The Quality Manual structure

It is advisable to arrange the contents of the Quality Manual following the contents outline of the chosen ISO Standard to comply with (ISO 9001:2000 or ISO/IEC 17025:2005).

The ISO/IEC 17025:2005 outline provides a thorough and easy readable drawing-up. The addition of some sections to this outline is a practical choice to ensure compliance to both standards in an easy way.

There are two approaches in outlining the Quality Manual structure: 1) an extensive Manual, containing detailed description of most of the processes and; 2) a more succinct Manual, providing references to operational procedures describing in turn the processes.

A template of QM is provided in Section 4 for your consideration.