{"id":2145,"date":"2018-02-25T15:36:36","date_gmt":"2018-02-25T15:36:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.etc-expo.com\/?p=2145"},"modified":"2023-02-04T14:46:47","modified_gmt":"2023-02-04T09:16:47","slug":"9001-lead-auditor-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etc-expo.com\/9001-lead-auditor-training\/","title":{"rendered":"Everything About ISO 9001 Lead Auditor Training"},"content":{"rendered":"
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ISO 9001 Mini-Lesson: Context of the Organization and Management Review<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

As you work toward ISO 9001:2015\u00a0Lead Auditor Training processes<\/a>, you probably find there are all kinds of small changes that \u2013 when it comes down to making sure you\u2019ve covered everything \u2013 you just wonder if you\u2019ve done what the standard requires.\u00a0 I\u2019ll be posting a series of mini-lessons over the next few weeks to supplement our\u00a0webinars\u00a0based on questions we hear from the field.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\u201cWe have documented our internal and external issues. The standard requires as an input to management review that we take into consideration changes to these issues. Can someone give me an example?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

First of all, let\u2019s look at what the standard requires:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n
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It doesn\u2019t SAY you have to document those internal and external issues, but hey, if you don\u2019t, you\u2019re going to have a hard time monitoring and reviewing them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By the way, even though the question wasn\u2019t about \u201cstrategic direction\u201d, let\u2019s take a look at that in this mini-lesson too since it\u2019s here in Clause 4 and again in Management Review.  Again, it doesn\u2019t say you have to document your strategic direction, but they\u2019re letting you know it\u2019s an important thing to create and refer back to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It would be hard to figure out which \u201cinternal and external issues\u201d are relevant to your \u201cstrategic direction”, or to justify that your policy and objectives support it or to make sure your QMS continues to support it, if you don\u2019t have a clear and consistent idea of what that \u201cstrategic direction\u201d is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When leaders think ahead to make the business successful, they think of the businesses strengths and weaknesses and also of what\u2019s going on outside of the business that might affect whether they get where they want to be.  Those are the \u201cinternal and external issues\u201d ISO is talking about. And since they\u2019ll change over time, you\u2019ll want to keep an eye on them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Internal Issues \u2013 Thought-starters<\/h2>\n\n\n\n