BSI has begun issuing “Statements of Compliance” for ISO 31000, the ISO standard on risk management, despite that standard clearly stating that such usage is not intended.
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Oxebridge has confirmed that at least one recipient of ARM 9009 certifications underwent an audit...
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The Daryl Guberman / IndustrialPR Net machine is in full swing in the past two months, pushing a newly created certification scheme called ARM9009, purporting to be for firearm manufacturers. There’s a problem though: the claims being made by Guberman and friends appear to range from highly distorted representations to absolute falsehoods. Let’s look at some of them.
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Accredited certifications becoming meaningless because of systemic refusal to hold parties accountable? As always, Oxebridge has the solution. If quality is free, then fake quality is free-er. Just stop paying altogether, and certify yourself to whatever the hell you want using our handy fill-in-the-blank certificate.
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Quality has always been a profession lacking in unity and vision. With rare exceptions, few rock stars have emerged to drive quality forward, and nearly none since the retirements of Crosby and Juran. We have watched our profession waft from fence post to fence post, pausing only temporarily on “the next big thing,” such as quality circles, statistical process control, Lean, Six Sigma, and ISO 9001. Nowadays, the loudest salesman is often the only voice left in quality. So it’s not a surprise that ISO caved to the newest, loudest salesman: the risk sellers.
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