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articles:qms_vs_iso9001_cert_mgmnt_system [2023/05/25 18:11] – [But our customers demand we hold a QMS Certification...] rrandall | articles:qms_vs_iso9001_cert_mgmnt_system [2023/05/26 17:50] – [How a QMS is different from a "Certified Management System"] rrandall | ||
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====== How a QMS is different from a " | ====== How a QMS is different from a " | ||
- | EVERY company in a free market economy has a QMS (Quality Management System). Whether formal or informal and regardless of the degree to which it is documented, it exists because management views it as adding value. This QMS likely existed prior to the company ever becoming aware of ISO 9001. We know this because if the company didn’t have any sort of QMS, customers would take their business to competitors and it would (eventually) cease to exist! I'll refer to this QMS as the " | + | EVERY company in a free market economy has a QMS (Quality Management System). Whether formal or informal and regardless of the degree to which it is documented, it exists because management views it as adding value. This QMS likely existed prior to the company ever becoming aware of ISO 9001 (or AS9100). We know this because if the company didn’t have any sort of QMS, customers would take their business to competitors and it would (eventually) cease to exist! I'll refer to this QMS as the " |
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* Market to customers who perceive value in the "QMS Certification" | * Market to customers who perceive value in the "QMS Certification" | ||
- | While there is a significant overlap between | + | While these two systems |
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Here are some indicators that this dual system is in place: | Here are some indicators that this dual system is in place: | ||
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=== Auditor Competence === | === Auditor Competence === | ||
- | ISO 9001:2015 was designed to be both simple (entry-level) and generic. However, many of the ISO 9001 & AS91xx auditors still rely on outdated information for the purpose of interpreting the standard. While these ISO 9001 & AS91xx Auditors may have been extremely competent 30 or 40 years ago, they are often ill-equipped to interpret and apply the requirements of ISO 9001 & AS91xx to a company that has implemented more modern concepts... such as Lean Six Sigma. And the vast majority of these Auditors have never even heard of Apollo Root Causes Analysis or TRIZ. | + | ISO 9001:2015 was designed to be both simple (entry-level) and generic. However, many of the ISO 9001 & AS91xx auditors still rely on outdated information for the purpose of interpreting the standard. While these ISO 9001 & AS91xx Auditors may have been extremely competent 30 or 40 years ago, they are often ill-equipped to interpret and apply the requirements of ISO 9001 & AS91xx to a company that has implemented more modern concepts... such as Lean Six Sigma. And the vast majority of these Auditors have never even heard of [[https:// |
Case-in-point, | Case-in-point, |