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发表于 2011-3-21 10:29:33
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Some organizations such as Hotels, Restaurants, Education Centers, Consultants, Public P" |* v! w$ k2 j* A/ A. Y
Services, among others, perform monitoring and measuring activities utilizing as1 s0 ^7 q _1 O4 a0 ]+ _
“monitoring or measuring equipment” surveys, examination papers, questionnaires, statistical
/ K( b! V' W; \4 s% H5 K* S% U9 H- ireports, etc, due to the nature of their product., j; w$ ^0 x5 Y- l# o0 a1 M
These types of “equipment” should be controlled and validated accordingly to ensure
7 B# b# ]4 o" ~that they provide consistent means of monitoring and measurement of the processes,4 x0 F3 b' i$ g; K3 q* E
product/service and customer satisfaction.7 U* R; ?4 L$ @2 p7 L3 a
It is appropriate to address these types of “equipment” whilst auditing conformance with
- _7 b: {+ d& Y; } T4 x4 gclause 8.2 “Monitoring and Measurement”. If an organization can demonstrate appropriate
0 c8 p& b% W! A: \2 _( icontrols of such “equipment” under this clause, an auditor needs to realize that not
: e8 \3 q y) A* ^/ [6 T+ Y$ Vall the requirements related to Clause 7.6 may be applicable for such “equipment”.3 `2 }! Q) q/ |% t( P
The auditor needs to understand how the organization performs process control and the
5 k' H: Q4 l! v3 r8 Qimpact that the information, obtained from using these types of “equipment”, has on this
6 K9 ?; n% `) S/ Kprocess control.
E( J; M, V3 yWhen the impact is relevant, auditors should evaluate issues such as:
) K& I9 d# L4 Z1 }( ]# [- How the organization validates that “the monitoring and measuring equipment” is. N9 _! f& L! ^) w; q- \# J* N0 X
consistent with the monitoring and measurement requirements.
5 u% F7 R* B; T/ q4 H2 o2 ]- How the organization assures the information validity and the consistency of the! ^! \% m: O2 W6 O o
results.
; i3 \* U6 G8 U! {- The competence of those responsible for using “the monitoring and measuring
# k$ T4 S; @7 n0 V' iequipment” @' h# t( p5 i" n. z
From the description above, the organization should be able to decide whether or not all3 d _% @/ D( e
or part of the requirements of clause 7.6 may be excluded. It is stressed that just because3 l( H* I) a; d+ y4 v
an organization does not have measuring equipment that needs to be calibrated# Y4 C3 c1 R# T, K7 g# v& }% m
does not mean that it can automatically exclude compliance with the whole of clause
4 v, H7 ^- q' q }7.6; to do so would require that it also does not do any monitoring or measurement (see particularly the first two paragraphs of clause 7.6) and that it does not use any monitoring. \3 u* c _4 i' e9 g
or measuring equipment. |
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