7.5.1.1 Quality management system documentation
The organization’s quality management system shall be documented and include a quality manual,
which can be a series of documents (electronic or hard copy).
The format and structure of the quality manual is at the discretion of the organization and will
depend on the organization's size, culture, and complexity- If a series of documents is used, then a
list shall be retained of the documents that comprise the quality manual for the organization.
The quality manual shall include, at a minimum, the following:
The quality manual shall include, at a minimum, the following:
a) the scope of the quality management system, including details of and justification for any
exclusions;
b) documented processes established for the quality management system, or reference to them;
c) the organization's processes and their sequence and interactions (inputs and outputs], including
type and extent of control of any outsourced processes;
d) a document (i.e., matrix for example, a table, a list, or a matrix) indicating where within the organization’s quality management system their customer-specific requirements are addressed.
their customer-specific requirements are addressed.
NOTE a matrix of how the requirements of this Automotive QMS standard are addressed by the organization's processes may be used to assist with linkages of the organization's processes and this Automotive QMS.