ISO 9001:2000

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8.2.1 Customer Satisfaction

Change: New Requirement
Procedure Required: NO
Record(s) Required: None

Comments:
This section requires the organization to monitor information relating to customer perception as to whether the organization has met customer requirements as one of the measurements of the performance of the quality management system. The methods for obtaining and using this information must be determined, but are not required to be addressed in a documented procedure.

Guidance:
I suggest paraphrasing the wording of the standard in your Quality Manual AND be prepared to provide appropriate "lip service" to your ISO 9000 auditor. Methods to measure customer perception as to whether the organization has met customer requirements include, but is not limited to:

Ultimately, if you make any attempt at all to measure customer perception as to whether the organization has met customer requirements, an ISO 9000 auditor must accept it as your meeting this requirement.



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