3 quality management principles, Quality management principles – Metrohm 871 Advanced Bioscan Benutzerhandbuch

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5.4 Gewährleistung und Konformität

871 Advanced Bioscan / Gebrauchsanweisung 8.871.1001

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5.4.3 Quality

Management

Principles


Metrohm Ltd., CH-9101 Herisau, Switzerland

CH-9101 Herisau/Switzerland
E-Mail

[email protected]

Internet www.metrohm.com

Metrohm Ltd. holds the ISO 9001 Certificate, registration number 10872-02, issued by

SQS (Swiss Association for Quality and Management Systems). Internal and external au-

ual are maintained.

nufacture and servicing of instruments are fully docu-

lopment of software

documented and the documents and source codes

t may

dits are carried out periodically to assure that the standards defined by Metrohm’s QM
Man

The steps involved in the design, ma

mented and the resulting reports are archived for ten years. The deve
for PCs and instruments is also duly
are archived. Both remain the possession of Metrohm. A non-disclosure agreemen
be asked to be provided by those requiring access to them.


The implementation of the ISO 9001

, which comprises detailed

instructions on the following fields of
activity:

Instrument development

g

sign, its

the intermediate

controls are fully documented and trace-

phases of instrument development.

the software life cycle. Tests are perfor-

All components used in the Metrohm in-
struments have to satisfy the quality

standards that are defined and imple-
mented for our products. Suppliers of
components are audited by Metrohm as
the need

Manufacture

production of our instruments guarantee
a constant quality standard. Production

testing of components, intermediate and

e

Customer support involves all phases of
instrument acquisition and use by the

t for the analytical

problem at hand, delivery of the equip-

er

trohm service or-

ed to support cus-

tomers in implementing standards such
as GLP, GMP, ISO 900X, in performing
Operational Qualification and Perform-

ance Verification of the system compo-
nents or in carrying out the System Vali-

antitative determination

in a given matrix.

quality system is described in Metrohm’s
QM Manual

The measures put into practice in the

The or anisation of the instrument de-

planning and

finished products are prescribed.

able. Laboratory testing accompanies all

Customer support and servic

Software development
Software development occurs in terms of

customer, i.e. consulting to define the

adequate equipmen

med to detect programming errors and
to assess the program’s functionality in a

ment, user manuals, training, after-sales
service and processing of custom

laboratory environment.

complaints. The Me
ganisation is equipp

Components

arises.

of a substance

planning and manufacturing procedures,

maintenance of production means and

dation for the qu

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