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Procedure · SOP-04

Management Review

Annual top-management review with every input and output the standard requires.

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Purpose

To define how top management reviews the Laboratory's management system at planned intervals to ensure its continuing suitability, adequacy and effectiveness, including the stated policies and objectives, and to decide on actions for improvement and resources.

What is inside

10 sections, about 3 pages when printed.

  1. 1. Purpose
  2. 2. Scope
  3. 3. References
  4. 4. Definitions
  5. 5. Responsibilities
  6. 6. Procedure
  7. Records generated by this procedure
  8. Monitoring and performance indicators
  9. Assessment readiness notes
  10. Related documents

Records it generates

Applying this procedure produces the following records, which are the evidence an assessor samples.

  • –Management review input pack, agenda and minutes
  • –Action log with closure evidence
  • –Revised Quality Policy and objectives

What an assessor looks for

The document closes with these points, so you can check your own practice before someone else does.

  • –Reading the minutes to confirm that every input in clause 8.9.2 was considered with evidence, not just listed as a heading.
  • –Confirming that top management actually attended and made decisions on resources and change.
  • –Checking that objectives are measurable, were measured, and that unmet objectives led to action.
  • –Tracing an action from the previous review to closure.

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.
  • Delete the assessment readiness notes if you do not want them in your controlled version; they are guidance for you, not requirements.

Related documents

This is an original template published by ValiTrac. It does not reproduce the text of ISO/IEC 17025 or of any accreditation body publication, and it does not by itself confer or guarantee accreditation. Customise, review and approve it before use.