Latest News & Opinion on the ISO Certification Scheme
Facing Quality Issues, Navistar Won’t Verify Whether It Has ISO 9001 Certification
Truck manufacturer Navistar won’t confirm its ISO 9001 certification, while it faces a raft of class action suits and a fraud judgment.
Praadis Faked QAS CMMI Level 5 Certificates
The unaccredited certificate mill QAS Ltd. has begun issuing CMMI Maturity Level 5 certificates called “illegitimate” by the official CMMI Institute.
Wastewater Treatment Company Under Criminal Investigation Still Holds ISO 14001 from BSI
BSI continues to certify Southern Water to ISO 14001 despite UK regulators having fined the company £126 million and launching a criminal probe for waste spills and reporting fraud.
ASCO Not the Supplier of 737 Slat Tracks, South Korea Suspected
Oxebridge has confirmed that ASCO is not the manufacturer of the defective 737MAX slat tracks, but instead the defects likely come from South Korea.
SpaceX Criminal Trial Relies on Evidence from Firm Holding Self-Accredited ISO 9001 Certificate
The contract source inspection company used by SpaceX, whose evidence has been entered in a criminal trial involving forged inspection records, holds ISO 9001 from a self-accredited certificate mill.
IAF User Advisory Committee Chair Made a Video, and It Makes No Goddamn Sense
IAF made a video and it’s a mess.
Registrar AMPLUS Falsely Claims “Accreditation” by State of Ohio
Certificate mill AMPLUS falsely claims it is accredited to issue ISO 9001 certificates by the State of Ohio, something the State of Ohio doesn’t really do.
Oxebridge’s ISO 9001 Template Kit Updated to ver. 1.12
Oxebridge has updated its free ISO 9001 QMS Documentation Template kit to version 1.11, which includes a sample COTO Log with risk register and opportunities already populated.
IAQG Rule Will Split Some ISO 9001 / AS9100 Audits
IAQG has ruled that for clients to undergo simultaneous ISO 9001 and AS9100 audits, their QMS scope must be technically and geographically identical.
Oxebridge Files FOIA To Unmask Supplier of Defective Boeing 737 Slat Tracks
Oxebridge has filed a Freedom of Information Act request to unmask the supplier responsible for defective slat tracks sold to Spirit AeroSystems and installed on various Boeing commercial aircraft.
ASQ, QuEST Forum Assisted in Knowledge Transfer to Huawei
A Fellow of the QuEST Forum and ASQ was responsible for quality knowledge transfer to Huawei, acting as their VP of Global Quality for over a decade.
Listen to Chris Paris Interview on QualityMatters Podcast
Oxebridge founder Christopher Paris was interviewed on the QualityMatters podcast and discusses scandals in the ISO 9001 CB community, certifying heroin dealers, and other lunacies.
Boeing Supplier ASCO Shut Down After Ransomware Attack
Boeing supplier ASCO has shut down operations after a ransomware attack locked all systems, affecting its entire global operations.
Manufacturer of Flammable Materials Which Caused Grenfell Tower Fire Still Holds ISO 9001
Arconic, the company responsible for the flammable cladding material which caused the deadly Grenfell Towers fire, still holds ISO 9001 certification issued by Bureau Veritas.
IAF Releases Another Mandatory Document That Registrars Can Ignore
the IAF has updated MD5, the “mandatory document” that defines minimum audit duration, and which CBs pretty much ignore anyway.
James Kline on ISO 31000 and ISO Cert Decline
Christopher Paris is quoted in an article at CERM Academy on the dubious claims of ISO 31000 certification, and the decline in ISO certs worldwide.
FAA Finally Issues Airworthiness Directive on Boeing’s Slat Track Defects
The FAA finally released an airworthiness directive warning of slat trck problems on the Boeing 737 aircraft, as well as another AD related to problems with 737 fuel tank ignition systems.
IAF CertSearch Website Down Already, But You Saw That Coming
The IAF CertSearch website is down already because, you know, IAF.
