In our instrumentation company we are using ISO 17025, Is there any need to implement ISO 9001?
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ISO 9001 DOCUMENTATION TOOLKIT
Step-by-step implementation for smaller companies.
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ISO 9001 DOCUMENTATION TOOLKIT
Step-by-step implementation for smaller companies.
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ISO 9001 DOCUMENTATION TOOLKIT
Step-by-step implementation for smaller companies.
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That will depend on the extra benefits that your organization can get from being ISO 9001 certified. Do your company’s target customers value ISO 9001 certification besides ISO 17025 accreditation? It that is so, perhaps getting ISO 9001 certification could be useful.
Just implementing ISO 9001 on top of ISO 17025 accreditation can be useful if used by top management to introduce the business flavor. ISO 17025 is about technical competence. ISO 9001 has several business-related topics not included in ISO 17025 like:
- Context of organization and interested parties
- Quality policy and strategic direction
- Quality objectives
- Monitoring and measurement that can be very useful together with the use of the process approach.
You can perform an initial Gap Analysis to check was is missing from ISO 9001:2015 in your organization - Free ISO 9001:2015 Gap Analysis Tool - https://advisera.com/9001academy/iso-9001-gap-analysis-tool/
You can find more information below:
- Should you use a gap analysis in your ISO 9001 implementation? - https://advisera.com/9001academy/17/use-gap-analysis-iso-9001-implementation/
- Six key benefits of ISO 17025 implementation - https://advisera.com/17025academy/blog/2019/10/18/six-key-benefits-of-iso-17025-implementation/
- Six Key Benefits of ISO 9001 Implementation - https://advisera.com/9001academy/knowledgebase/six-key-benefits-of-iso-9001-implementation/
- ISO 17025 vs. ISO 9001 – Main differences and similarities for some more information, available at https://advisera.com/17025academy/blog/2019/07/11/iso-17025-vs-iso-9001-main-differences-and-similarities//
- Free webinar on demand - Overview of ISO 9001 implementation steps - https://advisera.com/9001academy/webinar/overview-of-iso-9001-implementation-steps-free-webinar-on-demand/
- Enroll for free course - ISO 9001:2015 Foundations Course - https://advisera.com/training/iso-9001-foundations-course/
- Book - Discover ISO 9001:2015 Through Practical Examples - https://advisera.com/books/discover-iso-9001-2015-through-practical-examples/
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Jun 03, 2020