What is an AS/NZS 9001 Organizational Context Register and How to Use It?

An AS/NZS 9001 organizational context register is a tool that allows organizations to determine their context and manage and monitor their quality organizational context.

This context includes information about the organization’s operational environment, including the internal and external factors that influence the organization’s ability to achieve its objectives.

The register can be used to help an organization understand its quality related strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats and set priorities.

How to Identify the AS/NZS 9001 Context of an Organization

The AS/NZS ISO 9001 standard does not prescribe how to identify quality context however, the standard requires an organization to evaluate its operations and activities that influence various elements of the organization.

Consideration needs to be given to the top management review system, business culture, objectives and goals and complexity of products and services. It also requires risks and opportunities regarding the business context.

Understanding the AS/NZS 9001 Context of an Organization

To understand its context an organization needs to determine the scope of its internal and external issues that are relevant and affect its ability to achieve the intended outcomes of its quality management system.

Once an understanding of the context of an organization is achieved it can then be used to establish, implement, maintain and continually improve a quality management system.

Internal and external issues can be positive or negative and include conditions, characteristics or changing circumstances that can affect its quality management system, for example, determining the context of the organisation’s scope of external issues can include:

• The cultural, political, economic social, technological, legal, financial, economic environment, and natural surroundings.
• Market competition, whether international, national, regional or local.
• The introduction of new competitors, contractors, subcontractors, suppliers, and partners, including issues that can affect customer satisfaction.
• Providers, new technologies, new laws and regulatory requirements.
• Key drivers and trends relevant to the industry or sector having an impact on the organization.
• Relationships with, as well as perceptions and values of its internal and external issues and interested parties.

Some examples of quality internal issues may include aspects of:

• Governance, organizational structure, roles and accountabilities.
• Policies, objectives and the strategies that are in place to achieve them.
• The capabilities, understood in terms of resources, knowledge and competence.
• Information systems, documented information flows, internal audits and decision-making processes.
• The introduction of new products, materials, services, tools, software, premises and equipment.
• Relationships with, as well as perceptions and values of workers and the culture in the organization.
• The standards, guidelines and models adopted.
• Contractual relationships with customers, including outsourced activities, working time arrangements, and working conditions.

Contents of this AS/NZS 9001 Organizational Context Register

There are five spreadsheets in this quality register inclusive of:

• Quality interested party register.
• Quality issues register.
• Quality risk register.
• Quality opportunities register.
• Quality list.

Why Choose to Buy this AS/NZS 9001 Organizational Context Register?

This very comprehensive organizational context register has five detailed spreadsheets in Excel format that can be used to gather an understanding of your business’s quality organizational context and improve efficiency regarding AS/NZS ISO 9001, Quality Management Systems.

After purchasing this AS/NZS 9001 organizational context register you will be able to:

• Very easily edit and customize the template to create your own quality organizational context register.
• Apply your own style, format and brand to the register.
• Use it in any industry or sector regardless of size or type of organization.

Availability and Use of this AS/NZS 9001 Organizational Context Register

• This organizational context register template is accessible to you right now by clicking the ‘Buy Now’ button.
• The organizational context register will be delivered to you in fully editable Microsoft Excel format for immediate and full use in your business.
• There are no subscriptions, contracts or ongoing costs.

This AS/NZS ISO 9001 organizational context register is 100% satisfaction guaranteed.

You may require:

• AS/NZS ISO 9001 Quality Management System