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ISO9001:2015 52-Wk Challenge (Wk 11) 6.1 Actions to address risks and opportunities

(6 Planning for the QMS) 6.1 Actions to address risks and opportunities Relying on luck isn’t much of a strategy when creating a robust quality management system.  This is why the standard has been revised to include a specific requirement

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ISO9001:2015 52-Wk Challenge (Wk 10)

5.3 Organizational roles, responsibilities and authorities Last week’s discussion focused on creating, communicating and understanding the organization’s mission and commitment to quality.  Your homework was to consider how well, in fact, everyone understands the quality policy.  In other words, the

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ISO9001:2015 52-Wk Challenge (Week 9)

5.2 Quality Policy This clause is pretty straightforward.  Or is it?  I find the word “policy” to be awkward.  “Policy” sounds so regulatory and “police-y”.  Perhaps this is why this seemingly straightforward requirement gives so many organizations difficulty. It’s not

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ISO9001:2015 52-Wk Challenge (Week 8)

(5) 5.1 Leadership and commitment This is a 52 week discussion of the proposed 2015 revision of ISO9001. We challenge you to follow us each week, and review your QMS from top to bottom with us. By year end 2015,

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ISO9001:2015 52-Wk Challenge (Week 7)

This is a 52 week discussion of the proposed 2015 revision of ISO9001. We challenge you to follow us each week, and review your QMS from top to bottom with us. By year end 2015, you can have your QMS

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ISO9001:2015 52-Wk Challenge (Week 6)

This is a 52 week discussion of the proposed 2015 revision of ISO9001. We challenge you to follow us each week, and review your QMS from top to bottom with us. By year end 2015, you can have your QMS

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ISO9001:2015 52-Wk Challenge (Week 5)

This is a 52 week discussion of the proposed 2015 revision of ISO9001. We challenge you to follow us each week, and review your QMS from top to bottom with us. By year end 2015, you can have your QMS

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ISO9001:2015 52-WK CHALLENGE (Week 4)

This is a 52 week discussion of the proposed 2015 revision of ISO9001. We challenge you to follow us each week, and review your QMS from top to bottom with us. By year end 2015, you can have your QMS

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ISO9001:2015 52-WK CHALLENGE (Week 3)

This is a 52 week discussion of the proposed 2015 revision of ISO9001.  We challenge you to follow us each week, and review your QMS from top to bottom with us.  By year end 2015, you can have your QMS upgraded

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ISO9001:2015 52-WK CHALLENGE (Week 2)

This is a 52 week discussion of the proposed 2015 revision of ISO9001.  We challenge you to follow us each week, and review your QMS from top to bottom with us.  Each week, we discuss a specific clause of the

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