How to Address Configuration Management
I was posed with a question the other day: how to address Configuration Management in AS9120? In essence, the client […]
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Now Available on Udemy: How not to Fail at ISO9001
My latest course, “How Not to Fail at ISO9001” is now available on Udemy, which is the famous online training
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ISO9001 Fast Track Failure Modes
As a public service, we are going to talk about the ISO9001 Fast Track Failure Modes. I’ve decided to write
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The Case of the “Unsafety Shoes” (Part 2)
This is the second part of the unpredictably long story involving “safety shoes”, as required by various companies. Based on
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ISO9001: Responding to Poorly Written CAR
In addition to my various auditing jobs, I also “get audited” once a year. I have far from a perfect
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Factors to Consider while Choosing an ISO9001 Registrar
I’ve worked as an auditor for three registrars. I “get audited” in my role as quality manager by a fourth. My consulting clients “get audited” by 5-6 others. Therefore I, a person with exposure to 10 different registrars, have something to contribute on the topic of choosing an ISO9001 Registrar.
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ISO9001: Why Your Corrective Actions Aren’t Working
I am in 50 businesses a year, and the most common and serious problem I see is lack of an effective corrective action program. Your corrective actions aren’t working for a reason. The corrective action program is the most important thing in ISO. Without it, you don’t change anything. Nothing improves.
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How to Spot a Fake ISO Certificate
We need to talk about this. One of the reasons people go through all of the ISO registration stuff in
How To Prepare for an ISO audit at the last minute
This is a scenario I see all the time: The quality manager in a place leaves, and a replacement is hired right before the audit, (this may be you). There is a last minute panic about how to prepare for the audit. Quite often, not always, the new quality manager is less experienced and there are high expectations. This is a chance for the replacement to be the hero or heroine.
How to become an ISO Auditor
In the course of my travels, the most common question I get is “How do you become an ISO auditor?”
