QMS procedures

Knowing the difference between procedures and work instructions helps you document processes, train employees, support audits, and maintain a better quality management system.

There are many things we could do to make great strides forward in the coming year; among them are implementing several key procedures

Fewer Quality Management System procedures can actually provide more value to the QMS.

The ISO 9001 2015 standard has a number of document requirements and specifically calls out 7.5.3 Control of Documented information. To understand what documents or a records are required (the new standard does not make a distinction) first let’s clarify what are documents and records.