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Hello everyone, I hope it is the right sub-forum,
Since I’m new here, I’ll introduce my situation a little bit first. I’m a newbie on quality systems but somehow I got hired to implement a ISO 17025 standard for this company that does 3D scanning, measuring of complicated organic and geometric forms and calibrating of measuring devices and 3d scanners (so it is a laboratory). I got hired as an Application engineer, but my boss thought it would be good to get to know the company by also doing this accreditation. When I started here beginning of April (small, 7 employees), they had already started the QM and a scope. The scope is about done and I’m trying to fill in the holes that are still there in the QM, the QM is done for about 80 %. I figured out how the QM relates to the standard, and I understand the hierarchy of the system (and found this forum looking for the difference between procedures and working instructions, which made me rewrite a few procedures and move a some stuff to WI).
Since it just became clear to me this week how the standard works (my boss didn’t have the standard, and like I said, I’m a newbie on quality systems), I would like to get some things verified for myself and I got some questions so I hope you all can help me. My boss isn’t a quality systems guru either and he thinks everything I do to get more overall insight on all the processes in his company are great (so I need to watch out I don’t forget my second thought below
).
My thoughts:
- Everywhere in the standard where it says shall there should be a policy in the QM, so also a procedure. In the procedures I refer to the relevant working instructions and forms. Right?
- Don’t write procedures just for the sake of having procedures for something. It has to add (and relate) to relevant points in the standard and QM?
Questions:
- Do procedures and working instructions both have flow charts?
- Is there something I should pay more (or less) attention to since this is a fairly small company.
- What is your thought on doing this without training? Is it doable since it is a small company? I believe my boss is hoping to start accreditation at the end of this year….
- How do you start implementing your procedures? Right now, when I wrote a procedure with WI’s I just inform everyone what it is, why it is, and how it works. Along the way I see, ask and observe how they work with it and what works well and what doesn’t work well.
Sorry for the long story but I could use all the advice and ideas you guys have for me
It is going to be a hard and educational period of time for me
Thanks in advance
Dennis
Since I’m new here, I’ll introduce my situation a little bit first. I’m a newbie on quality systems but somehow I got hired to implement a ISO 17025 standard for this company that does 3D scanning, measuring of complicated organic and geometric forms and calibrating of measuring devices and 3d scanners (so it is a laboratory). I got hired as an Application engineer, but my boss thought it would be good to get to know the company by also doing this accreditation. When I started here beginning of April (small, 7 employees), they had already started the QM and a scope. The scope is about done and I’m trying to fill in the holes that are still there in the QM, the QM is done for about 80 %. I figured out how the QM relates to the standard, and I understand the hierarchy of the system (and found this forum looking for the difference between procedures and working instructions, which made me rewrite a few procedures and move a some stuff to WI).
Since it just became clear to me this week how the standard works (my boss didn’t have the standard, and like I said, I’m a newbie on quality systems), I would like to get some things verified for myself and I got some questions so I hope you all can help me. My boss isn’t a quality systems guru either and he thinks everything I do to get more overall insight on all the processes in his company are great (so I need to watch out I don’t forget my second thought below
My thoughts:
- Everywhere in the standard where it says shall there should be a policy in the QM, so also a procedure. In the procedures I refer to the relevant working instructions and forms. Right?
- Don’t write procedures just for the sake of having procedures for something. It has to add (and relate) to relevant points in the standard and QM?
Questions:
- Do procedures and working instructions both have flow charts?
- Is there something I should pay more (or less) attention to since this is a fairly small company.
- What is your thought on doing this without training? Is it doable since it is a small company? I believe my boss is hoping to start accreditation at the end of this year….
- How do you start implementing your procedures? Right now, when I wrote a procedure with WI’s I just inform everyone what it is, why it is, and how it works. Along the way I see, ask and observe how they work with it and what works well and what doesn’t work well.
Sorry for the long story but I could use all the advice and ideas you guys have for me
Thanks in advance
Dennis