Institute of European Standards and Quality 
Equipment and application
Industrial equipment is considered in the context of its function, operating conditions and installation. Boundaries between an item, an assembly and the wider system must be clear. The same equipment may raise different questions in a different application.
Quality and supply-chain risks
Purchasing specifications, material substitutions, process changes and configuration control can affect the reliability of evidence. A quality project should identify the decision or risk concerned rather than treating a supplier questionnaire as a conclusion about equipment suitability.
Technical basis
The agreed criteria may include specifications, relevant standards or a defined evaluation framework. Information must identify the actual equipment and condition examined. A record from another configuration, site or production period requires a reasoned basis before use.
Project activities
Work can be scoped around document review, supplier quality or a particular technical evidence issue. Access, sampling and site activities are agreed where applicable. Statutory inspection and certification require their own identified arrangements.
Reports and their use
A report states the equipment or process, criteria, evidence and limitations. It may support a purchasing or quality decision without constituting authority to commission, operate or place equipment on a market.
Technical resources
Supplier quality guidance and technical publications can assist with specifications, evidence requests and the interpretation of findings. The resource's scope remains relevant to its use.
Discuss an equipment project
Provide the equipment type, application, purchasing or quality question and available records. Identify any legal inspection or other formal result separately.