Continual improvement

Recurring activity to enhance performance (3.7.8) Note 1 to entry: The process (3.4.1) of establishing objectives (3.7.1) and finding opportunities for improvement (3.3.1) is a continual process through the use of audit findings (3.13.9) and audit conclusions (3.13.10), analysis of data (3.8.1), management (3.3.3)reviews (3.11.2) or other means and generally leads to corrective action (3.12.2) or preventive action (3.12.1). Note 2 to entry: This constitutes one of the common terms and core definitions for ISO management system standards given in Annex SL of the Consolidated ISO Supplement to the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 1. The original definition has been modified by adding Note 1 to entry.