UK registrar ExVeritas claims in its marketing that UKAS accreditation “is your guarantee that your ISO9001 Certification will be recognised and respected by any procurement team or buyer worldwide.” Which is, of course, entirely bullshit. UKAS is under more and more scrutiny for the lack of trust its mark has, and the troubles companies with its mark keep getting into.
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Oxebridge releases its analysis of the ISO Survey 2018 data, revealing disturbing trends not highlighted in ISO’s official report.
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Chris Paris appears on the QualityMatters podcast — this time with video — to discuss ISO’s conflicted standards development practices.
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ISO ignored calls to adopt a “maturity model” approach to its standards, and now its competitors are freezing it out of the growing trend triggered by CMMI.
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The latest excuse by ISO 9001 registrars who quote low prices for audits is that the “IAF doesn’t mandate pricing.”
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