ISO 9000 2000

5.3 Quality Policy

The quality policy should be underpinned by individual objectives either across people / departments or other divisions:

  • Is written by the company and for the company (perhaps with a little coaching from a consultant!).
  • Commits to continual improvement
  • Discusses or links to how quality objectives are developed - interesting one here - which came first the policy or the individual objectives - we are convinced it should be objectives first
  • Once decision about policy have been made everyone affected is made aware of them and how it will impact on them personally
  • The policy is regularly reviewed to ensure it is still suitable
  • As mentioned earlier about Management Review, this becomes one of the prime focuses of the standard and should not be undertaken lightly.

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