Transitioning from ISO 9001:2008 to ISO 9001:2015: Documentation

Key points to remember in transitioning from ISO 9001:2008 to ISO 9001:2015 when it comes to documentation in our new blog post.

ISO 9001:2015: Product updates, discounts and offers for February-March 2017

Product updates:
We offer a new ISO 9001:2015 Quality manual template with the detailed description of the QMS processes and their interaction. The depth of the description is enough for the Organization to decide that this Quality Manual is the only QMS document, which summarizes all mandatory Procedures as well as the procedures that regulate processes in accordance with the existing good practices.

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• ISO 9001:2015 Quality manual template package. Includes both editions, original drawings and diagrams. Current price $89.00 (you save 40%)

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QMS QnA: Quality Objectives

How would you plan for achieving quality objectives?
How would you document them?

Find the answers in our recent blog post Quality Objectives and Planning to achieve them

QMS QnA: Control of Documented Information

Does ISO 9001:2015 mandate a specific numbering system for control documents?
What are the best practices for such numbering system?

Find the answers in our new blog post Numbering System for ISO documentation based on ISO 9001:2015

ISO 9001:2015 risk based thinking

Two approaches to the risk management actions planning in our recent blog post Actions to address risks and opportunities: Planning

Transition from the 2008 version of ISO 9001 to the 2015

QMS transition to the new version of ISO 9001:2015 deadlines, good practices and free downloads in our new blog post Which ISO 9001 revision applies during transition from 2008 to 2015 versions

Organizational Knowledge ISO 9001:2015 § 7.1.6

We are stuck on getting 'Organizational Knowledge' element off the ground. We know what is required and have the intellectual resources to do it. Any ideas on where to start?

I've got the assignment to lead the project "Organizational Knowledge" and I would like to develop an effective concept, as simple and as smart as possible, without overloading the organization unnecessarily. Any suggestions on how to determine the NECESSARY Knowledge to be maintained and be made available? 

We have a positive experience in the implementation of the following approach. The key is the category of “Organization's Knowledge Bank” - the database structured by the intellectual asset groups, taking into account the organization's strategic development directions, and arranged on the organization server.

‘Control of organizational knowledge’ process includes four stages:

• definition of the necessary knowledge - via forming the knowledge bank structure;
• creation of the organization's knowledge bank - collection of data from different sources;
• maintaining and providing access to knowledge - through “Organization’s knowledge bank section moderators”, competent in the given field of knowledge, among the QMS process owners and third-party experts, including university professors;
• QMS processes improvement through acquired knowledge - is carried out in two ways: 

1. Via the personnel access to the Organization’s knowledge of the organization. 
2. Via personnel training. 

More details can be found here: “QSP 7.1-04 Control of organizational knowledge”


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