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Some organizations such as Hotels, Restaurants, Education Centers, Consultants, Public
% m3 B. B; F$ |# u2 rServices, among others, perform monitoring and measuring activities utilizing as6 j4 M6 K3 Y3 s2 Q8 z1 @0 o. }! Q) h
“monitoring or measuring equipment” surveys, examination papers, questionnaires, statistical
0 O' S$ _3 J V2 f2 o creports, etc, due to the nature of their product.
! w# f; U. f$ L& h7 {These types of “equipment” should be controlled and validated accordingly to ensure9 M7 d$ ]# \4 c5 J4 I/ m- ]
that they provide consistent means of monitoring and measurement of the processes,
: U$ r2 _3 _' lproduct/service and customer satisfaction.
6 s7 a: e0 Y5 H a& A! n+ XIt is appropriate to address these types of “equipment” whilst auditing conformance with
/ P. X/ ?: Y4 J) b# J9 uclause 8.2 “Monitoring and Measurement”. If an organization can demonstrate appropriate4 k; t; w, Q2 y" F( u0 ~
controls of such “equipment” under this clause, an auditor needs to realize that not
6 ]/ T- P+ l U8 x: hall the requirements related to Clause 7.6 may be applicable for such “equipment”.. Z$ e5 z5 L( U# m3 ~
The auditor needs to understand how the organization performs process control and the5 s- }* v+ u/ n% L# g
impact that the information, obtained from using these types of “equipment”, has on this. \0 i) @5 X0 [) w9 k Y! w9 t
process control.- v$ c& Z" M9 K8 [9 ?+ M$ `
When the impact is relevant, auditors should evaluate issues such as:
+ Q$ m ~7 {; A- How the organization validates that “the monitoring and measuring equipment” is5 b2 C& {4 _: h6 `
consistent with the monitoring and measurement requirements.
7 C4 |% ?2 t4 k8 W% r6 O# D$ a- How the organization assures the information validity and the consistency of the
# \. c4 O3 @2 v3 g4 p2 eresults.
0 C7 t q. E. ]- The competence of those responsible for using “the monitoring and measuring6 \$ `) t" Y2 F9 e l* E! [
equipment”* j+ @0 }3 T* k; e( L; k
From the description above, the organization should be able to decide whether or not all; X$ e7 h& I z
or part of the requirements of clause 7.6 may be excluded. It is stressed that just because' L7 I! @( [6 D. b" F
an organization does not have measuring equipment that needs to be calibrated
# S/ _& Q z/ x- {* Zdoes not mean that it can automatically exclude compliance with the whole of clause
+ ?# I' F! t; w1 B& 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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