TY - JOUR
AU - Jensen, Tonny
AB - Tonn' Jensen Chief Eng.. Quality Assurance COWiconsult Consulting Engineers and Planners. Lvngbv. Denmark ard identifies critical points in the because they are necessary to en- Introduction manufacturing process and stipulates sure the quality, but merely because international standards ISO requirements for these points. they are so stipulated in the stand- The ard. 9000—9004. issued in 1987, have been In this context a critical point is de- recognised as a basis for quality assur- fined as a point in the process which, — Some critical points in the process ance (QA) systems in many countries by experience, has proven to have a in question may not be identified. all over the world. Although the stand- significant influence on the final quali- Consequently, no requirements are ards were developed for the manufac- tv of the product. In other words, ISO stipulated for these points, making turing sector, it has been argued that it doubtful that the objective of the 9001 does not stipulate requirements they can be applied to any business for all points in the manufacturing standard — to provide confidence for area. According to advocates, it re- process — only the critical ones. the purchaser — can be fulfilled. 
TI - ISO 9001 in Consulting Engineering
JF - Structural Engineering International
DO - 10.2749/101686694780602088
DA - 1994-02-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/taylor-francis/iso-9001-in-consulting-engineering-B8yPTKYezE
SP - 51
EP - 53
VL - 4
IS - 1
DP - DeepDyve
ER -