The process of handling consumer complaints – an outline of a new approach

Abstract

The purpose of the article is to analyze the application of the standard concerning complaint managing in organization management. It has been assessed whether acting according to the requirements of the PN-ISO 10002:2006 standard enables the organization to meet the legal requirements regarding complaints. In addition to this, as part of the job aim, an attempt was made to develop a scheme of complaints process. Moreover as part of the objective of the work, an attempt to develop an ideogram of process correlation in the organization with a hierarchical location of the complaint was made. It has been shown in the paper, that the implementation of the requirements of the PNISO 10002:2006 standard allows compliance with applicable legal provisions regarding the handling of complaints. A diagram of the complaint handling process developed on the basis of the PN-ISO 10002:2006 standard and legal provisions is also presented in the publication. It should be noted that in the presented process map, the process of managing complaints belongs to the group of main processes. A consumer-oriented pattern of process structures shows evidence of a conscious organization policy in dealing with complaints. This means that the quality of the products of the organization is an element of the organization operating strategy. This issue is taken into account from the point of view of improving the efficiency of management and compliance with the law.