Integration of ISO Standards Part 4

As part of an earlier blog on ISO Management System Standards integration, there were some items that needed expansion. In this blog, the following point will be addressed:

By addressing all the clauses of ISO 9001 (or likewise with ISO 14001 or OHSAS 18001), you have effectively complied with approximately 30-50% of the other 2 standards.

ISO Management system standards are designed for integration, of particular mention:

  • ISO 14001 Environmental Management Systems and OHSAS 18001 Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems as was reviewed in the previous blog
  • ISO 9001 Quality Management and its industry specific derivatives:
  • ISO 13485 Medical Devices
  • AS 9100 Aerospace
  • TL 9000 Telecommunications
  • ISO / IEC 17025 Competence of Testing and Calibration Laboratories

Often a client of ours is not aware of the range of management system standards they can become certified to, but become aware of these during the consulting process, when it becomes clear that they didn’t know that they needed it.  The good news is that the cost and time of implementing a second, third, fourth, etc. standard is reasonably minimal. The standards were designed with that purpose in mind.  For example, the similarities between ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 can easily be seen by the following table (Using ISO 9001 as the leading standard):

Clauses from ISO 9001 Quality ManagementClauses from OHSAS 18001 OHS ManagementClauses from ISO 14001 Environmental Management
4.2.1 General (Documentation)4.4.4 Documentation4.4.4 Documentation
Quality ManualNANA
4.2.3 Control of Documents4.4.5 Control of documents4.4.5 Control of documents
4.2.4 Control of Records4.5.4 Control of records4.5.4 Control of records
5.3 Quality Policy4.2 OH&S policy4.2 Environmental policy
5.4.1 Quality Objectives and 5.4.2 Quality Management System Planning4.3.3 Objectives and programs4.3.3 Objectives, targets and program (s)
5.5.1 Responsibility and authority4.4.1 Resources, roles, responsibility, accountability, and authority4.4.1 Resources, roles, responsibility and authority
5.5.3 Internal communication4.4.3.1 Communication4.4.3.2 Participation and consultation4.4.3 Communication
5.6 Management Review4.6 Management review4.6 Management review
6.1 Provision of resources4.4.1 Resources, roles, responsibility, accountability, and authority4.4.1 Resources, roles, responsibility and authority
6.2 Human resources4.4.2 Competence, training, and awareness4.4.2 Competence, training and awareness
6.3 Infrastructure4.4.1 Resources, roles, responsibility, accountability, and authority4.4.1 Resources, roles, responsibility and authority
6.4 Work environmentNANA
7.1 Planning of product realization4.4.6 Operational control4.4.6 Operational control
7.2.1 Determination of requirements related to the product4.3.1 Hazard identification, risk assessment, and determining controls4.3.2 Legal and other requirements4.4.6 Operational control4.3.1 Environmental aspects4.3.2 Legal and other requirements4.4.6 Operational control
7.2.2 Review of requirements related to the product4.3.1 Hazard identification, risk assessment, and determining controls4.4.6 Operational control4.3.1 Environmental aspects4.4.6 Operational control
7.2.3 Customer communication4.4.3.1 Communication4.4.3 Communication
7.3 Design and development4.4.6 Operational control4.4.6 Operational control
7.4 Purchasing4.4.6 Operational control4.4.6 Operational control
7.5 Production and service provision4.4.6 Operational control4.4.6 Operational control
7.6 Control of monitoring and measuring equipment4.5.1 Performance measurement and monitoring4.5.1 Monitoring and measurement
8.2.1 Customer satisfactionNANA
8.2.2 Internal audit4.5.5 Internal audit4.5.5 Internal audit
8.2.3 Monitoring and measurement of processes4.5.1 Performance measurement and monitoring4.5.2 Evaluation of compliance4.5.1 Monitoring and measurement4.5.2 Evaluation of compliance
8.2.4 Monitoring and measurement of product4.5.1 Performance measurement and monitoring4.5.2 Evaluation of compliance4.5.1 Monitoring and measurement4.5.2 Evaluation of compliance
8.3 Control of non-conforming product4.5.3.1 Incident investigation4.5.3.2 Nonconformity, corrective action, and preventive action4.4.7 Emergency preparedness and response4.5.3 Nonconformity, corrective action and preventive action4.4.7 Emergency preparedness and response
8.4 Analysis of data4.5.1 Performance measurement and monitoring4.5.1 Monitoring and measurement
8.5.1 Continual Improvement4.2 OH&S policy4.3.3 Objectives and programs4.6 Management review4.2 Environmental policy4.3.3 Objectives, targets and program(s)4.6 Management review
8.5.2 Corrective action4.5.3.2 Nonconformity, corrective action, and preventive action4.5.3 Nonconformity, corrective action and preventive action
8.5.3 Preventive action4.5.3.2 Nonconformity, corrective action, and preventive action4.5.3 Nonconformity, corrective action and preventive action

Many of the above clauses have the same meaning but obviously a different theme and therefore one process to cover clauses across the 3 standards is not entirely possible. However, the clauses that are almost the same across the 3 clauses are colored yellow. As you can see there are many of them. There are even more when it comes to comparing ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 together.

When undertaking the consulting process, it is simpler and cheaper in the long run to prepare all of the required standards at the one time.

Call us and discuss which standards are relevant to you and let us prepare a competitive price with exceptional service and results to help you get compliant.

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