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EN 15038- Quality Management
Thread poster: Anu Mukharji-Gorski
Anu Mukharji-Gorski
Anu Mukharji-Gorski  Identity Verified
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Apr 28, 2007

I'm participating in a project at university that will be implementing the new European quality standard for Translation Services, EN 15038.

I'm supposed to be taking care of the quality management aspect of things. The standard is very vague about what QM would entail. Nothing wrong with that, but I'm wondering what the "checklist" should contain.

Is there anyone out there that has tried to use this standard or the ISO9001:2000. Was it/were they a help or a hindran
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I'm participating in a project at university that will be implementing the new European quality standard for Translation Services, EN 15038.

I'm supposed to be taking care of the quality management aspect of things. The standard is very vague about what QM would entail. Nothing wrong with that, but I'm wondering what the "checklist" should contain.

Is there anyone out there that has tried to use this standard or the ISO9001:2000. Was it/were they a help or a hindrance. Would you be willing to share your quality management system with us.

All and any input is welcome.

Thanks,
Anu
In case anyone's interested, the English version of the standard is here: http://www.proz.com/post/536936#536936
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Ramachandran Natarajan
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India
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I may be able tohelp Apr 28, 2007

I am a Consultant for ISO:9000 for nearly 17 yrs and pls get in touch with me. I might be able to help

Ramachandran N [email protected]


 
James O'Reilly
James O'Reilly
Germany
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Preparation Checklist for Translations EN-15038:2006 Aug 29, 2007

Swaiyam wrote:

I'm participating in a project at university that will be implementing the new European quality standard for Translation Services, EN 15038.

I'm supposed to be taking care of the quality management aspect of things. The standard is very vague about what QM would entail. Nothing wrong with that, but I'm wondering what the "checklist" should contain.

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Thanks,
Anu
In case anyone's interested, the English version of the standard is here: http://www.proz.com/post/#


I used Google Docs to create this one and more:

http://docs.google.com/

Take a look at the template:

http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dg9xxrf5_54fmnpcx

By the way, I am a trainer for TQM and QM since 1994...

James O'Reilly e-i-consulting


 


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