Expert Advice Community

Guest

Document hierarchy

  Quote
Guest
Guest user Created:   Jan 12, 2016 Last commented:   Jan 12, 2016

Document hierarchy

What is the purpose of having Document Hierarchy in the organization and what would be the benefit?
0 0

Assign topic to the user

ISO 9001 DOCUMENTATION TOOLKIT

Step-by-step implementation for smaller companies.

ISO 9001 DOCUMENTATION TOOLKIT

Step-by-step implementation for smaller companies.

Guest
StrahinjaS Jan 12, 2016

Answer:

The purpose of the document hierarchy is to demonstrate the importance of different types of documents and to show the relationships between them. The document hierarchy reflects also the responsibilities within the company regarding the documents, e.g. the top management is responsible for defining the policies, while the workers are responsible for filling in the records.

You cannot have or don't have the documentation hierarchy, it is defined as you define responsibilities for documents and define their type and purpose. The policy will always be above the procedures, work instructions and records. The benefits of having document hierarchy is that the organization and employees are always aware of the importance and relationships between the documents in organization's documentation system.

For more information, see:
- How to structure quality management system documentation https://advisera.com/9001academy/knowledgebase/how-to-structure-quality-management-system-documentation/

Quote
0 0

Comment as guest or Sign in

HTML tags are not allowed

Jan 12, 2016

Jan 12, 2016

Suggested Topics

Guest user Created:   Jun 18, 2018 ISO 9001
Replies: 1
0 0

Document hierarchy

uzma Created:   Jan 10, 2024 ISO 9001
Replies: 0
0 0

Documentation Hierarchy

Guest user Created:   Aug 30, 2018 ISO 9001
Replies: 1
0 0

Hierarchy of documents