Re: ISO 9001:2008 to 9001:2015 Quality Manual
So far EVERY person that I have explained the new standard to is dumbfounded by dropping the requirement to have a quality manual. Their comment usually is along the lines of how can they function without one. Another common comment is that they feel that they need some sort of structure to make their system work.
Maybe you don't have the same sort of clients.
Nigel Croft, the chairman of TC-176, the committee in ISO that is responsible for ISO 9001, on his first webinar, stated that it is anticipated that most companies will still have one.
So if I'm locked in the 20 th century, I'm in good company.
The good thing is that by not having a requirement to have a manual, there is also no requirement as to what needs to be in the manual, so a company can construct it any way they want. They can use one, or not, they can construct it any way they want. They can make it as useful as they want or not.
For whom? It's not a case of "less confusing". There should be NO confusion. That's why I said, ditch the conventional wisdom of a clause by clause manual. Don't forget when you "wright" a manual, your clients don't know any better - they accept you are giving them something which is required (when many know it isn't) and will smile and pay you...
The fact is, a manual isn't going to be required, so why continue to keep one foot in the 20th century?
The fact is, a manual isn't going to be required, so why continue to keep one foot in the 20th century?
Maybe you don't have the same sort of clients.
Nigel Croft, the chairman of TC-176, the committee in ISO that is responsible for ISO 9001, on his first webinar, stated that it is anticipated that most companies will still have one.
So if I'm locked in the 20 th century, I'm in good company.
The good thing is that by not having a requirement to have a manual, there is also no requirement as to what needs to be in the manual, so a company can construct it any way they want. They can use one, or not, they can construct it any way they want. They can make it as useful as they want or not.
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