"ISO9001 for Small Businesses" in Japanese was issued after a long time 2/2

“ISO9001 for Small Businesses” in Japanese was issued after a long time 2/2
(Jun.3w,2005)

This article is continued from last week. The items have increased to fourteen from twelve.

No.	Page	Original book	No. of Note	Japan Notes	My comments for notes
7	p.110	7.5.2 Two examples are shown. The one is concrete slab and the other is welding.	26	It is general understanding that welding is not an adequate example for validation of processes for production and service provision. The new version abandons the concept of “special process”.	NOTE3 of 3.4.1 process in ISO9000:2000 says that a process where the conformity of the resulting product cannot be readily or economically verified is frequently referred to as a “special process”. The word is not abandoned (refer to “The meaning of ‘subsequent’ in the definition of special process: Oct.5w, 2002” in individual clauses relating ISO9001:2000 corner of this web-site). ISO/TS16949 requires 7.5.2 have to apply to all processes. It is very clear requirements and adequate for process approach.
8	p.111 112	7.5.3 Identification and traceability	27	The original book confuses with identification with traceability.	I do not find the confusion in the original book. The only fact is the both identifications are often overlapped.
9	p.120	7.5.3 Some of the above identification techniques (for traceability) may be also used for identification (for product).	29	The sentence should be changed as “some of the identification techniques (for product) may be also used for identification (for traceability).	The same sentence in 1994 version. The original sentence shows the authors have the clear and correct concept for the both identification. Generally techniques of traceability identification are more complex than product identification. Therefore the original sentence is rational.
10	p.123	7.5.5 The major change is that these requirements are now expected to be in place not just within your organization, but through to the final delivery at the intended destination. This requirement was previously one which had to be specified in a contract before it was applicable.	33	There is no change of requirement.	It is true that the sentence of “where contractually specified” is deleted in 2000 version. By the deletion some company may have to change their management system according to the revision.Historically, the Japanese translators had explained the meaning of “preservation” of 4.15.5 clause in ISO9001: 1994 as segregating finished products which waiting for delivery from other products. But ISO9000-2 explains totally differently with example such as maintenance of dust and static free conditions for semiconductors.Like this the false understanding had already started in 1994 version.
11	p.120	7.6 Small businesses are usually faced with the choice of carrying out the calibration themselves or having someone else do it for them.	36	Choice of carrying out the calibration themselves or having someone else do it for them is depend on whether they have competence for it, not the size of a company.	The sentence is totally same as in 19964 version.Actually a big company can afford to get calibration competence for themselves, but a small company is not easy to get such competence. It depends on the size of a company as the original book says.
12	p.123	8.1The monitoring and measuring activities to which these will be applied are ・customer satisfaction ・quality management performance ・process performance ・product and service performance	37	Monitoring and measurement of quality management includes monitoring and measurement of customer satisfaction, quality management performance, process performance and product and service performance. The four kinds of monitoring and measurement are not parallel.	The false note shows typical symptoms come from miss application of PDCA model (refer to “Duplication of monitoring of processes over internal audits: Jan.2w, 2004” in 8.2.2 clause of individual clauses relating ISO9001:200 corner of this web-site). For example, think of mechanical processes. The processes are not management processes. Therefore monitoring and measurement of production control and mechanical processes is another thing. The description of the original book is correct.The four kinds of monitoring and measurement are parallel.
13	p.124	Clause 8.3 describes what you need to do when nonconformity occurs.	38	Nonconformity should be nonconformity product. Clause 8.3 should have been classified in clause 7. (Product realization). By some mistake it happened. We add some explanations to correspond to such defective ISO9001:2000.	If clause 8.3 should be classified in clause 7. (Product realization), then clause 8.2.3 and 8.2.4 also should be included in clause 7, because nonconformity products are detected by monitoring and measurement of processes and product. I cannot imagine such a big structural error happened by mistake. It is very strange the translators who are also Japanese members of TC176 are writing their unsatisfactory feeling to ISO9001:2000 after its issue. Did they sleep during TC176 meetings? Anyway ISO9001:2000 has a structural deficiency (refer to “Duplication of monitoring of processes over internal audits: Jan.2w, 2004” in individual clauses relating ISO9001:2000 corner on this web-site).
14	p.178	For minor nonconformities, a qualified certification/registration might be issued, pending rectification by the next surveillance audit.	46	JAB does not allow that way.	Actually JAB has allowed that way.