Guide · GD-06
Quality Policy and Objectives Statement
A signed one-page quality policy with measurable objectives for display and induction.
Purpose
**[LABORATORY NAME]** provides calibration [and testing] services that our customers rely on to make decisions about the safety, quality and compliance of their products and processes. Our purpose is to deliver measurement results that are technically valid, metrologically traceable to the SI, accompanied by a realistic statement of measurement uncertainty, and reported clearly, objectively and on time.
What is inside
2 sections, about 1 page when printed.
- Quality Policy
- Quality objectives [YEAR]
Before you use it
- Replace every square-bracket token, starting with [LABORATORY NAME], [ADDRESS] and [EFFECTIVE DATE]. The full token list is in GD-01 Read Me First.
- Have the content technically reviewed against how your laboratory actually works, then approved by the responsible manager before it becomes a controlled document.
- Update the Word fields after editing so the table of contents and page numbers are correct: select all, then press F9.
- Record the document in your own document register and set its review date.
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- SOP-01
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- CHK-01
ISO/IEC 17025:2017 Gap Analysis and Self-Assessment
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- GD-01
Read Me First - How to Use and Customise This Pack
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- GD-02
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- GD-03
ISO/IEC 17025:2017 Clause Cross-Reference Matrix
Every clause of the standard mapped to the manual section, procedure and records that address it.
- GD-04
Master Document List
Controlled index of every document in the pack with ID, title, type, clauses and status.
- GD-05
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How to draft a schedule of accreditation and calibration and measurement capability (CMC) entries.