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articles:context_of_the_organization [2020/01/24 15:32] – [Context of the Organization... and "Interested Parties"] rrandallarticles:context_of_the_organization [2020/03/19 21:12] – [Context of the Organization... and "Interested Parties"] rrandall
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 <blockquote>**ISO 9001:2015, sec. 4.1** \\ <blockquote>**ISO 9001:2015, sec. 4.1** \\
-NOTE 2 Understanding the external context can be facilitated by considering issues arising from legal, technological, competitive, market, __cultural, social and economic environments__, whether international, national, regional or local. \\+NOTE 2 Understanding the external context can be facilitated by considering issues arising from legal, technological, competitive, market, __cultural, social and economic environments__, whether __international, national, regional or local__. \\
 NOTE 3 Understanding the internal context can be facilitated by considering issues related to __values, culture__, knowledge and performance of the organization. \\ NOTE 3 Understanding the internal context can be facilitated by considering issues related to __values, culture__, knowledge and performance of the organization. \\
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-In China, where more than ⅓ of all ISO 9001:2015 certifications have been issued, the “//Context of the Organization//” and its relationship with “//Interested Parties / Stakeholders//” has a very different meaning than in the USA!+In China, where more than a third of all ISO 9001:2015 certifications have been issued, the “//Context of the Organization//” and its relationship with “//Interested Parties / Stakeholders//” has a very different meaning than in the USA!
  
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 Due to their effect or potential effect on the organization’s ability to consistently provide products and services that meet customer and applicable statutory and regulatory requirements, the organization shall determine: \\ Due to their effect or potential effect on the organization’s ability to consistently provide products and services that meet customer and applicable statutory and regulatory requirements, the organization shall determine: \\
 a. the interested parties that are **relevant to the quality management system**; \\ a. the interested parties that are **relevant to the quality management system**; \\
-b. the requirements of these interested parties that are **relevant to the quality management system**. \\ +b. the **requirements of these interested parties** that are **relevant to the quality management system**. \\ 
-The organization shall monitor and review information about these interested parties and their relevant requirements.// \\+The organization shall monitor and review information about these interested parties and their **relevant requirements**.// \\
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 ISO 9001:2015, Annex A.3 further clarifies this limitation stating: \\ ISO 9001:2015, Annex A.3 further clarifies this limitation stating: \\
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 Consequently, ISO 9001:2015, Annex A.3 makes this "//requirement//" extremely simple for an organization to comply with... because it empowers __the organization__ to decide which requirements from an "//interested party//" are applicable to its quality management system. \\ Consequently, ISO 9001:2015, Annex A.3 makes this "//requirement//" extremely simple for an organization to comply with... because it empowers __the organization__ to decide which requirements from an "//interested party//" are applicable to its quality management system. \\
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-An example of "//Interested Parties//" for a company visiting ports (e.g., performing inspections of, or transferring goods to/from, barges, vessels, shore tanks, etc.) might include:+Some U.S. companies have identified their own //employees// and/or //suppliers// as "interested parties"! But do those employees and/or suppliers actually invoke any "quality-related requirements" on the business? While the answer is generally no, as per ISO 9001:2015, Annex A.3, the final determination is left to the organization. \\ 
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 +An example of valid "//Interested Parties//" for a company visiting ports (e.g., performing inspections of, or transferring goods to/from, barges, vessels, shore tanks, etc.) might include:
  
 ^  Interested Party  ^  Requirement(s)  ^ ^  Interested Party  ^  Requirement(s)  ^