scholarly journals A proposal of model for a quality management system in research testing laboratories

Author(s):  
Silvia Martínez-Perales ◽  
Isabel Ortiz-Marcos ◽  
Jesús Juan Ruiz

AbstractThere is a broad consensus on the importance and advisability of testing laboratories adopting a Quality Management System (QMS) to support their work, no matter they are industrial or research oriented. However, laboratories involved in R&D have specific difficulties to implement a QMS due to the peculiar nature of their activity. This paper analyzes the main challenges and difficulties found by professionals when implementing a QMS in a research testing laboratory, based on the literature review and a questionnaire with 86 laboratories participating performed in collaboration with RedLab (Red de Laboratorios de la Comunidad de Madrid). After this analysis, a set of requirements for the competence of research testing laboratories based on ISO/IEC 17025 and UNE 166002 is defined, and an agile methodology for the fulfilment of these requirements is proposed.

2018 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 42-48 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joanna Mytych ◽  
Mariusz J. Ligarski

Abstract The quality management systems compliant with the ISO 9001:2009 have been thoroughly researched and described in detail in the world literature. The accredited management systems used in the testing laboratories and compliant with the ISO/IEC 17025:2005 have been mainly described in terms of the system design and implementation. They have also been investigated from the analytical point of view. Unfortunately, a low number of studies concerned the management system functioning in the accredited testing laboratories. The aim of following study was to assess the management system functioning in the accredited testing laboratories in Poland. On 8 October 2015, 1,213 accredited testing laboratories were present in Poland. They investigated various scientific areas and substances/objects. There are more and more such laboratories that have various problems and different long-term experience when it comes to the implementation, maintenance and improvement of the management systems. The article describes the results of the conducted expert assessment (survey) carried out to examine the conditions for the functioning of a management system in an accredited laboratory. It also focuses on the characteristics of the accredited research laboratories in Poland. The authors discuss the selection of the external and internal conditions that may affect the accredited management system. They show how the experts assessing the selected conditions were chosen. The survey results are also presented.


2010 ◽  
Vol 46 (15) ◽  
pp. 1710-1711
Author(s):  
N. M. Konovalova ◽  
A. V. Popova

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 150-180
Author(s):  
Rafael Augusto de Oliveira Sanches ◽  
Eric de Paula Ferreira ◽  
Fernando Silva Parreiras

Purpose – Aiming to fulfill the need to consolidate and carry out a critical analysis of the studies developed on Organizational Culture and Quality Management Systems, this study aims to understand the relationship between these concepts through a systematic review of the literature. Design/methodology/approach – This study is descriptive and is predominantly classified as a quantitative approach. Using the systematic literature review technique, publications contained in the Materials Science & Engineering Database, Emerald Insight, OneFile (GALE), Taylor & Francis Online - Journals, ScienceDirect Journals (Elsevier), Elsevier (CrossRef), Directory of databases were analyzed Open Access Journals (DOAJ), MEDLINE / PubMed (NLM), Library & Information Science Collection and Springer (CrossRef) and 22 studies that deal with the topics in an integrated manner were used. Findings – The analysis shows that the Cameron and Quinn (2011) and Hofstede (2003) models are the most used. Regarding the business sectors in which studies were carried out, no research relating to the topics studied in utilities companies had been carried out, with most of the studies (38%) carried out in companies in the industrial sector. Originality/value – With regard to aspects of quality management relating to organizational culture, there is a balance between the hard and soft elements in the literature and that most studies put forward the management levels of companies as the target audience for the data source. Keywords - Organizational Culture, Management System, Quality Management System, Systematic Literature Review.


2015 ◽  
Vol 801 ◽  
pp. 312-316
Author(s):  
Iulian Virgil Calota

This paper is a point of view about the need and benefits of implementing of a quality management system, based on ISO 17025, in an acoustic and vibration testing laboratory. Both management and technical requirements are discussed.


2014 ◽  
Vol 903 ◽  
pp. 359-364 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kung Leong Tiong ◽  
Zakuan Norhayati Mohmad ◽  
Muhamad Zameri Mat Saman ◽  
Mohd Shoki Md Arif ◽  
Ahamad Zaidi Bahari

This paper sets out to explore the degree of Quality Management System (QMS) implementation in current Malaysian construction industry. This research test these with a questionnaire based on nine major QMS aspects which are gathered from literature review. Data collected was analyzed using Mean and ANOVA. The findings indicate that QMS are implemented in moderate level with slight differences between mean values from various aspects. Besides, top management level respondents react more positive towards implementation of QMS in all aspects compared to middle management level and lower management respondents. Future research will benefit by using different QMS aspects for further improvement and replication to other industries.


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