Effective Management Review

Abstract

Many organizations go through the motions of a management review so that they have documentation to pass a third party audit, however the review is often not effective. The reason they are not effective is managers do not take the time to prepare, collect and analysis available data, not enough time is scheduled with Top Management, and what time is available, the participants do not feel it is well spent or value added. A Top Management’s review is intended to ensure the organization’s quality management system is suitable, adequate, effective, and aligned with the strategic direction of the organization. If your management review is not effective, you can expect to have nonconformities in the fulfillment of your calibration and/or test activities. This session will provide recommendations on how to complete a management review so that the process is effective in both function and time, and participants feel the process if value added to the organization while meeting the documented requirements of ISO 9001:2015, ISO/IEC 17025:2017, ANSI-NCSL Z540-1:1994 (2002), ANSI-NCSL Z540-3 2006 and any your accrediting body. Advice on a management review schedule, template, documentation, and follow-up action management will be shared. Participants will have the opportunity to interact throughout this interactive workshop and offer their ideas and experience so that all participants gain knowledge and learn how to prevent pitfalls and obstacles of a successful, meaningful management review. As a requirement of metrology industry Standards, management reviews are a necessity, so why not make the process effective and value added to your organization?