How ISO in the KNOW are you and your team? Think you know everything there is to know about the 2015 revisions to ISO 9001?
Get your ISO game face on and take our short, sharp, shock CGBC Quickfire Quiz!
Answer these eight true or false questions, then go to the bottom of the page to see if you’re on top of your 2015 game!
Q1. ISO 9001:2015 requires organisations to prepare a Quality Manual?
Q2. ISO 9001:2015 requires organisations to assign a Management Representative to promote customer satisfaction?
Q3. In ISO 9001:2015 records and documents are now called documented information?
Q4. In ISO 9001:2015 there is no requirement related to Preventive Actions?
Q5. ISO 9001:2015 has introduced the concept of risk-based thinking in quality management?
Q6. The management strategy is known as the ‘Process Approach’ is a new requirement under ISO 9001:2015?
Q7. Under the new Leadership section, top management can delegate a certain portion of the responsibility for ensuring the effective running of the QMS so long as they remain engaged and supportive?
Q8. There’s still plenty of time to upgrade to ISO 9001:2015 as it doesn’t come into effect until September 2018?
How do you think you did?
To calculate your score, see the panel below for answers. Follow the link to learn more about CG Business Consulting’s proven implementation methodology for ISO 9001:2015 / QMS.
Quickfire Quiz Answers
Q1 – False – While advisable, the Quality Manual is no longer mandatory under the 2015 revision
Q2 – False – A Quality Manager must be assigned to promote awareness of customer requirements throughout the organisation
Q3 – True – Documented Information replaces the requirement for procedures, records, and other items of documentation
Q4 – True – Preventive action has been replaced by Risk-based thinking
Q5 – True – No longer implicit, the concept of Risk-based thinking has been brought to the forefront of Quality Management
Q6 – False – The Process Approach has been a fundamental element of QMS since its inception
Q7 – False – Delegation of leadership responsibilities is allowed in respect of oversight of the Management System
Q8 – False – Your organisation will have to go through the six stages of upgrade/implementation including certification, and then be successfully audited, before being signed off as ISO 9001:2015 compliant. With just seven months left and several hundreds of companies clambering to upgrade before the Autumnal due date, the sooner you get your upgrade hat on, the less pressure you will put not just on yourself, but on your employees.
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