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发表于 2011-3-21 10:29:33
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Some organizations such as Hotels, Restaurants, Education Centers, Consultants, Public3 H4 U" R. S) |( {
Services, among others, perform monitoring and measuring activities utilizing as
! c8 Z! j, M& u1 x8 {* z“monitoring or measuring equipment” surveys, examination papers, questionnaires, statistical
- I# z: P; J" C6 I: @reports, etc, due to the nature of their product.
2 {5 ?+ @( i- s- SThese types of “equipment” should be controlled and validated accordingly to ensure7 l; J4 w' S* k2 F+ y
that they provide consistent means of monitoring and measurement of the processes,
5 I% ]2 N+ s* m _; T7 Lproduct/service and customer satisfaction.
4 v4 O3 k6 H, X2 @It is appropriate to address these types of “equipment” whilst auditing conformance with
0 H9 U- @7 d8 a% z1 d5 s, kclause 8.2 “Monitoring and Measurement”. If an organization can demonstrate appropriate
& ^) F9 ]$ |% Scontrols of such “equipment” under this clause, an auditor needs to realize that not5 \$ U. _6 ~9 R) C
all the requirements related to Clause 7.6 may be applicable for such “equipment”./ D* V. r- S) ^$ \7 `, y9 T# E
The auditor needs to understand how the organization performs process control and the
# C+ Y+ ~$ p1 N- K5 D/ k& m& j. Q3 Mimpact that the information, obtained from using these types of “equipment”, has on this
( Y: B+ g! b9 Y# M3 Q tprocess control.
7 `: ?2 d9 @+ N6 w/ HWhen the impact is relevant, auditors should evaluate issues such as:
3 z) u% ~& m7 w1 | A/ z) j! O- How the organization validates that “the monitoring and measuring equipment” is4 C+ |: n" K; ?& O) i
consistent with the monitoring and measurement requirements.
) g, u6 l) E5 ]8 q8 [- o7 n- How the organization assures the information validity and the consistency of the
; x, C% W, i: ?# Gresults.
+ o1 H( C6 {' D# Z) h- The competence of those responsible for using “the monitoring and measuring
! R$ i% ]( o& f! nequipment”
2 O$ |! Y" H9 Y8 |From the description above, the organization should be able to decide whether or not all
3 M$ G0 h" O7 T! h) T1 S# Z9 Gor part of the requirements of clause 7.6 may be excluded. It is stressed that just because6 k4 T/ r/ \! I3 ~
an organization does not have measuring equipment that needs to be calibrated% D- H4 ]! s1 T
does not mean that it can automatically exclude compliance with the whole of clause
9 H, |# Z* @8 n7.6; 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
# x, s! Y! N+ W" G6 d0 ]or measuring equipment. |
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