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Quality consultant The awareness section of ISO9001: 2015 7.3 is fundamental to the success of a quality system. If well-established good awareness should ensure the QA system becomes embedded within the organisation. The Standard requires that employees should be...

Quality consultant Section 6.3 of ISO9001: 2015 requires the organisation to consider changes in a broader sense. In previous iterations of the 9001 series, changes would traditionally have been thought of as document and version control. In this clause the Standard...

Quality consultant The Standard section 7.2 relating to competence is relatively straightforward. In simple terms the organisation should determine the skills and knowledge for staff that have a bearing on the key activities of the organisation. The Standard is not...

Quality consultant The infrastructure clause of 9001: 2015 is relatively straight forward although the author of this blog would suggest that the organisation should be clear at the onset what should be included. The Standard requires that an organisation should...

Quality consultant This clause of ISO9001: 2015 section 7.1.6 examines a new specific area to the Standard, that of organisational knowledge. The definition of competence has often included the application of skills and knowledge, but this clause now requires greater...

Quality Consultant Scope creation can be more complex with ISO9001: 2015 as organisation’s consider what is needed and what activities should be included. In simple terms the boundary definition needs establishing. The first issue for the management team to consider...