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Some organizations such as Hotels, Restaurants, Education Centers, Consultants, Public
. p. f% _. J7 p, KServices, among others, perform monitoring and measuring activities utilizing as
# y5 W6 Z& n4 [9 h“monitoring or measuring equipment” surveys, examination papers, questionnaires, statistical
6 e/ U# _6 ~' B* Q4 C) e7 Ereports, etc, due to the nature of their product.$ s) }% N) L3 [. Q; t
These types of “equipment” should be controlled and validated accordingly to ensure# ^' |( c* @2 q1 K' k k
that they provide consistent means of monitoring and measurement of the processes,
, s* _. _" s: R: iproduct/service and customer satisfaction. d3 o/ |9 X! p: N: ^
It is appropriate to address these types of “equipment” whilst auditing conformance with0 {$ [0 o) c, n' [4 M( c5 I
clause 8.2 “Monitoring and Measurement”. If an organization can demonstrate appropriate
% {5 y( t: E* \2 q7 econtrols of such “equipment” under this clause, an auditor needs to realize that not; @8 P: e6 m* T$ q; V1 z, G! I
all the requirements related to Clause 7.6 may be applicable for such “equipment”.4 [! h3 | r- h
The auditor needs to understand how the organization performs process control and the
5 L. Y, Q5 p9 i' k$ t6 Bimpact that the information, obtained from using these types of “equipment”, has on this" F! e7 _4 d- t. Q1 {% d
process control.& |4 x: l2 ^% a# k3 X* c E
When the impact is relevant, auditors should evaluate issues such as:
8 h- e! W/ z9 P7 l n8 q+ F' Y- How the organization validates that “the monitoring and measuring equipment” is7 a4 s8 z$ K9 W$ ^9 Q
consistent with the monitoring and measurement requirements.
7 O1 \; D; m3 c: V. j8 Q- How the organization assures the information validity and the consistency of the' z7 a; c5 y3 l5 S9 b, Q5 o! V+ `8 o0 o2 O
results.6 d4 n6 K; E3 a6 N" D
- The competence of those responsible for using “the monitoring and measuring. Z8 g' w- A+ g6 O. u
equipment”
" p9 F- a, t9 u7 c' [From the description above, the organization should be able to decide whether or not all
& M* J. a2 J9 T6 A6 j# ]1 ]! Yor part of the requirements of clause 7.6 may be excluded. It is stressed that just because! M; R4 |! _: _2 f! j( J
an organization does not have measuring equipment that needs to be calibrated
+ {. X: `: _8 Q% ~" m |does not mean that it can automatically exclude compliance with the whole of clause! j2 v# t! s/ x( N; k
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
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