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What can an auditor ask about monitoring resources?
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The certification auditor will ask the following regarding monitoring and measuring resources in ISO 9001:
- How the organization determines and provides the necessary resources to ensure valid and reliable results to verify the conformity of products and services and are suitable for the specific type of monitoring and measuring
- How the organization ensures that the monitoring and measuring resources provided are maintained.
- What are the records retained by the organization to evidence that the monitoring and measuring resources are properly maintained.
- If the organization calibrates or verifies measuring equipment, which national or international measurement standards are followed.
- How the organization safeguards its measuring equipment from adjustments, damage, or deterioration
- How the organization takes appropriate action when measuring equipment is found unfit for its intended purpose.

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Some questions that the ISO 9001 certification auditor can ask during the certification  audit regarding the monitoring and measuring resources are:
- How does your organization determine the resources needed for monitoring and measuring activities?
- How do you plan the preventive maintenance of monitoring and measuring resources?
- Can you show me the maintenance records of the monitoring and measuring resources?
- Which standards are followed for the calibration or verification of measuring equipment?
- How do you safeguard your measuring equipment?
- What do you handle measuring equipment that is not in use?