There are many interpretations as to what, exactly, ISO 9001 certification means. Is it a third party assessment of pure conformity to ISO 9001 requirements? Or is it a confirmation of process effectiveness? Or both? Neither?...
Read MoreRABQSA has announced that its suspension by the AAQG Registration Management Committee for issuing AS9100 auditor certifications has been lifted. The suspension ended on February 9th. RABQSA has alerted its customers and users...
Read MoreI am preparing a large piece on the unaccredited registrars, but this one couldn’t wait. A Lead Auditor with QualityMasters, an unaccredited certificate mill out of the Netherlands, has been making quite a fuss at LinkedIn...
Read MoreIAQG’s Registration Management Committee (RMC) is circulating a sudden revision to AS9101, the rules for auditing under AS9100. The Rev. E draft takes into consideration some market realities pushed by the CB’s and...
Read MoreGoing through the old database, I found this gem from July, 2001. Warning against “The Sudden Experts” — those consultants who claimed expertise on a standard that hadn’t even been released yet —...
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