ABSTRACT
As noted earlier, once the lists preceded by “shall” and the numerous “and”s are taken into consideration, P
4.1 contains 23 distinct, high-level requirements.* P
4.1 is an excellent distillation of the requirements in ISO 9001:2000. Unfortunately, although 21 of the 23 requirements are satisfied as a result of collectively satisfying requirements in other paragraphs, two of the requirements appear only in P
4.1. The two requirements unique to P
4.1 are
P
4.1
b
also refers to interactions, which are thoroughly discussed in conjunction with P
4.2.2
c
.
