sbickley said:
Hi Everyone,
We currently use many measuring instruments in our First Article and repeat inspection processes. This equipment is currently calibrated by an outside part once per year and we do not conduct GRR studies. We also do not conduct daily tool checks when they are checked out, etc.
Is this acceptable or should we be doing more to ensure conformance with the standard?
Please give me some ammunition if we need to do more so I can sell this to management.
Thanks,
Scott
Previously, I was answering this thread from the software point of view.Later, reading this post more carefuly, I myself started to have more questions.
See below the ISO9001: 2000 requirement:
“The organizations shall establish processes to ensure that monitoring and measurement can be carried out and are carried out in a manner that is consistent with the monitoring and measurement requirements”I referred to ISO9001: 2000 handbook.

Refer Page: 348 last paragraph,
The book says that is requirement is not specified in the new standard however estimation of measurement uncertainty cannot be avoided. This is also required in the documentation of traceability of measurement results.
We typically use the GR& R result for the “Random Error” value in the measurement uncertainty calculations. (To calculate Measurement Uncertainty, we require both Systematic Error and Random Error).
This book, which is an authority in ISO9001 guidance and interpretation lean towards measuring Uncertainty to meet this requirement. Yet, many of us do not conduct GR & R or Measurement uncertainty calculations.
How is this requirement being addressed by all the organizations? How are you convincing your auditor about this requirement?
I did a lot of thinking and I decided to ask our knowledgeable community a follow-up question:
Calibration requirements for ISO 9001:2000 - We do not conduct GRR studies
How is this possible without conducting the GR & R , Measurement uncertainty to come to a conclusion that the measurement is carried out in consistent with monitoring and measurement requirements?
Thanks,
Govind.