Since the official version of ISO 45001 is not published yet (it is expected by the end of this year), I can only tell you what I know based on the draft version of the standard. Keep in mind that this is subjected to change and we cannot know with 100% certainty what will be requirements for documentation of the official ISO 45001 before it is published.
The most important group of documents needed for implementation of ISO 45001 are the ones explicitly required by the standard, the company must have these documents in order to be compliant with the standard. This includes the policy, objectives, procedures and records.
The second group of the documents are the ones that are not mandatory but the company finds them necessary for maintaining the Occupational Health and Safety Management System, this can be various procedures, policies, work instructions and records that can be useful for maintaining the system although they are not explicitly required by the standard.
Our management approach was to select a team and provide them with a training in order for this team to implement the system instead of hiring a consultant.
Therefore, it is a bit challenging; however, we are doing our best.
The question i would like to ask is when the certification body comes to audit the QMS in the organization will the audit be done only against the quality policy and the quality objectives stated in the QMS Manual? or will the audit also will be done against the policies and procedures published in the organization?
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The certification audit will cover the entire scope of your QMS (Quality Management System), this includes review of all your QMS documentation (1st stage of the audit) and auditing of your processes and activities against your procedures and requirements of the standard (2nd stage audit).
The standard itself doesn't require procedure for determining context of the organization to be documented, but if you choose to do so, the best way is to explain in the procedure how determining of the context will be conducted, who will participate, what elements of the context will be considered and so on. Here you can download a free preview of our Procedure for Determining Context of the Organization and Interested Parties https://advisera.com/14001academy/documentation/procedure-for-determining-context-of-the-organization-and-interested-parties/
Answer: What ISO 27001 requires is that an organization considers its context and assesses its risks to implement proper controls to bring risks to acceptable levels. So the decision for immediate removal of users access is up to each organization, based on its risk assessments, legal or contractual requirements.
Answer: There will be no problem as long as you ensure all that people who needs to access both, the policy and the related SOP can do that, and they are aware on how to handle the information regarding their respective classification. You should note that ISO 27001 does not prevent this kind of situation, but can help handle related risks.
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That depends what kind agreement you have with third party (if you have one). If it's an IT issue I would rather let support guys report issues. If you have an ITSM tool - even more important to have it in scope of the support desk.
QMS effectiveness and customer satisfaction
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Effectiveness of the QMS can be demonstrated through achievement of the quality objectives, improving quality performance and customer satisfaction.
My company as you know is presently ISO 9001:2008. I was in the process of transitioning to ISO 9001 2015. My company decided to change over to TS 16949-2016 instead. At this time I am having to start over. My question to you is, can I use any of the templates that I purchased from you? Or would I have to purchase new templates for TS?
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IATF 16949 is practically ISO 9001:2015 plus requirements for automotive industry. If you take a look at the text of IATF 16949, you can see that it refers to requirements of ISO 9001 but due to copyrights it doesn't quote the ISO 9001.
Also, some of requirements of IATF 16949 are completely the same as in ISO 9001 and in these cases you can use the documentation of ISO 9001 Documentation Toolkit as is (for example context of the organization), in other cases you only need to amend the documentation to meet additional requirements of IAT F 16949.