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Some organizations such as Hotels, Restaurants, Education Centers, Consultants, Public
/ |$ j4 B9 I5 Z2 OServices, among others, perform monitoring and measuring activities utilizing as
- n; X% S) e! `7 Q“monitoring or measuring equipment” surveys, examination papers, questionnaires, statistical$ y. [# `) P7 U4 k& u/ r
reports, etc, due to the nature of their product.
8 q( q- } S# P l; B; gThese types of “equipment” should be controlled and validated accordingly to ensure1 ^5 Q$ o" ~# a& U( Q" o
that they provide consistent means of monitoring and measurement of the processes,
- i+ z3 h' @1 C' |2 c9 iproduct/service and customer satisfaction.
# e! u V6 o9 ]$ G5 G: p; }. YIt is appropriate to address these types of “equipment” whilst auditing conformance with
s2 M' V# G3 I6 j! Q1 _, r3 p) mclause 8.2 “Monitoring and Measurement”. If an organization can demonstrate appropriate
& u' i5 }# C* A! }" n# [controls of such “equipment” under this clause, an auditor needs to realize that not6 y ]. ^ w7 i: y, s) r$ S5 U
all the requirements related to Clause 7.6 may be applicable for such “equipment”.% i' t# p' T/ J& n
The auditor needs to understand how the organization performs process control and the" k! ^' ]. U+ a! Q8 C
impact that the information, obtained from using these types of “equipment”, has on this
6 h" r6 d0 v: T" p: M: v1 i& E) {: yprocess control.: V8 {) r' l" U! g3 \* S* D
When the impact is relevant, auditors should evaluate issues such as:
1 R, O% g) Y' B' y2 u( s" N7 h- How the organization validates that “the monitoring and measuring equipment” is
2 o% {5 l7 [1 a% zconsistent with the monitoring and measurement requirements.
4 u3 n6 m/ s- L' ?/ u/ P! ~- How the organization assures the information validity and the consistency of the
8 O; H8 X" E7 g9 |$ Z N3 r6 uresults.
( i: P2 w) ?6 w2 V* P) J: D, p- The competence of those responsible for using “the monitoring and measuring
/ ]& A" @( v" i, P5 wequipment”4 T7 s9 ~0 z6 ], P9 s
From the description above, the organization should be able to decide whether or not all
% o) {1 |; \( P' l0 i. C: B9 Qor part of the requirements of clause 7.6 may be excluded. It is stressed that just because
, k9 O! }% @5 W9 W" q9 @/ ?7 v* ian organization does not have measuring equipment that needs to be calibrated
[$ [& R: C N6 l! \; t+ Hdoes not mean that it can automatically exclude compliance with the whole of clause
) }5 [; s& Y3 C5 Z' [/ P4 C7.6; 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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