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Identification - The act of identifying
an entity, i.e. giving it a set of characteristics by which it is
recognizable as a member of a group
International Accreditation Forum (IAF)
- The world association of Conformity Assessment Accreditation
Bodies and other bodies interested in conformity assessment in the fields
of management systems, products, services, personnel and other similar
programmes of conformity assessment. Its primary function is to develop a
single worldwide program of conformity assessment that reduces risk for
business and its customers by assuring them that accredited certificates
may be relied upon. (IAF Web site)
International Automotive Task Force (IATF)
The IATF is an “ad hoc” group formed to provide improved quality products
to automotive customers worldwide.
The IATF members are ANFIA, BMW,
DaimlerChrysler Corporation, Fiat Auto, FIEV, Ford Motor Company, General
Motors Corporation, PSA Peugeot Citroen, Renault, VDA, Volkswagen.
Additional members are AIAG and SMMT. Suppliers are represented through
their national organizations
International
Organization for Standardization (ISO) -
ISO is a network of the national standards institutes of 148 countries, on
the basis of one member per country, with a Central Secretariat in Geneva,
Switzerland, that coordinates the system. Because "International
Organization for Standardization" would have different abbreviations in
different languages ("IOS" in English, "OIN" in French for Organisation
internationale de normalisation), it was decided at the outset to use
a word derived from the Greek isos, meaning "equal". Therefore, whatever
the country, whatever the language, the short form of the organization's
name is always ISO.
Implement. - To carry out a
directive
Implementation Audit
- An audit carried out to establish whether actual practices conform to
the documented quality system. N.B. also referred to as a Conformance
Audit or Compliance Audit.
For more on auditing see
Auditor Questions
Importance of activities in auditing -
The relative importance of the contribution an activity makes to the
fulfilment of an organization's objectives.
For more on auditing see
Auditor Questions
Improvement plan - A plan designed to
bring about beneficial improvement irrespective of the scale of
improvement
Indexing
- A means of enabling information to be located
In-process
- Between the beginning and the end of a process
Inspection - The examination of an
entity to determine whether it conforms to prescribed requirements. (see
also ISO 9000 clause 3.8.2)
Inspection authority - The person or
organization that has been given the right to perform inspections
Inspection, measuring and test equipment
- Devices used to perform inspections, measurements and tests
Installation. - The process by
which an entity is fitted into larger entity
Intellectual property - Creations of the
mind: inventions, literary and artistic works, and symbols, names, images,
and designs used in commerce. Intellectual property is divided into two
categories: Industrial property and Copyright
Integrated
management -
The understanding and
effective direction of every aspect of an organisation so that the needs
and expectations of all stakeholders are equitably satisfied by the best
use of all resources.
Integrated
management system - A management system in which all the
processes serve the system objectives and where these system objectives
have been derived from stakeholder needs and expectations.
Interested party
- Person or group having an interest in the performance or success of an
organization - includes: Customers, owners, employees, contractors,
suppliers, investors, unions, partners or society
Internal
audits - See
first party audits
International Registry of Certificated Auditors (IRCA) - A UK
body within the Institute of Quality Assurance (IQA) that administers a
registration scheme for auditors of management systems and for providers
of auditor training. IRCA registers first, second and third party
auditors. It is not the only auditor registration body in the UK, another
is the ASCB (E)
Issues
of documents - The revision state of a
document
ISO 9000 - (1)
A family of international standards the purpose of which is to assist
organizations implement and operate effective quality management systems.
The key standards in the family are ISO 9000, ISO 9001 and ISO 9004. (2)
ISO 9000 is an international standard the purpose of which is to
facilitate a common understanding of the concepts and language used in the
ISO 9000 family of standards. |
