Iso 9000 Controlled Documents

Mandell Microsoft Corporation October 1995 Introduction The first thing you notice when you enter the main workspace in Microsoft's Canyon Park facility is a huge banner with white letters on a lilac background proudly proclaiming, 'ISO 9002 Registered on October 21, 1994.' The banner represents the culmination of a lengthy and complex process signifying that Canyon Park and other worldwide facilities have quality assurance and management programs that meet the stringent standards of the internationally accepted ISO 9000 series. Canyon Park is the largest software production facility of its kind. Within the 5. Garmin China City Navigator V7 01. 7 acres under one roof, more than 850 workers ship 2.7 million software packages of 5,500 finished products in 31 different languages per month. As described in the 'ISO 9000 Registered Company Directory,' 'Essentially, ISO 9000 requires a company to document what it does, and do what it documents. To illustrate the objective of ISO documentation: if a company suddenly replaced all personnel, their replacements—properly trained—could use the documentation to continue making the product or providing the service as before' (Irwin Professional Publications, Fairfax, Virginia). Control of documentation is the critical element for International Standards Organization (ISO) registration.

MasterControl meets the requirements of ISO document control by automating the. Is integral to ISO 9000. Retrieval of documents during ISO. MasterControl meets the requirements of ISO document control by automating the routing and delivery of. The concept of document control is integral to ISO 9000.

According to Brian Parnell, senior quality engineer and ISO project manager at the Canyon Park facility, the number one reason that companies fail their ISO audit—document control problems—causes twice the number failures as the second most common reason. Microsoft® Visual SourceSafe™ is a project-oriented version control system with many features that make it ideal for use in the process of ISO registration. This document discusses the potential and uses of Visual SourceSafe as a document control system in companies seeking registration to one of the ISO 9000 series of quality control standards.

This paper contains the following sections: • The Advantages of Obtaining ISO 9000 Registration • Documentation Requirements for Registration • How Visual SourceSafe Can Help with Registration • An Example of Using Visual SourceSafe for Registration The Advantages of Obtaining ISO 9000 Registration The ISO registration process includes an audit of a company's quality systems by a third party. Once ISO registration has been achieved, the process does not end. Auditors return on a regular basis to verify that standards are being upheld. It is important to keep in mind that ISO registers the process that leads to a product or service, not the product or service itself. The ISO 9000 series covers all companies of all sizes, whether service or manufacturing.