Re: Quality Policy - Need to have the revision number on the copy of policy displayed
Most quality policies are far reaching visions, they usually don't just spit back the requirements of the ISO 9001 (current revision). As such, all that is required is that you periodically review the statement to ensure that it is still appropriate for your operations, and meets the requrements set forth in the standard. I don't see that my company will ever change its core values when it comes to their policy on quality. We may have to change our wording if there is ever a significant change in the standard, other than that we will continue to meet the customers' requirements, etc.., etc., etc. It matters not if the customer's expectations change, we will still review their requirements and then meet them, or let the customer know that we cannot do what they ask before we agree to supply.
You can argue all day about continual and continuous improvements, but the only people in most operations who really understand the difference is the quality manager/management rep. Nobody else usually does, and frankly who cares? It is kind of like arguing about the spelling of grey (gray) as long as everyone gets the concept of never ending overall improvement, is it really going to make a difference?