British Standard 5750:
A British Standard for Quality Assurance (BS 5750 'Quality Systems') was published in 1979. It contained a description of the controls which it prescribed were required to be instituted in order for a supplier to claim that it was a 'Quality Assured' Organisation.
In the same way as with the registration of products to a particular standard, an organisation could not be accredited to BS 5750 unless it had been inspected (and formally accredited) by an independent authority (such as the British Standards Institute) against the standard. In contrast to the Kite Mark (which is a method of product certification), BS 5750 is a form of company certification.
The standard specifies all those 'elements' of the management system which are seen to be critical to the quality of the final product and describes how these elements are to be controlled. 3 Although its initial adoption by industry was quite slow, a number of organisations have now implemented Quality Systems commensurate with the requirements of BS 5750, although its predominance in the engineering sector remains. In fact, BS 5750 has been increasingly criticised for its continued focus on the engineering / manufacturing environments - which a quick glance at the index of the standard will show.
In more recent years, in particular, a number of non-engineering and service sector organisations have recognised that the philosophy of Quality assurance is in fact applicable to every organisation and have sought a more broadly based guideline or standard. In an effort to accommodate the views of these other industry sectors, a number of QAS (Quality Assurance Schedules) have been produced to augment / amplify the standard.
Schedule no. 8 for example, is written specifically for the Service Sector industries and contains some additional requirements and guidance on the interpretation of the standard's requirements for these organisations. In 1987 the entire standard was revised and republished and its format was significantly amended.
The text is now identical with that of its equivalent International and European Standards - ISO 9000 and EN 29000. BS 5750 is due for another major renewal in 1996 and there is currently some interesting discussion underway as to its most desirable format and scope. It should be noted that the Nuclear Industry has for some time had its own Quality System Standard. In the UK this is BS 5882 ('Specification for a Total Quality Assurance Programme for Nuclear Power Plants'), which is similar in philosophy to BS 5750.
Ref : http://mt-archive.info/Aslib-1992-Wedlake.pdf
A British Standard for Quality Assurance (BS 5750 'Quality Systems') was published in 1979. It contained a description of the controls which it prescribed were required to be instituted in order for a supplier to claim that it was a 'Quality Assured' Organisation.
In the same way as with the registration of products to a particular standard, an organisation could not be accredited to BS 5750 unless it had been inspected (and formally accredited) by an independent authority (such as the British Standards Institute) against the standard. In contrast to the Kite Mark (which is a method of product certification), BS 5750 is a form of company certification.
The standard specifies all those 'elements' of the management system which are seen to be critical to the quality of the final product and describes how these elements are to be controlled. 3 Although its initial adoption by industry was quite slow, a number of organisations have now implemented Quality Systems commensurate with the requirements of BS 5750, although its predominance in the engineering sector remains. In fact, BS 5750 has been increasingly criticised for its continued focus on the engineering / manufacturing environments - which a quick glance at the index of the standard will show.
In more recent years, in particular, a number of non-engineering and service sector organisations have recognised that the philosophy of Quality assurance is in fact applicable to every organisation and have sought a more broadly based guideline or standard. In an effort to accommodate the views of these other industry sectors, a number of QAS (Quality Assurance Schedules) have been produced to augment / amplify the standard.
Schedule no. 8 for example, is written specifically for the Service Sector industries and contains some additional requirements and guidance on the interpretation of the standard's requirements for these organisations. In 1987 the entire standard was revised and republished and its format was significantly amended.
The text is now identical with that of its equivalent International and European Standards - ISO 9000 and EN 29000. BS 5750 is due for another major renewal in 1996 and there is currently some interesting discussion underway as to its most desirable format and scope. It should be noted that the Nuclear Industry has for some time had its own Quality System Standard. In the UK this is BS 5882 ('Specification for a Total Quality Assurance Programme for Nuclear Power Plants'), which is similar in philosophy to BS 5750.
Ref : http://mt-archive.info/Aslib-1992-Wedlake.pdf
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