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Program Summary Card
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Issue |
Program Rules/Comments |
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Standard |
ISO 9001 |
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Any other relevant documentation |
Nil |
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Target Audience |
Any Company |
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Global-Mark output document |
Certificate of Approval |
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Other Global-Mark output document |
Certification Schedule (used if all the information does not fit on the Certificate of Approval) |
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Certificate Validity Period |
3 years |
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Certification Mark that can be used by the Client |
Trust-Mark® QMS |
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Can this mark be used on product? |
No |
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Periodicity of Post-certification Reviews |
6, 9, 9, 12 (then stays at 12) monthly |
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Periodicity of Re-certification Review |
3 years |
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Steps to and Post-certification |
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Application |
ü |
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Document Review |
ü |
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Pre-certification Review |
Optional |
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Certification Review |
ü |
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Technical File Review |
Nil |
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Follow-up Review |
ü |
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Post-certification Review |
ü |
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Re-certification Review |
ü |
ISO9001 is the super-star of all compliance programs. Since its release in the 1980’s ISO9001 has become the most used and published standard in the world. It has been accepted and adopted “as is” by most industrialised countries in the world and is very much a “passport to trade”.
ISO9001 is often used as a Supply Management tool, where purchasers seek to have confidence in their supplier or potential supplier’s ability to deliver quality. This in turn saves the purchaser and the supplier from having time consuming and expensive second party audits.
Given that ISO9001 was the Management System Standard to achieve International acceptance, many of the new compliance programs are based on the principles and structure of ISO9001; e.g. ISO 14001.
In essence, ISO9001 Certification reflects an Organisation’s commitment to quality, leadership, systems and the sound and stable processes, which can deliver consistently safe products or services that meet their customers’ expectations.
If you care about your clients, you are organised and you can prove it, ISO9001 Certification should be a simple, yet important step. Certification will assist you to prove and demonstrate that you have sound systems, and you are keeping them up-to-date, and in continued compliance.
3.1 Outsourcing design activities
If your organisation outsources design and development activity, the design requirements (clause 7.3) of the standard cannot be excluded, and we will expect you to have controls in place to demonstrate that you are responsible and have controls for and on the design and development process.
The design function must relate to the design of the products that are within the scope of certification.
If this is the case, the scope of certification on your certificate must include: “design of…”, “development of …”, or “design and development of …”
In order to understand our Program you should also access and be aware of the following documents:
· G-00: Welcome Pack
· MSP-00: Introduction to our Management Systems
· MSP-01: Nomenclature and Definitions
· MSP-24 Appeals
