It started as all ISO-related fiascoes do, with a simple question. Over at our “Ask the So-Called Expert” page, user “TSGoneAstray” asked if the IATF recognized self-accredited certificates mills. The answer also seemed simple. But, alas, these things never go as planned.
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When it comes to poor audits, and bad auditors, the old trope “a few bad apples” always comes up. The problem is that the phrase is presented as a fact, when it’s just an opinion, and devoid of any actual data. It minimizes the problem of poor certification auditing/auditors and dooms us to a future without any incentive to fix it.
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In recent days UKAS ruled that BSI’s Entropy® software does not constitute consulting, and therefore BSI has not violated ISO 17021 by then certifying Entropy® users. We here at Oxebridge have argued otherwise. So who’s right? Let’s check facts.
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ISO consultants love to parrot each other. One dummy will say something that sounds reasonably...
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Regularly updated, this thread follows the progress of two high-level complaints filed with UKAS against accredited registrars BSI and LRQA.
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