ISO 9001:2015
Leadership – ISO 9001:2015

ISO 9001:2015 5.2.1: Establishing the quality policy

Top management sets, puts into effect and keeps up to date a quality policy that fits the organization's purpose and context and backs its strategic direction; that gives a basis on which quality objectives can be set; that commits the organization to meeting the requirements that apply to it; and that commits it to improving the QMS continually.

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