Volume 6 · Issue 12 · December 2001

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A Registrar Q&A: The ISO 9001:2000 Transition–Reliance on Supplier Product

THE OUTLOOK is challenging leading registrars to answer a series of questions on the transition. Four registrars and Randy Dougherty of RAB provide answers to the tenth question: How does ISO 9001:2000, Clause 4.1, Quality Management System–General Requirements, apply to an organization that relies completely on a supplier to provide the product (including shipment to the customer)? How should the scope statement be worded to reflect this situation?