Quality Management at Brookhaven

Provides technical assistance to ensure that departments and divisions fulfill the BNL Quality Assurance Program. The QP&SO has changed to the Quality Management Office (QMO), as of Nov. 10, 2003. This change is a part of reorganization of the operations support  structure that was announced by the Lab Director.

This reorganization resulted in the Performance-Based Management functions under the Office of Management Services (OMS), the Standards-Based Management System (SBMS) office and the former QP&SO merging into the Quality Management Office.

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The Quality Management Office is responsible for:

• Carrying out the day-to-day operational aspects of the Quality Management System.
• Performing an annual review, as a minimum, of the Brookhaven National Laboratory Quality Assurance Program Description (QAP) and its Implementation Plan (QAIP), documenting major changes and submitting them to DOE, with updates, for review and approval as required.
• Providing professional assistance, guidance, and training to BNL personnel in matters pertaining to quality as appropriate.
• Assisting Laboratory management with independent and self-assessments, upon request.
• Capturing and selectively distributing Lessons Learned from BNL and DOE work experiences that have applicability to a larger audience.
• Managing the BNL Assessment Tracking System (ATS).
• Managing the BNL Occurrence Reporting and Processing System (ORPS).
• Performance-based management functions.
• Develop policies, standards of performance, and Laboratory-wide procedures and guidelines that are current, accurate, and relevant to their work. 
• Manage the functions of the SBMS website.

Last Modified: August 11, 2004

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