Walking to Congress – The First Tentative Steps
Chris Paris begins the journey towards testifying before the US Congress on the flaws in the ISO 9001 certification scheme, and ANSI’s role in allowing these problems to grow.
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Author: Christopher Paris
Quality Digest’s Reporting of Alka Jarvis’ “Election” in 2005
A look back at Quality Digest’s reporting on Alka Jarvis’ 2005 election to Chair of the US TAG to TC 176.
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Complaint Against UKAS Now With European Co-Operation for Accreditation
A complaint filed with the IAF against ISO 9001 registrar UKAS is now in the hands of the European Co-operation for Accreditation.
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Sources: AS9100 to Decouple From ISO 9001 by 2020
Sources within the IAQG and AAQG have confirmed to Oxebridge that the groups intend to “decouple” AS9100 from ISO 9001 in about five years. The result will be that the IAQG creates a standalone accreditation scheme that does not rely on ANAB or other IAF accredited registrars, and the AS9100 standard itself will no longer align with ISO 9001.
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The Meme is Set: Risk-Based Thinking = Risk Management No Matter What TC 176 Says
The so-called professionals are declaring that the upcoming ISO 9001 revision’s New Age, beaded-curtain fabrication called “risk based thinking” is actually full-blown risk management, even as TC 176 scrambles to get them to stop saying this.
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