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PRODUCT AND / OR SERVICE REALIZATION

7.1 General requirements
previous Elements 4.3/4.4/4.6/4.7/4.8/4.9/4.11/4.12/4.15/4.19
new: Detailed planning of the necessary processes to realize the required product and / or service and their sequence and interaction considering the outputs from quality planning (see 5.5.2)
7.2 Customer-related processes
7.2.1 Identification of customer requirements
previous: Element 4.3
new: Identifying customer requirements (completeness, fitness for purpose, obligations and legal requirements, availability, delivery, support)
7.2.2 Review of customer requirements
previous: Element 4.3
new: No modification
7.2.3 Customer communication
previous: Element 4.3
new: Arrangements for communication with customers, with the aim of meeting customer requirements.  (Product and / or service information, inquiry and order handling - including amendments, customer complaints and actions relating to nonconforming product and / or service, customer responses relating to performance of product and / or service)
7.3 Design and development
7.3.1 General requirements
previous: Elements 4.4.1/4.4.2/4.4.3
new: No modification
7.3.2 Design and development inputs
previous: Element 4.4.4
new: Legal and environmental requirements and requirements from previous similar designs.
7.3.3 Design and development outputs
previous: Element 4.4.4
new: No modification
7.3.4 Design and development review
previous: Element 4.4.6
new: Aim of the review:
  • evaluate the capability to fulfil requirements for quality
  • identify problems, if any, and propose the development of solutions
7.3.5 Design and development verification
previous: Element 4.4.7
new: No modification
7.3.6 Design and development validation
previous: Wherever applicable, validation shall be defined, planned and completed prior to the delivery or implementation of the product and / or service.  Where it is impossible to undertake full validation prior to delivery or implementation, partial validation the design or development outputs shall be undertaken to the maximum extent practical.
7.3.7 Design and development changes
previous: Element 4.4.9
new: Additionally determine the effect of changes on:
  • the interaction between the elements of the design and / or development,
  • the interaction between the component parts of the resulting product and / or service,
  • existing products and / or services and upon post delivery product and / or service operations,
  • the need for carrying out re-verification or re-validation for all or part of the design and / or development outputs.
7.4 Purchasing
7.4.1 General requirements
previous: Elements 4.6.1/4.6.2
new: The type and extent of methods to control these processes shall be dependent on the effect of the purchased product and / or service upon the final product and / or service.
7.4.2 Purchasing information
previous: Element 4.6.3
new: Simplification of the necessary purchasing information:
a)  requirements for approval or qualification of product and / or service, procedures, processes, equipment and personnel.
b)  any management system requirements.
7.4.3 Verification of purchased product and / or services
previous: Element 4.6.4
new: No modification
7.5.2 Identification and Traceability
previous: Elements 4.8/4.12
new: No modification
7.5.3 Customer property
previous: Element 4.7
new: All property of the customer.
Includes information provided in confidence.
7.5.4 Handling, packaging, storage, preservation and delivery
previous: Element 4.15
new: Includes parts and components.   Product release and / or service delivery shall not proceed until al the specified activities have been satisfactorily completed.
7.5.5 Validation of processes
previous: Element 4.9
new: Supplementation of the validation of processes for products where the resulting output cannot be validated completely and definition of arrangements that shall address:
a)  processes to be qualified prior to use,
b)  qualification of equipment and / or personnel,
c)  use of specific procedures and / or records,
d)  re-validation.
7.6 Control of measuring and monitoring devices
previous: Element 4.11
new: Knowledge of the measurement uncertainty of the measuring and monitoring devices and consistency with the required measurement capability.
 

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