As Mike said I am putting on my lawyer's hat. Whether one should or should't record verification of purchased material is irrelevant for the sake of Craigs question.
As the initial question was
The dispute relates to whether records are required when purchased product is verified. My buddy says no, based on this RAB interpretation of section 7.4.3,
There is no argument that there is no need for records according to this clause, the discussion has been about showing that other clauses require these records.
I claimed that the definition in ISO 9000 of product excludes the use of 8.2.4,
as seen here Craig disagrees,
ccochran said:
Great discussion. Consider this—
ISO 9000:2000 defines product as the “result of a process.” With this definition, there is no doubt that purchased product is a PRODUCT.
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Craig
I agree that this is the definition of product but if one studies the Scope of ISO 9001:2000 then in the note to this clause 1.1 it says
NOTE In this International Standard, the term “product” applies only to the product intended for, or required by, a customer.
Thus the product of 7.4.3 is not a product that should be measured in 8.2.4
Now we have the point raised by M Greenaway who points to the requirement of measuring processes in 8.2.3.
This is a possibility but not necessary, the clause says "The organization shall apply suitable methods", these are in your hands and as long as you can show "the ability of the processes to achieve planned results." you can choose any manner you wish.
Question, is it a requirement to measure every single process in the organisation?
Please remember that RAB is not the only accreditation body in the world. Any inputs?