Monday, September 21, 2009

ISO 9001 Standards – Documented Procedures

ISO 9001 Standards – Documented Procedures

The standard requires the management system documentation to include documented procedures required by ISO 9001 Standards.

ISO 9000 defines a procedure as a specified way to carry out an activity or a process. This definition is ambiguous because an activity is on a different scale than a process. Process outputs are dependent upon many factors of which activities are but one. An activity is the smallest unit of work. Several activities accomplish a task and several tasks reflect the stages in a process but there is more to a process than a series of tasks. This definition also esults in a belief that procedures are documented processes but this too is inaccurate. Procedures tell us how to proceed dont need to produce any others. The specific procedures required are:

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