ISO 9001 Engineering drawing

Unfortunately, there is no guide.  ISO 9001 has no universal guide for archiving records. It is up to each organization to decide how to do it.

Records are like the memory of an organization. Without memory, learning happens very slowly.

Two things about records: accessibility and protection.

How authorized persons can easily find the records they are searching for: where are they located, how are they compiled (topic), how are they organized (how to search – date, alphabetically, numerically, …), for how long they will be kept?

About protection think about how to guarantee that unauthorized persons have access to them, think about how to protect them from accidents (fire, flood, …)

You can find more information about documentation below:

• New approach to document and record control in ISO 9001:2015 - https://advisera.com/9001academy/blog/2015/06/30/new-approach-to-document-and-record-control-in-iso-90012015/
• 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/
• Free online training ISO 9001:2015 Foundations Course - https://advisera.com/training/iso-9001-foundations-course/
• Book - Managing ISO Documentation: A Plain English Guide - https://advisera.com/books/managing-iso-documentation-plain-english-guide/