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Are they relevant for the product or service delivered by your organization? If they are not relevant don’t include them on your QMS. If they are relevant that will depend on their influence. For example: 7.1.3; 7.1.4 or 8.5.1.
2. A quality assurance SOP dealing with the inspection of incoming material and resulting products would come under the heading of which clause according to standard (9001:2015)?
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I would consider clause 8.4.2
3.An SOP on the maintenance of equipment would come under the heading of which clause according to standard (9001:2015)?
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Documented information of external origin during the certification audit
what other ISO standards should be available in my office while the certification body is auditing'
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You should have at list a paper or electronic copy of ISO 9001:2015. You should also have paper or electronic copies of standards that are relevant for the quality of your product or service. Those determined under clause 7.5.3.2 as documented information of external origin.
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You can elaborate a report where you list the internal and external issues determined by your organization. See the example below in the white paper.
From issues do we refer to RISKS or the current PROBLEMS the organization is experiencing?
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Issues are not risks. Issues are elements that can affect and organization’s approach to developing and achieving its objectives. For example, a competitor may enter your market with a superior product due to new technology. Another example, your potential market may grow or shrink due to demographic changes.
And how does the context of the organization relate to risk assessment?
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Internal and external issues can help or hinder in meeting expected results. For example, your organization expects to grow market share among the wealthiest segment (an objective). That can be hindered by the move of a competitor that presented a superior product due to new technology. For example, your organization sells its best seller to parents with young kids. Your organization’s growth perspectives may be hindered by the demographic evolution of your main markets. Whatever helps your organization in meeting objectives is an opportunity. Whatever hinders your organization in meeting objectives is a risk.
And another question is that under the heading of which clause would a security cameras SOP come under?
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Perhaps under ISO 9001:2015 clause 7.1.4 Environment for the operation of processes
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That will depend on several factors like number of employees, economic sector, particular environmental situation and from country to country.
If you want to implement and certify an environmental management system in your organization, please consider the cost of training and implementation, and the cost of certification.
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Best option would be to integrate Known Error Database (KEDB) as part of the ITSM (IT Service Management) tool. In such way, you'll have automation in place meaning that you will integrate KEDB with Incident Management and Problem Management. both of the processes use KEDB to enter Known Errors or use KEDB to resolve incidents i.e. problems.
You have to calculate the residual risk after the definition of the risk treatment to be applied. At this point the residual risk is the risk value you expect to achieve with the implementation of the controls. After the implementation of the controls, the risk value you will measure will confirm if the previously calculated residual risk is right or if you need to perform adjustments in the control implementation.