IAF CertSearch Database of ISO Certificates Goes Live, and It’s a Mess
The IAF has gone live with its CertSearch website, allowing users to verify ISO certs, but the site essentially doesn’t work, and is filled with errors, test data, and empty search results.
UPDATED: Why Won’t Boeing, Spirit Name Manufacturer of Defective 737 Slat Tracks?
Boeing and Spirit AeroSystems are refusing to name the manufacturer of defective slat tracks installed on 737 aircraft prompting questions as to what they are hiding.
Competing Registrar Just Outright Steals Perry Johnson’s Identity
A Pakistan-based registrar claiming accreditation with the US body IAS has opened a Facebook account which steals the identity of one of the most famous American CB founders in ISO 9001 history.
Spirit AeroSystems Exposed Employees to Carcinogens While Certified by OHSAS 18001 by DNV-GL
Spirit AeroSystems was fined for exposing workers to carcinogenic hexavalent chromium, even as it held OHSAS 18001 occupational health and safety certification issued by DNV-GL.
Accreditation Bodies Formally Ignore Official ISO Standard Ruling
The EA accreditation group has not only ruled that it rejects an official ISO/CASCO clarification, but it then directs its members, such as UKAS, to specifically violate the rule.
NQA Senior Manager Berated Client for Choosing Consultant, Claims No Rules Were Broken
NQA Quality Director Arlen Chapman faces an official complaint after threatening problems for a client who hired Oxebridge to assist it in closing findings after an AS9100 audit.
Company That Forged Source Inspection Reports Submitted to SpaceX Held AS9100 Certification
PMI industries was found to have forged source inspection documents for parts later sold to SpaceX, even as it held AS9100 certification issued by NSF-ISR.
BSI Goes Silent After Certifying Company That Falsified Aerospace Material Test Data
BSI awarded ISO 9001 to a company found to have previously falsified aluminum extrusion data, and which was banned from all goverment contracting because of the criminal activities.
UK Researcher Debunks 5 x 5 Risk Priority Matrices as “Misleading and Completely Meaningless”
Dr. Melvyn Langford has published an article in UK Health Estate Journal debunking the concepts of risk priority numbers and the 5 x 5 risk matrix.
Surviving AS9100 Now At Printers, Here’s the Table of Contents
Chris Paris has completed Surviving AS9100 Rev. D and sent the manuscript to the printers, but you can get a glimpse of the book’s content through this sneak peek of the Table of Contents.
Internal Documents Show ISO Thinks Risk Is Negative, Period.
Multiple annual reports and internal documents show that ISO uses the word “risk” to mean solely negative effects of uncertainty, even as it pushes the world to embrace “positive risk” in order to sell standards.
Obscure German Lawsuit Sets Stage for “Permanent” CB Accreditation
A German court has ruled that accreditation bodies cannot provide time limits in their accreditation contracts, opening the door to “permanent accreditation.”
Read TC 176’s Ballot on Changing the Definition or “Risk” in Annex SL
Oxebridge obtained the official ballot for TC 176 members to vote on changes to the definition of “risk” in Annex SL, which will impact on ISO 9001, and it reveals the entire process is rigged.
Annex SL Being Renamed, and Why That Proves It’s Bad for Standards
The ISO TMB is renaming Annex SL to “Annex L” and the naming reveals a far more nefarious and dangerous plot than you’d imagine.
Exactly 4,000 Years Later, ISO Still In-Fighting to Standardize “Risk”
TMB is back to the drawing board, re-doing Annex SL and arguing — again — over the definition of “risk.”
Quality Magazine Awarded Company That Falsified Aluminum Extrusion Data
Quality Magazine gave its “Quality Leadership 100” award to SAPA, a company that a year earlier was reported as having falsified test data on aluminum extrusions for two decades, and which was responsible for two NASA rocket failures.
IAQG Creates Online AS9100 Audit Day Calculator Because CBs Can’t Use a Simple Table
The IAQG has partnered with Wichita State University to create a complex online tool that harvests AS9100 user data, all because CB auditors cannot manage looking up something on a simple, printed two column table.
