PastBlast: “Beware the Sudden Experts”
Going 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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How IAQG Could Have Spent $750 to Shut Down AS9100 Certificate Mills Forever
I’ll have another piece shortly on the rise of the unaccredited certificate mills in AS9100, but in researching that, I came across a shockingly dumb oversight by IAQG which basically handed the keys to the con men. First,...
Read MoreTop Ten Mistakes ISO 9001 Consultants Make – Part 2
(Part 1 of this article can be found here.) Continuing on the top 10 mistakes made by ISO 9001 consultants, in no particular order: 6.) Training the client to be a consultant. Consultants often don’t realize that by...
Read MoreTop Ten Mistakes ISO 9001 Consultants Make – Part 1
This marks the first of a series of “How to Be an Excellent ISO 9001 Consultant” articles; it would equally apply to consultants of other management systems including AS9100, ISO 14001, TS 16949, etc. Here I present...
Read MoreNSF Acquires INASSA Peru
Ann Arbor MI – NSF International has acquired the INASSA Group of Lima, Peru, a leader in the Peruvian market in quality control, analytical testing, certifications, inspections, training and consulting. The INASSA Group...
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