API Spec Q1 PDF
This specification establishes minimum quality management system requirements for organizations that provide products for use in the petroleum and natural gas industry.
This specification has been developed to address quality management systems for organizations in the petroleum and natural gas industry. It defines the fundamental quality management system requirements for organizations claiming conformity to this specification.
This specification promotes the integration of a process approach into the application of specific sections when developing, implementing, and improving the effectiveness of a quality management system. This provides for continuous control over the stated requirements, as well as facilitating the overlap of processes.
For an organization to function effectively, it has to determine and manage numerous linked activities. An activity that transforms inputs into outputs can be considered a process. Process activities include determination of needs throughout the organization, provision of resources and product realization, identification of the proper sequence or order in a series of activities, monitoring and measuring the effectiveness of the activities performed, and applying changes or corrections to those activities as needed.
