Efficiency and effectiveness of the processes
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In case of process effectiveness and efficiency, the requirements of IATF 16949 are too vague to discard this requirement of the Lead Auditor, although the standard itself doesn't say that every single process needs to be measured for efficiency and effectiveness. Unfortunately, I think you will have to measure effectiveness and efficiency of all processes, but during the management review, you can decide to stop it for some or most of the processes (topically supporting processes).
When defining and documenting processes you need to apply requirements from clause 4.4,1 for every process. To distinguish between process and procedure, the easiest way is the process is set of activities that result in certain outcome and the procedure is description on how the process is carried out. For more information, see: ISO 9001:2015 process vs. procedure – Some practical examples https://advisera.com/9001academy/blog/2016/01/19/iso-90012015-process-vs-procedure-some-practical-examples/
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Nov 16, 2017