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Lojikglos  
#1 Posted : 08 May 2011 16:48:22(UTC)
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Lojikglos

Hello all

In desperate need of guidance on a presentation I have been requested to complete next friday

I have satrted the research process on WHAT STEPS I WOULD TAKE TO ENSURE ISO COMPLIANCE FOR RECERTIFICATION.

I am concentrating on the eight quality management principles (as the company already has ISO certifcation) so i have to assume that pre requisites are already in place.

To decide how I would achieve/ensure compliance I am looking at principle 7 Factual based decision making and in turn looking at the other seven QM principles and deconstructing the processes and procedures in place already and looking at how effective these are. I imagine the use of gap analysis gives an indicator of how effective these processes and procedures are.
Following this train of thought Im looking at highlighting the gaps and analysing how best to reduce the gaps etc.

I started out on this train of thought and for reasons I cant put my finger on I feel I might have mis read the brief and am going down the wrong path

Is there any one out there who could advise have I spent the last two days completely going in the wrong direction or am I on the right track

many thanks in advance all comments positive and negative welcom
chris42  
#2 Posted : 08 May 2011 18:24:46(UTC)
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chris42

What ISO are you talking about ISO 9000 for quality assurance, ISO14001 for Environment or OHSAS 18001 for H&S.

Recertification for these should not involve anything other than what you have been doing if you already have them. Recertification takes place every 3 years and they just go through the whole system. You should have all your internal audits in place showing you are doing everything in your procedures and your procedures should cover all the requirements of the standards.

Sorry if I have confused things and misunderstood your question.
Lojikglos  
#3 Posted : 08 May 2011 19:00:32(UTC)
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Lojikglos

hi

No thats spot on. I was looking for re assurance really . Its ISO per se. SO your right as long as the QMS has been implemented and actioned on since gaining the accreditation then everything should be fairly staright forward.

I probably never explained as well as I should have but no worries and many thanks for the reply by the way.
chris42  
#4 Posted : 08 May 2011 19:22:54(UTC)
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chris42

Good

Just make sure nothing in the management system that you are directly responsible for lets things down, ie legal register up to date etc.

I use to do a quick random check of a few thing just before the audit, just to make sure nobody is about to do anything stupid ( like rebuild half the factory and forgot to mention). Trust me this did happen once, I was on the last afternoon of a 3 day audit and went into the stores with the auditor to find everything in a big pile in the middle of the room 12 feet high, as the racking was being replaced. Everything mixed up, labelling missing, I was completely lost for words. Such fun.

You know where if any your system is weak, so concentrate your efforts there.

All the best
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