Is there a common guideline standard for auditing QMS and EMS according to ISO 9001 and 14001?
Yes. A specific agreement between TC 176 and TC 207 has set up a joint working group which is preparing a single standard on auditing activities, both for quality management and environmental management systems. This new standard (ISO 19011) will replace the existing ISO 10011 and ISO 14010/14011/14012 documents. The planned publication date for this new standard is the third quarter of 2002.
Yes, ISO 19011:2002 provides guidelines for quality and/or environmental management systems auditing. Note that a project to revise ISO 19011 was started in 2008, and is expected to be completed in 2011. 61. How are the standards applicable to organizations that provide services. ? The standards are applicable to all types of organizations, operating in all types of sectors, including service providers. (Note: the definition of the term ‘product’ in ISO 9000:2005 also includes ‘services’. ISO 9001:2008 and ISO 9004:2000 have been written to reflect this definition.
