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Some organizations such as Hotels, Restaurants, Education Centers, Consultants, Public
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“monitoring or measuring equipment” surveys, examination papers, questionnaires, statistical; {: K6 l Z, I$ z
reports, etc, due to the nature of their product.
! _9 p* x( G% L5 F$ r' [These types of “equipment” should be controlled and validated accordingly to ensure
% i; K! ~) {) @ g4 J z$ uthat they provide consistent means of monitoring and measurement of the processes,
; i+ h3 x& p, G% V0 ~) X/ I$ g+ Iproduct/service and customer satisfaction.
* F4 f3 i2 s- R$ {+ SIt is appropriate to address these types of “equipment” whilst auditing conformance with4 c/ o7 @- Q6 R
clause 8.2 “Monitoring and Measurement”. If an organization can demonstrate appropriate, R% C2 {. K: m. x( ^
controls of such “equipment” under this clause, an auditor needs to realize that not
- `. ] d1 Z3 ~: [all the requirements related to Clause 7.6 may be applicable for such “equipment”.9 T, R9 P9 v7 P$ h: J
The auditor needs to understand how the organization performs process control and the
) `$ [$ }* {# {4 ]( }impact that the information, obtained from using these types of “equipment”, has on this' V- D; x+ `" S
process control.
" v$ r! r3 K. A' c1 _# zWhen the impact is relevant, auditors should evaluate issues such as:4 a% H, e8 S1 H: ?- J h% W0 U
- How the organization validates that “the monitoring and measuring equipment” is+ s, R9 c" ?- r* |! @
consistent with the monitoring and measurement requirements.: g0 _9 b: A9 Q6 D
- How the organization assures the information validity and the consistency of the! m) d/ W) F A7 g! D
results.
) {% C; g6 `7 O% V' P- The competence of those responsible for using “the monitoring and measuring
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From the description above, the organization should be able to decide whether or not all! @% a o8 ?6 q2 e$ Y
or part of the requirements of clause 7.6 may be excluded. It is stressed that just because& d: ~" T2 w, u, T( i3 v+ e: l
an organization does not have measuring equipment that needs to be calibrated# V/ ^3 k5 ?! Q/ D
does not mean that it can automatically exclude compliance with the whole of clause) i" j- g1 S8 T* l9 i$ M
7.6; 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 monitoring7 X' z1 y# B/ u: @! Z4 X9 p' i4 I
or measuring equipment. |
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