You get an ordered list of what you can’t currently answer, what you’re already doing right, and the things you may have been told to worry about that aren’t in the standard. There is no score, and there is nothing to fill in before you see it.
Nothing you type here is sent anywhere or saved anywhere — the answers live in this browser tab and go when you close it. There is no account, and the result is not behind a form.
Where are you with ISO 9001 today? We hold a current registration We're working towards one Neither — we're looking at it
Do you design what you make, or do you build to someone else's drawing? If every drawing arrives from the customer, clause 8.3 is the classic exclusion and five records stop applying to you.
We design our own products We build to the customer's print Some of each
Does anything you make get measured with instruments where the measurement actually matters? Gauges, calipers, torque wrenches, test equipment — anything a decision to accept or reject depends on.
Yes No — nothing we do depends on a measurement
Has anyone written down whether climate change is a relevant issue for your business? Either answer is fine — the question is whether the determination exists, not what it concluded.
Yes, it's recorded either way No I thought that was the new one
For each quality objective, can you say what the number was before you set the target? Yes, every objective has a starting point No — the targets stand on their own I'm not sure
When you scrap or rework a part, who is the named person authorised to decide that — and is it written down? There's a named authority and it's recorded Everyone knows who, but it isn't written down I'm not sure
How do you know what your customers think of you — not how you performed, what they think? On-time delivery and defect rates are your measurements of your own performance.
We collect what they actually say — calls, visits, complaints, feedback We track on-time delivery and quality metrics I'm not sure how we'd show that
When you close a corrective action, how do you know it worked? We decide up front what would prove it worked, then check We close it once the action is done I'm not sure
Does what you actually do match the interval you wrote down? Audits, management reviews, calibration, supplier re-evaluation — the declared interval versus the real one.
Yes — or we changed the written interval when it stopped matching Honestly, things slip I'd have to go and look
Which of your suppliers has been re-evaluated in the last two years? We could name them and show the records They were approved once and have stayed approved I'm not sure
Does your quality policy say anything about where the business is going? Yes, it connects to the strategy No — it's about quality in general I'm not sure
Could you show an auditor how leadership promotes a quality culture and ethical behaviour? There is nothing to fill in here — this one mandates no record at all.
Yes, we could talk to that Not really I'm not sure
Does your audit programme state what it is for, or just when things happen? It states its objectives It's a schedule I'm not sure
Do you keep risks and opportunities in one list or two? Two separate lists One combined list I'm not sure we track opportunities at all
Which edition are you working to, and what is your intent for the change of edition? We've decided and could say why We haven't discussed it I didn't know there was a decision to make
Who else in your company could answer these questions if you were hit by a bus? Not a clause. It is the question that decides whether your quality system survives you.
Two or three people could Realistically, just me I'd rather not think about it
Show me what I can’t answer → Answer at least one question to see the result.
You can stop at any point and see the result for what you’ve answered — skipping a question never counts against you, because an unanswered question produces nothing at all.
A short set of questions, about five minutes. This is a self-assessment, not an audit and not advice, and it cites clause numbers rather than quoting the standard.
