A STUDY ON THE NEEDS FOR DOCUMENT IN QUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM OF ISO 9001:2000

This paper suggests the direction of documentation that enables the certified organizations to transform smoothly into newly revised ISO 9001:2000 Quality Management System. Documentation and control of records are major concerns not only to certified organizations but also to consultants and auditors of certification bodies. The revised standards ISO 9001:2000 requires a significantly reduced emphasis on the needs for documented procedures than the ISO 9001:1994 version of the standard. This paper describes documented procedures and records be kept as a minimum needed by organizations in accordance with the requirements of control of documents and records. This enables each individual organization to establish Quality Management System effectively and perform continual improvement activities.