The ISO 9000 Standard requires that documents be reviewed.
Previously the implication was that the review was a
check by potential users that the document was fit
for purpose before it was offered for approval. It
could be construed that for a document to receive
approval it must be checked and therefore ‘review
and approval’ in this context are one and the same
and the requirement is in this instance enhanced
rather than relaxed.
A review is another look at something. Therefore
document review is a task that is carried out at any
time following the issue of a document.
This requirement responds to the Continual Improvement principle.
Reviews may be necessary when:
- Taking remedial action (i.e. Correcting an error)
- Taking corrective action (i.e. Preventing an error recurring)
- Taking preventive action (i.e. Preventing the occurrence of an error)
- Taking maintenance action (i.e. Keeping information current)
- Validating a document for use (i.e. When selecting documents for use in
connection with a project, product, contract or other application)
- Taking improvement action (i.e. Making beneficial change to the
information)
Read more on ISO 9000 Standards at http://www.iso9000-standards.com
Document reviews ensures that which part of implementation is completed and how much work is still left to be done. So, It's an important aspect to be consider which you have defined much more clearly in this post.
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The standard requires companies to write an ISO Auditor Training quality manual that defines how each requirement of the rather broad ISO 9001:2008 standard is applied at the company. In a sense, the ISO 9000 quality manual is a company specific version of the standard.
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