Management Review Input - Changes that could affect the QMS

[somashekar]

Please include changes to legal requirements.

As this post in in the ISO 9000, ISO 9001, and ISO 9004 - Questions and Discussions., please make sure that you look at the statutory and regulatory requirements applicable to the product.
This International Standard specifies requirements for a quality management system where an organization
a) needs to demonstrate its ability to consistently provide product that meets customer and applicable statutory and regulatory requirements,...
This is what is said in 1.1 a) of the ISO9001:2008
There is no need to get too legal about other stuff. There are processes beyond the QMS which looks at these, and mostly these are not included within the QMS operation.
1.1 at Note 2 it is also said :
NOTE 2 Statutory and regulatory requirements can be expressed as legal requirements.

 

[jpwilger]

(snip)
Also, please note tha most of the people tend to think that "planned intervals" means a time-triggerd management review (eg, every 6 moths).

I like the part about 6 moths (s/b months).

I am imagining some person counting the moths, and when they reach a count of 6, a Management Review Meeting is held.

(Might explain my some companies do not hold annual MRM - they are waiting for more moths...)


Joe

 

[Big Jim]

I view this requirement, that of discussing changes that could effect the QMS, as being wide open. There are no restrictions in the wording.

Those changes could include both internal and external topics.

Management review likely brings together the best and brightest of the company, and each has insights that others may not have.

Internally, anything that is changing in the company is fair game for discussion. New employees, new roles, new business, new products, new equipment, and so on.

Externally, new competition, new related technologies, new markets, the state of the economy, political issues that may impact your business, and so on.

All of this will better prepare the group in determining where they want to go to improve the QMS, improve product, and resource needs.

Keep it wide open for the greatest benefit.