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Ron Tollett
Was wondering if a Quality policy could include Health and Safety as an objective?
Can a Quality Policy include Health and Safety as an Objective?
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Antyp
Re: Quality Policy
Only if:
1. those are appropriate to the purpose of the organisation;
2. those somehow fulfill requirement of continiues improvement effectiveness of QMS;
3. those are basis for quality targets
(ISO9001:2008, 5.3 Quality Policy)
Honeslty i do not think those targets are suitable for above mentioned points, however if policy is not limited only to them, You can implement some Health & Safety elements as a secondary goals like for egazample "we will assure that our processes are secure for our employees health & safety"
Only if:
1. those are appropriate to the purpose of the organisation;
2. those somehow fulfill requirement of continiues improvement effectiveness of QMS;
3. those are basis for quality targets
(ISO9001:2008, 5.3 Quality Policy)
Honeslty i do not think those targets are suitable for above mentioned points, however if policy is not limited only to them, You can implement some Health & Safety elements as a secondary goals like for egazample "we will assure that our processes are secure for our employees health & safety"
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Gert Sorensen
Re: Quality Policy
IMO: Why not? I believe that they are important issues and should be adressed as part of the Quality System. Using the Quality Policy makes it visible and known throughout the organization. You probably already adress other things like cost of product and customer satisfaction here also.
IMO: Why not? I believe that they are important issues and should be adressed as part of the Quality System. Using the Quality Policy makes it visible and known throughout the organization. You probably already adress other things like cost of product and customer satisfaction here also.
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Ron Tollett
Re: Quality Policy
How would you word this in the Quality Policy?
How would you word this in the Quality Policy?
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Gert Sorensen
Something along the lines of:
"We (company XYZ) will implement and maintain an efficient quality system that at all times fulfill relevant regulatory requirements, including Health and Safety requirements".
"We (company XYZ) will implement and maintain an efficient quality system that at all times fulfill relevant regulatory requirements, including Health and Safety requirements".
Re: Quality Policy
Here's another example:
XX is committed to achieving customer satisfaction by providing quality products delivered on time. We accomplish this, while maintaining the health and safety of our employees, through the use of efficient processes and the continual improvement of our system.
Here's another example:
XX is committed to achieving customer satisfaction by providing quality products delivered on time. We accomplish this, while maintaining the health and safety of our employees, through the use of efficient processes and the continual improvement of our system.
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adickerson
The people working in your plant are stakeholders. If Health and Safety is one of your organizations key values feel free to make it part of the quality policy. Quality does not need to be exclusive to the product going out the door.
Quality policies are not really trade secrets, in fact most places publish them for the public in some way. If you want us to review you could post or ideas here and we could take a look.
Quality policies are not really trade secrets, in fact most places publish them for the public in some way. If you want us to review you could post or ideas here and we could take a look.
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sharney
Sent to staff our revised Quality Policy and Quality Objectives.
The new HR and Safety manager suggests adding a 'safety clause' into our Quality Objectives.
IMHO, the 2 are seperate. Any thoughts??
Thanks
The new HR and Safety manager suggests adding a 'safety clause' into our Quality Objectives.
IMHO, the 2 are seperate. Any thoughts??
Thanks
Randy
Super Moderator
Dangerous ground here and you'd best make sure that it's firm before you tread on it. If an organization places OHS in their policy and within their QMS they have cast their feet in concrete with little wiggle room.
Here's a question back to the OP - Ron tollett...Are you going for a 3rd party certification of your management system?
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