1. Position the evolution of the standard and of your quality management system
To characterize a quality management system, we first need to identify the dimensions or fields of force involved. Four dimensions can be identified in a QMS, each of which can be invested to a greater or lesser extent by each organization using the standard, according to its own culture and managerial orientations.
The "strategic" field highlights the strategic characteristics of quality: customers, products, customer/product combinations, innovation. A marker of this dimension is the inclination to consider the quality management system above all as an organizational tool for deploying the organization's strategy.
The "technical" field (or "operational performance") emphasizes the effectiveness and efficiency of processes as an essential determinant of the quality produced. The emphasis, indeed the pre-eminence,...
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Position the evolution of the standard and of your quality management system