Control of ISO documents

Answer:

The purpose of controlling the documents is to ensure that appropriate documents are available on the place of application and it is adequately protected. In order to establish document control, you need to define how the documents are created and updated, and you also need to define how following activities should be conducted:
- distribution, access, retrieval and use;
- storage and preservation, including preservation of legibility;
- control of changes (e.g. version control);
- retention and disposition.

Beside defining how these activities will be carried out, you also need to define roles and responsibilities within the document control process. Also, you need to identify and control the documents from external origin.

For more information about document control, see: Some Tips to make Document Control more useful for your QMS https://advisera.com/9001academy/blog/2014/05/20/tips-make-document-control-useful-qms/