The company I work for is not ISO 9000 certified and therefore does not have a formal quality manual. However, we have a customer who is asking for a “quality manual” to review. Does anyone have a generic manual that I could use to build/write one for use within our Service group and share with customers who request it?
- Legal name and location of company, and on company letterhead
- Name and title of controlled copies of the manual
- Revision tracking within the manual
- Table of contents
- Glossary of terms/list of abbreviations if applicable
- Statement of who is responsible for maintaining the quality manual and quality program
- How often the manual is updated (quarterly, annually, etc.)
- Signed and dated by the responsible party, and the officer (such as the CEO) of the company
- Accountability chart of the company, who does what and who reports to who
- A description of what your company does and how the quality program is implemented
- How you handle drawings, design calculation, specifications, etc. if applicable
- How you control material flow from purchase to shipment of goods
- How you handle assembly/fabrication (if applicable) and inspections
- How you handle non-conformity's (NC) and corrective actions (CA)
- How you handle and track calibration of measurement and test equipment
- Exhibits of processes or screen shots applicable to any of the above
Good luck!
Mike Faber. QAM.