Management Review Frequency - How Many Times of Management Review a Year?

[s_warin]

Most of the certified companies state that at least once a year. Then they record only one year a time. Is it possible to review the work only on time a year?

[s_warin]

The last sentence should be "Is it possible to review the work one time a year?"

[Claes Gefvenberg]

Hi,

It is certainly possible, as the requirement is "at planned intervals" without saying how long the intervals should be, but is it desirable? One year is a long time...

It's up to you to decide what is best for your buissness.

We've been discussing this before. Have a look at the following threads:

Quarterly vs. Yearly Internal Audits

Can our daily operations meeting be considered as Management Review?


/Claes

[db]

Here is my advice to companies. First look at the anticipated change or threats to the QMS (or EMS). I've just started working with a company and I suggested a management review every other week!!!! Just like a baby, new systems require constant attention and resource allocation on the fly.

As the system matures, the management review can slack off (provided the change slows). After registration, the organization could go to quarterly for the first year or so. Once the system is mature and provided there are no threats, then yearly might be okay, but with the level of change we see today, I wouldn’t go much past that. One company I work with has a semi-annual schedule. However, they have a bullet list of about five items that would trigger a management review within 30 days.

[Raffy]

We'll in our case, we document our operations meeting as a management review since all of the department heads are there or in any case, their representative was there to answer the action items that was been thrown to them.
More frequent management review , the better because you don't have to wait for one year to followup/close all action items.
Hope this helps.

[BrianHu]

I think that if you are self employed or a small business in a competitive market, then you quickly understand the need to know your critical business processes and to continually reveiw and adjust them. Like the infamous annual employee appraisal, annual management review is often just a waste of time.

Systems that show problems as soon as they emerge (requiring a culture of good communication, trust, honesty etc) so that they can then be dealt with are much more effective.

Brian Hu

Hi All,

We do it every 14 days - started with every week. However, I guess we shall document it as every 30 days, quarter or a year. It IS management review every second week. However it is will be easier to present evidence of the review done every month or even more rarely. The data will be easier to compare.

The review we arrange every second week is more like operative management meetings in connection with quality issues.

regards,

Anton

[s_warin]

Somebody said to me that;

Before implementing the ISO 9000, head of departments of this college meet every Wendesday. Because all of them are appointed to be the steering committee, they still meet every week to discussing the activities. But they put the agenda to comply with the managment review.

Is it an amazing idea?