Compliance with the ISO 9001:2015 revision requires a risk-based approach to measurement. Your customers must evaluate the suitablility and calibration procedures of weighing equipment in machines that you have supplied in order to comply.
Many of your customers are likely ISO 9001 certified. If so, the 2015 revision of ISO 9001 has probably brought major changes to those who have integrated measuring equipment such as weighing devices.
Requirements must be met by 2018
Combining a process approach with risk-based thinking and using the Plan-Do-Check-Act Cycle at all levels in the organization apply to weighing applications that are relevant for product quality. Companies have until September 2018 to update their processes.
Turn new requirements into business
As a result, customers might contact you to evaluate the calibration of the weighing equipment you installed a while ago. Such consulting can trigger new service business for you, as recalibration services are an enhancement to your existing preventive maintenance offerings.
Partnering for a win-win
Our experts use the Good Weighing Practice ™ (GWP®) methodology to evaluate and recommend calibration processes in a risk-based approach. With GWP, you and your customers receive a document with all the necessary information, including results of our risk assessment and the recommended intervals for recalibration that comply with the new requirements.
METTLER TOLEDO can also provide documentation of weighing equipment suitability with a GWP Verification at your customers’ sites, as well as perform calibration services on your behalf. This partnership offers you incremental business when your own service technicians and the necessary test weights are not available.