...]

ISO9000 - Quality Management and economic downturn

Wednesday, January 21st, 2009

You may have read the title of this article as being relevant to the introduction of the new ISO 900 standard [ISO9001:2008], whereas the intention is to try to protect the integrity of audit and quality management in a time of economic downturn.
While business is prospering there is always a tendency to over populate an [...]

IS09001:2008 - More than an amended standard?

Wednesday, January 21st, 2009

As predicted a new iS09001 Standard has been finalized and is now available. Rather like its predecessor it arrived in time-just!
Throughout the development we have been assured that the document would not contain major revisions, just a collection of “amendments or clarifications’. An amendment is said to be a change that will address known issues, [...]