ISO 9001 Readiness Quiz

First, a little about you

Your name Your role Company

1. If a customer asked "show me how you control your latest drawing revisions," could you?

Yes. Controlled system, old revisions can't reach the floor Sort of. We usually catch it, but it lives in people's heads Honestly, no. We've shipped to an old rev before

2. When a part fails inspection, what happens to it?

Tagged, segregated, and dispositioned with a record Set aside. The right people usually hear about it Depends who finds it

3. Are your measuring tools (calipers, mics, gauges, CMM) calibrated on a schedule?

Yes. Schedule, stickers, records Some are; the schedule slips When we remember, or never

4. If your best employee quit tomorrow, is what they know written down anywhere?

Mostly. Work instructions exist for the critical jobs Bits and pieces It leaves with them

5. Can you trace a shipped part back to its material cert and inspection records?

Yes, in minutes Yes, with an afternoon of digging Not reliably

6. How do you evaluate suppliers?

Approved supplier list with some kind of review We know who's good; it's not written down Whoever's cheapest and fastest

7. When the same problem happens twice, does anything systematic occur?

Yes. Root cause, corrective action, follow-up check We fix it again and move on Firefighting is the system

8. Does leadership look at quality numbers (scrap, returns, on-time) on any regular rhythm?

Yes. Tracked and reviewed at set intervals We look when something hurts Gut feel

9. Has anyone in the building been through an ISO audit before?

Yes, on the hosting side Someone's seen one at a previous job No

10. Why are you looking at ISO 9001 right now?

A specific customer or contract requires it, with a deadline Customers keep asking; no hard deadline yet General improvement, just looking

Last thing: where do we send your results?

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