Are you in the midst of implementing 9001? Are we ever not in the midst of it?
I’d like to begin a series of posts on implementing 9001 – or any management system, from scratch. It will be focused on 9001, based on the draft of the next version of it in fact, but it should be well applicable to any management system; quality, environmental or information security – pick your flavor.
Where should one begin? Document control? Internal audits? The bones of a nice corrective action system? So many choices…
I audit these systems on a daily basis, I finding the folly alongside the fabulous. I’ll do what I can to make it a worthwhile read.
If you’re a current implementor, please – let us know any challenges you are having.
I should probably make apologies to Stephen Covey
It should first begin with a letter of [commitment] to the chosen quality process and signed by senior management. Providing a copy to a new employer or customer and their willingness to sign it is a [sign] of management commitment.
Letter is a great first step, definitely. Thank you! I don’t get many actual human commenters….