Fayyaz Ahmed Asks The Following About APIQ1 :
What will be viable corrective action to take if it is observed during an audit that one of their suppliers of calibration services does not have valid ISO 9001:2008 certification? Should a corrective action report (CAR) be issued because the supplier possess an invalid ISO 9001:2000 QMS certification and is not being evaluated?
ATCS REPLY:
Hi Fayyaz, ISO 9001, clause 7.4.1, requires the ...
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Product quality
API 7K – Can Engineering Be Excluded From The Quality Manual Scope?
Question: Sammy O. asks, can design and development be excluded from the scope of our API 7K product specification license and our API Q1 QMS manual?
ATCS Reply: Good question, however, according to the API's Advisory 6, dated June 10, 2011, API 7K is not listed as one of the product specifications where an exclusion can be taken from the product specification's design and development requirements. A copy of this advisory can be downloaded ...
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Supply Chain Management & Quality Audits, Part 1
Product quality, reliability and customer satisfaction are just a few of several reasons why managing supplier quality can be crucial to keeping satisfied customers. Although not every supplier will require an onsite quality audit, but those companies that do should be predetermined based upon the impact that their service, product or process potentially has upon your company’s ability to meet your customer commitments and expectations. ...
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