Determining scope of QMS

Answer:

When determining what parts of your company should be a part of your quality management system, you need to look first into the reasons for implementing the standard. Is is the requirement of the customer, is it a condition for applying to tenders or is it a requirement of the company itself? The answer to this question will shape the scope of your QMS.

If it is a requirement of the customer and it only refers to a product produced on only of of your production lines, you might decide to include in the scope only that production line and leave others from the scope, the same can be applied in case of tenders as well. If it is a requirement of the company itself, it is most common to include the entire company in the scope.

Regardless of the reason for implementing ISO 9001, you might choose to implement it in only several processes in the company, on one ore more location where your company has branches or to cover one or more production lines and yet not to cover entire organization.

Reasons for limiting the scope to only a part of the company can be to decrease the price of implementation and certification of the system or to cut the time of implementation.

For more information, see: How to define the scope of the QMS according to ISO 9001:2015 https://advisera.com/9001academy/knowledgebase/how-to-define-the-scope-of-the-qms-according-to-iso-90012015/