ISO 9001: 2000 Audit
Procedures
Ray Tricker (MSc, IEng, FIIE
(elec), FinstM, FIQA, MIRSE)
Principal Consultant and Managing Director of Herne European Consultancy Ltd - an
organisation specialising in Quality, Environment and Safety Management Systems
- Includes
essential information on what is provided in ISO 9001:2000.
- Provides
stage audit check sheets.
- Provides
a crosscheck between the requirements of ISO 9001:2000 and that of any QMS previously
certified to ISO 9001:1994.
'This book fills a need for a
guide which will assist auditors in completing internal, external and third party audits
of existing QMSs, newly implemented QMSs and transitional QMSs.... The book usefully
describes methods for completing management reviews and quality audits.' Quality World,
April 2002
'This book must be the bargain of the year for any small business to use as a template
for successful auditing to the international standard' Review on Amazon.co.uk
The revised quality
management systems ISO 9001:2000 was put in place in December 2000. There is huge
international interest in the subject, particularly from companies already certified to
ISO 9001, ISO 9002 and ISO 9004, needing to update their existing systems to ISO
9001:2000.
ISO 9001:2000 Audit
Procedures fills a need for a guide which will assist auditors in completing internal,
external and third party audits of existing ISO 9001:1994, ISO 9002:1994 and ISO 9003:1994
compliant Quality Management Systems, newly implemented ISO 9001:2000 Quality Management
Systems and transitional QMSs.
Organizations must also be prepared to undergo an audit of their own quality procedures
from potential customers and prove to them that their Quality Management System fully
meets the recommendatins, requirements and specifications of ISO 9001:2000. ISO 9001:2000
Audit Procedures describes methods for completing management reviews and quality audits.
Contents
Introduction; Types of Audit;
Quality Assurance During a Product's Life Cycle; Benefits and Costs of Quality Assurance;
Quality Management System Requirements; Quality Organizational Structure; ISO 9001:2000
Checklists; ISO 9001:2000 Headings; Comparison between ISO 9001:2000 and ISO 9001:1994;
Comparison of ISO 9001 Headings between CD2, DIS, FDIS and IS; Index for ISO 9001:2000;
ISO 9001:2000 Cross Check to an ISO 9001:1994 QMS; ISO 9001:2000 Explanations and Likely
Documentation; Audit Check Sheet; Management Responsibility; Resource Management; Product
Realization; Measurement, Analysis and Improvement; Stage Audit Check Sheet; Additional
Audit Checks; ISO 9001:2000 Elements Covered and Outstanding.
Readership: Quality
Management auditors, consultants and trainers. Organizations seeking certification, or
upgrading to the new standard. Students on Quality Engineering and Management courses.
Students studying for membership exams of the Institute of Quality Assurance
274 pages