Quality Manual Food Industry
Revealing the main problems of the current quality system focusing on the food industry sector... Specifying the possible ways of development.
Hi Jim, What standard are you writing the to? I found that for BRC I used the BRC Global Standard as a starting point.
I developed my Quality from that, and then the other manuals came from that ( SOPS, records, PRP etc.) I basically started at Section 1 and designed the in the same way as the standard so the auditor sits with both and they are pretty much the same layout. If you need templates I can give you some but if it's not BRC they may not be of use to you. SOPs Records and stuff can be take from what you are using already and just formatted so that everything ties in together.
Jim, 'trubertq' hit the nail square on the head. Determine what standard you are going to get audited by (BRC, SQF, AIB or whatever) and use their audit procedures as a guide. Copy and paste works wonders when trying to comply with an audit requirement.
It's hard for an auditor to argue with verbiage taken directly from their standards, of course you will need to add content relevant to your operation. In my opinion, a QA should read much like a string of policy statements.
Just give the 30,000 ft view of what you do, leave the details to the written SOP's. The QA should be simple enough so any potential customer could read it and get a good idea of your QA program goals.
Say what you do, do what you say, prove it!:-) Good Luck, Phil. I am using the following method for writing Quality Manuals for purpose of ISO 9001:2008 compliant QMS: 0. Identify which standard(s) are applicable to your Quality Management System; 1.
Copy/paste the Standard(s) requirements into a doc file, 2. Replace 'Company shall' with ' does' throughout the pasted text, 3. For each 'does' provide a reference to Quality Procedure(s), where responsibility for this standard requirement will be assigned to appropriate personnel; 4. To create a Quality Procedure: copy/paste the section the Quality, replace ' and leave the assigned personnel to exercise their responsibility.
That way you will have a lean, comprehensive and mistake-proof Quality, which will help you to address the standard requirements to responsible parties within your Company. Then you may want to use the Quality Procedures as a reference for internal quality audits to verify that the assigned responsibilities are exercised in a way, which is effective, efficient and appropriate for the purpose of your Company.
Hi Jim, What standard are you writing the to? I found that for BRC I used the BRC Global Standard as a starting point. I developed my Quality from that, and then the other manuals came from that ( SOPS, records, PRP etc.) I basically started at Section 1 and designed the in the same way as the standard so the auditor sits with both and they are pretty much the same layout. If you need templates I can give you some but if it's not BRC they may not be of use to you. SOPs Records and stuff can be take from what you are using already and just formatted so that everything ties in together. Trubertq, i am looking into the transition to BRC and would be grateful for any templates which might help - point me in the right direction from someone with working knowledge. I am using the following method for writing Quality Manuals for purpose of ISO 9001:2008 compliant QMS: 0.
Example Quality Manual Food Industry
Identify which standard(s) are applicable to your Quality Management System; 1. Copy/paste the Standard(s) requirements into a doc file, 2. Replace 'Company shall' with ' does' throughout the pasted text, 3. For each 'does' provide a reference to Quality Procedure(s), where responsibility for this standard requirement will be assigned to appropriate personnel; 4.
To create a Quality Procedure: copy/paste the section the Quality, replace ' and leave the assigned personnel to exercise their responsibility. That way you will have a lean, comprehensive and mistake-proof Quality, which will help you to address the standard requirements to responsible parties within your Company.
Food Industry Description
Quality Manual For Food Industry
Then you may want to use the Quality Procedures as a reference for internal quality audits to verify that the assigned responsibilities are exercised in a way, which is effective, efficient and appropriate for the purpose of your Company. Alex, Great job explaining the procedure. Wow, you really have a talent for this. Can you come work for me?:-) Phil Orlando FL.