For years I’ve written at length about Annex L (and its predecessor, Annex SL), and why it’s such a disaster for ISO standards and the development committees that slavishly support it. I thought I’d summarize my points, however, to make it easier to understand.
The issue is important, because ISO management system standards affect millions of companies worldwide, and have follow-on impacts in endless industries that assume such standards are the product of industry subject matter experts and international consensus. Annex L disproves both these key points.
Despite the fact that ISO TMB is taking away the only job they have and usurping standards-writing responsibilities from them, Annex L’s sycophantic supporters will decry this as “fake news.” To preempt this knee-jerk (and wholly false) claim, I’m providing the following arguments with justified reasons or evidence.
So without further delay, here are the key points on why Annex L is so toxic:
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Christopher Paris is the founder and VP Operations of Oxebridge. He has over 35 years’ experience implementing ISO 9001 and AS9100 systems, and helps establish certification and accreditation bodies with the ISO 17000 series. He is a vocal advocate for the development and use of standards from the point of view of actual users. He is the writer and artist of THE AUDITOR comic strip, and is currently writing the DR. CUBA pulp novel series. Visit www.drcuba.world
