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  • December 11, 2015
    continuous improvement ISO9001 lean quality six sigma

    ISO9001:2015 52-Wk Challenge (Wk 47 & 48) 9.2 (9.2.1 & 9.2.2) Internal audit

    9.2 Internal audit (9.2.1, 9.2.2) This week is a double feature to include the entire 9.2 Internal audit clause.  Internal

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  • December 6, 2015
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    ISO9001:2015 52-Wk Challenge (Wk 46) 9.1.2 Customer satisfaction, 9.1.3 Analysis and evaluation

    9.1.2 Customer satisfaction Let me start this week’s discussion with the observation that this section is awkwardly constructed (in my

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  • November 23, 2015
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    ISO9001:2015 52-Wk Challenge (Wk 45) 9 Performance evaluation

    9 Performance evaluation 9.1.1 General We are starting to enter the place where organizations can lose their way and ultimately

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  • November 21, 2015
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    ISO9001:2015 52-Wk Challenge (Wk 44) 8.7 Control of nonconforming outputs

    8.7 Control of nonconforming outputs This week’s topic is one that is very clearly defined and universally applicable.  There is

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  • November 7, 2015
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    ISO9001:2015 52-Wk Challenge (Wk 43) 8.6 Release of products and services

    8.6 Release of products and services This week’s topic, “release of products and services” is a nuts and bolts component

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  • October 28, 2015
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    ISO9001:2015 52-Wk Challenge (Wk 42) 8.5.6 Control of changes

    8.5.6 Control of changes This clause is critical and essential and, excluding the clear definition of requirements in the first

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  • October 23, 2015
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    ISO9001:2015 52-Wk Challenge (Wk 41) 8.5.5 Post-delivery activities

    8.5.5 Post-delivery activities This requirement is not new, but it is a little different.  Whereas previously, the requirements were sprinkled

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  • October 13, 2015
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    ISO9001;2015 52-Wk Challenge (Wk 40) 8.5.4 Preservation

    8.5.4 Preservation Why don’t we just put our feet up this week?  We’re not even going to break a sweat. 

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