TL9000 Measurement Handbook.

Section 1 - Introduction Efficient management of external audits and site visits, Uniform measurements, Overall cost reduction and increased competitiveness, Enhanced management and improvement of the organization’s performance, and Industry benchmarks for TL 9000 measurements.1.4 Relationship to standards. TL 9000 provides a telecommunications-specific set of requirements ISO 9001 and Other built on an ISO 9001:2000 framework. See the Bibliography for the standards Requirements and requirements that were considered during the development of TL 9000.Characteristics of the TL 9000 relationship to other requirements are: TL 9000 includes ISO 9001:2000 and any future revisions will be incorporated, Conformance to TL 9000 constitutes conformance to corresponding ISO 9001 requirements, and It is the intent of the QuEST Forum that conformance to TL 9000 will eliminate the need for conformance to other telecommunications quality management standards.The QuEST Forum maintains compatibility with other sets of requirements and1.5 Developing and and maintenance of the TL 9000 handbooks. Change requests for the Maintaining the handbooks, following initial publication, are to be submitted to the QuEST Forum Handbook(s) Administrator. Any user of the handbooks may submit change requests.Change requests will be forwarded to the appropriate handbook section chairperson by the QuEST Forum Administrator and will be considered for the next revision. A change request/feedback form is available at the QuEST Forum web site (/). Final approval of all changes to TL 9000 handbooks will be by vote of the QuEST Forum voting members in accordance with the QuEST Forum’s bylaws. Reissue of the TL 9000 handbooks will be determined by the QuEST Forum, but not to exceed five years following the last issue date. When the QuEST Forum determines there are changes necessary in TL 9000 that could impact third party registration, then addenda or similar communication mechanisms will be employed to inform the industry of corrections and updates to the TL 9000 handbooks.The QuEST Forum is responsible for the development, publication, distributionTL 9000 Quality Management System Measurements Handbook 3.0 1-2