The case for continued professional growth
Written by Bill Aston, Published in ASQ QP Magazine, June 2018.
It sometimes may seem that as soon as an organization becomes familiar with a management system and its requirements, changes must be made to meet newly identified customer requirements or to comply with recently issued editions, revisions, errata or addendums to the standard or specification.
Changes in every industry, standard, ...
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TS29001/APIQ1
API Q1, 9th Ed., Quality Policy vs. Objectives
QUESTION:
From: T.S. , Tercel Oilfield
Sent: Jan. 20, 2014
To: ATCS - QBlog, Ask The Experts
Subject: API Q1, 9th Ed., Quality policy and Objectives
Am I correct in saying that Objectives should establish the highest overall expectation and direction of the Top Management and that S.M.A.R.T. Goals should then established by the different departments and personnel that are in support of achievement of the Objective?
For instance, each ...
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API Q1, 9th Ed, Control production and Servicing
From: Fayyez Ahmed
Company: DATA Steel Pipes Industries (pvt) Ltd., Punjab,Pakistan
Sent: Sept. 24, 2013
To: ATCS – QBlog, Ask The Experts
Subject: API Q1, 9th Ed., Production and Servicing Procedures
Question: API Q1 9th edition requires control of production and servicing requirements separately under clause reference # 5.7.1.1 & 5.7.1.2. Whereas in API Q1, 8th edition the "Control of production and service provision" was jointly ...
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Are ISO 9001:2008 & API Q1, 8th Edition Redundant Certifications?
QUESTION:
From: Stephane
Sent: May 27, 2013
To: ATCS - QBlog, Ask the Experts
Subject: Are ISO 9001:2008 and API Q1, 8th Edition Redundant QMS Certifications?
Hello, we currently have 4 standards, two are specific to Chile and are mandatory. They are controlled by the organization INN, we also have ISO-9001:2008 controlled by our Registrar and finally, API Q1 8th edition controlled by API. As you can imagine, all of this cost money and I ...
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API Q1 & ISO 9001:2008 – Supplier Provided Material
QUESTION:
From: J. Lopez - Rockwell
Company: Rockwell
Sent: March 15, 2013
To: ATCS - QBlog, Ask The Experts
Subject: ISO 9001:2008 & API Q1 question - Supplier Provided Materials
We are in process of getting our ISO 9001:2008 certification, but we have the following questions. Our customer has provided the raw materials needed to produce the product. We are only doing the manual assembly. We have not established criteria for ...
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ISO 9001:2008 Record Availability Requirements
QUESTION:
From: An Inquiry From ASQ 's Ask the Experts Program
Sent: June 7, 2012
To: ATCS - Ask the Expert
Subject: ISO 9001:2008 QMS Requirements – Record Availability
During a recent second party audit, the customer's Auditor asked to be provided with specific records for review. This request was made near the end of a one day audit with less than an hour remaining in the audit. The requested records were associated with parts ...
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