ISO 10012:2026
Quality management - Requirements for measurement management systems
This document specifies the requirements for a measurement management system when an organization:needs to demonstrate its ability to consistently ensure confidence in validity and reliability of measurement results and thereby to provide a consistent level of measurement quality for an organization’s products and services;aims to rely on reliable and valid measurement results useful to enhance customer satisfaction and effectively apply its measurement management system processes;implements processes for a measurement management system that enhance conformity with customer, statutory and regulatory requirements.All the requirements of this document are generic. This document is applicable to any organization, regardless of its type or size, or the products and services it provides. This includes organizations manufacturing products and providing engineering services (except for calibration and test services included within the scope of ISO/IEC 17025).This document is not intended to substitute requirements for, or to add requirements to, the general requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories specified in ISO/IEC 17025.NOTE For organizations that operate internal testing and calibration laboratories, the competence of those functions can be evaluated in accordance with ISO/IEC 17025.
This document specifies the requirements for a measurement management system when an organization:
- needs to demonstrate its ability to consistently ensure confidence in validity and reliability of measurement results and thereby to provide a consistent level of measurement quality for an organization’s products and services;
- aims to rely on reliable and valid measurement results useful to enhance customer satisfaction and effectively apply its measurement management system processes;
- implements processes for a measurement management system that enhance conformity with customer, statutory and regulatory requirements.
All the requirements of this document are generic. This document is applicable to any organization, regardless of its type or size, or the products and services it provides. This includes organizations manufacturing products and providing engineering services (except for calibration and test services included within the scope of ISO/IEC 17025).
This document is not intended to substitute requirements for, or to add requirements to, the general requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories specified in ISO/IEC 17025.
NOTE For organizations that operate internal testing and calibration laboratories, the competence of those functions can be evaluated in accordance with ISO/IEC 17025.
ISO 10012:2003 specifies generic requirements and provides guidance for the management of measurement processes and metrological confirmation of measuring equipment used to support and demonstrate compliance with metrological requirements. It specifies quality management requirements of a measurement management system that can be used by an organization performing measurements as part of the overall management system, and to ensure metrological requirements are met. ISO 10012:2003 is not intended to be used as a requisite for demonstrating conformance with ISO 9001, ISO 14001 or any other standard. Interested parties can agree to use ISO 10012:2003 as an input for satisfying measurement management system requirements in certification activities. Other standards and guides exist for particular elements affecting measurement results, for example, details of measurement methods, competence of personnel, interlaboratory comparisons. ISO 10012:2003 is not intended as a substitute for, or as an addition to, the requirements of ISO/IEC 17025.
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