| Recently I had a lecture on an updated draft of ISO14001: 2004. At
that time I hears the one of main purpose of the revision is to make
the Standard compatible with ISO9001:2000 as possible.
Listening to the lecture, I thought of the two following basic difference
between the both Standards. This time the above differences may be
hard to resolve.
1. Difference of location of “Control of records” and “Management
review” clause
In ISO9001: 2000 “Control of records” is located at the former part.
Instead, in ISO14001, it is located at the latter part.
I think the location of ISO14001 is rational compared with ISO9001:2000,
because according to PDCA model, “ records” are born at the Check
process; latter part of PDCA processes.
Likewise, the location of “Management review” clause is totally different
and location in ISO14001 is rational compared with ISO9001:2000.
2. Existence of “Control”
ISO14001 uses words of “Operational control” for “Do” process in PDCA
process model, but ISO9001:200 uses words of “Production realization”,
lacking the word of “control”.
Management does not actual works that correspond to “Do” process in
PDCA process model. Management does control works while “Do” processes
are done by a core system for which management is complementary.
Therefore ISO14001 has the right answers as for the above problems
compared with ISO9001:2000 (refer to“A critical misapplication of
PDCA model: 2002; May 3w” in 4.1 clause, “Duplication of monitoring
of processes over internal audits; Jan.2w.2004” in 8.2.2 clause of
“Individual clauses relating to ISO9001: 2000 corner”and
“Miss application of PDCA model to ISO9011: 2002; April 3w.2003” in Basic knowledge
corner on this website).
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