Context example

Answer:
Unfortunately, I have no personal experience with that kind of manufacturing. Nevertheless, let me try to help.

About internal issues:

* what are the main concerns that recurrently appear on production, or quality or commercial meeting, for example. Downtime? Delivery delays? Absenteeism? Defects?
* What are the main opportunities that recurrently appear on the same meetings: Cycle time reduction? Six sigma projects? New raw materials that increase yield?

About external issues: I like to use the PESTEL framework

* New legislation that will demand increased performance for valves that work with VOCs
* Positive economic sentiment is increasing the demand of commodities and new plants are on the way
* More and more concern from society with the protection of workers
* New materials and new technologies can be used in the manufacturing of new generation of valves

You do not need to make things difficult or complex, be simple, be prac tical.

The following material will provide you information about context determination:

- ISO 9001 – How to identify the context of the organization in ISO 9001:2015 - https://advisera.com/9001academy/knowledgebase/how-to-identify-the-context-of-the-organization-in-iso-90012015/
- free online training ISO 9001:2015 Foundations Course – https://advisera.com/training/iso-9001-foundations-course/
- book - Discover ISO 9001:2015 Through Practical Examples - https://advisera.com/books/discover-iso-9001-2015-through-practical-examples/