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Some organizations such as Hotels, Restaurants, Education Centers, Consultants, Public
% p& {, d) r$ g7 B2 @1 ]6 s7 `0 sServices, among others, perform monitoring and measuring activities utilizing as3 o2 V/ Z' f. e- _) x u
“monitoring or measuring equipment” surveys, examination papers, questionnaires, statistical
3 |) b' H% u+ I2 h3 e4 {% x6 \reports, etc, due to the nature of their product.
9 B: ?4 w, j" k9 A" _These types of “equipment” should be controlled and validated accordingly to ensure9 h& P) a Z. f2 n+ i
that they provide consistent means of monitoring and measurement of the processes,
; `/ Q1 X# b8 `& g9 j; `product/service and customer satisfaction.5 w% B, ~4 y7 p W9 \ J1 i
It is appropriate to address these types of “equipment” whilst auditing conformance with
4 }+ Y3 Y7 l, m! J! Iclause 8.2 “Monitoring and Measurement”. If an organization can demonstrate appropriate- q4 V d# J% T% e2 d
controls of such “equipment” under this clause, an auditor needs to realize that not
) L/ H7 Q. j+ W( l0 F9 call the requirements related to Clause 7.6 may be applicable for such “equipment”.
% M# h! u- z- g# z7 P& gThe auditor needs to understand how the organization performs process control and the
0 a, y! C" u- O" _1 c* aimpact that the information, obtained from using these types of “equipment”, has on this" L& H/ k) B( q) @0 A5 O
process control., t5 h! G% N. B/ n, b$ O
When the impact is relevant, auditors should evaluate issues such as:
2 k+ s- z4 n c* [% T0 n: {, j% [# L1 w- How the organization validates that “the monitoring and measuring equipment” is
& j* W/ z: b1 O% q* Dconsistent with the monitoring and measurement requirements.% I0 `, |% n4 V& _( ^
- How the organization assures the information validity and the consistency of the
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- The competence of those responsible for using “the monitoring and measuring0 B5 D5 a& q7 F7 b+ @6 d: T
equipment”. x8 f) t. ^6 ]5 R" N$ M
From the description above, the organization should be able to decide whether or not all
( Y2 U* M: ]0 p- V" g$ zor part of the requirements of clause 7.6 may be excluded. It is stressed that just because
4 L" y5 L( A$ R. {+ ~% e. `an organization does not have measuring equipment that needs to be calibrated
( I5 E+ o/ w% I E* D' Pdoes not mean that it can automatically exclude compliance with the whole of clause
! f; B2 R) f& ^3 V7.6; 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- _$ ? j% e; X8 j( `- s
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