Latest News & Opinion on the ISO Certification Scheme
Alcumus ISOQAR Cuts off Complaint Updates, Cites “Confidentiality”
In response to an official complaint, UK registrar Alcumus ISOQAR is refusing to provide required updates, citing “confidentiality.”
ANAB Auditor Slept While CB Violated Accreditation Rules Eighteen Times
Oxebridge audited ANAB auditing a CB auditing a client — and things didn’t go well; ANAB’s auditor slept while CB auditor violated ISO 17021 eighteen times.
FAA Issues Warning on Dreamliner Engines Tested by AS9110 Certified Facility
The Boeing 787 Dreamliner is subject to another technical problem, this one related to engine icing which had previously been tested by an AS9110 certified facility.
Oxebridge Template Kit Updated to Version 1.5
The Oxebridge Totally Free ISO 9001:2015 QMS Documentation Template Kit has been updated to version 1.5
Oxebridge: “No Eyesore 9000” Planned For 2015 Version
Oxebridge founder Christopher Paris has announced that plans for an update to Eyesore 9000 have been tabled, as he focuses instead on his new implementation guide, Surviving ISO 9001:2015.
Site Update: SSL Switch Underway
The Oxebridge site is undergoing a migration to Secure Socket Layer (SSL) for improved security.
UK Registrar Offers Bling, Booze to Consultants Under “Diamond” Program
UK-based registrar Alcumus ISOQAR in on the receiving end of a formal Oxebridge complaint over its “Diamond” consultant referral program, which lavishes meals, gifts and alcohol on participating consultants.
Chris Paris Sells Over 100 Copies of an ISO 9001 Book He Hasn’t Even Written Yet
Oxebridge founder Chris Paris is selling copies of his book Surviving ISO 9001 without having even finished it.
[UPDATED] Guberman vs the World: G-PMC Founder’s Manifesto Against Jews, ANAB, IAF, Kosher, Democracy
The full text of ISO certificate mill operator Daryl Guberman’s antisemitic rant against Jews, ANAB, the IAF and Kosher certifications.
IAS Breaks ANAB Monopoly in US Accreditation Arena
The International Accreditation Service offers the first competition to ANAB in the US for accreditation of ISO 9001 and other management system certifications. Can it survive, though?
Another Dirty Secret: CBs Push Work to Family Member Consultants
Another dirty secret revealed: ISO 9001 registrars offload consulting services to consultancies operated by their family members, while the Accreditation Bodies ignore it.
What’s on Chris Paris’ Desk Right Now
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Free Certification For Anyone, for Anything, Because Why Not? [Repost]
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.
US TAG Falsifies Consultant Status of ASQ-Published Authors West, Cianfrani
The US TAG to TC 176 continues to falsify the “interest category” designations of Jack West and Charles Cianfrani, listing them as “individuals” in the official member roster, rather than as “consultants.”
ISO Presentations on Risk-Based Thinking Reveal US Influence, Rejection of User Feedback
Official presentations on ISO 9001:2015's development show that ISO Technical Committee 176, with significant influence by the US TAG to TC 176, had immediately begun crafting a set of talking points to convince the public that risk-based thinking was the product of...
Certificate Mill Operator Bought ISO 9001 Certificate from Another Certificate Mill Operator
[UPDATE - see below] The self-accredited certificate mill G-PMC LLC, operated by Daryl Guberman and Donald LaBelle, is now claiming it is, itself, ISO 9001:2015 certified. The certificate was provided to G-PMC by a group called Generic Management Services, which...
Color Coding ISO 9001:2015 Text Reveals Few Actual Changes from 2008
Color coding the text in ISO 9001:2015 reveals that not much has actually changed since the 2008 version.
No, Oxebridge is Not a Satanic Hacker Drunken Suicide Cult
It's not easy being the accidental reformer and whistleblower in the ISO certification industry. Over the past decade and a half, we've been called a lot of things, and accused of a lot of crimes. The partial list now includes: Blackmail Perjury Fraud Deceptive...
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ASQ Reaches New Lows [Adult Language]
ASQ is tolerating some pretty strong language, while insisting it’s upholding its Code of Ethics…. riiighhht….
“Hijack Selfie” Guy is an ISO 9001 Auditor, Because of Course He Is
The young man who took a “selfie” with a hijacker is, of course, an ISO 9001 and OHSAS 18000 auditor, with a focus on health and safety.
ISO Insists “Risk-Based Thinking” is Easy, Then Publishes Thousands of Words Explaining It
ISO has published at least ten documents, totally nearly 8,000 words, insisting that ISO 9001’s risk-based thinking is easy and automatic.
ANAB’s Knappenberger Goes “Urban” With Embarrassing TAG Presentation
ANAB CEO John Knappenberger went hip-hop in a presentation to the US TAG to TC 176. For realz, yo.
ASQ Quality Progress Refuses to Publish Articles Critical of ISO 9001
Internal review documents reveal that the editors of Quality Progress, the journal of quality management published by ASQ, refuse to publish any article critical of ISO 9001, calling into further question whether ASQ has abandoned its mission to support the quality profession and instead is acting as the marketing arm for ISO’s publishing operations.
Oxebridge Free ISO 9001:2015 Template Kit Updated
Oxebridge has updated its Totally Free ISO 9001:2015 QMS Documentation Template Kit to version 1.2.
CBs Now Offering “Ethics” Certifications, Because Ka-Ching
Now some of the ISO 9001 CBs are offering “anti corruption” certifications under the ETHIC Intelligence scheme.
ISO 13485:2016 Published — Quick First Look
ISO has published the latest revision to the medical device quality management system standard, ISO 13485:2016.
Risk-Based Thinking and the Low-Information Quality Practitioner
ISO 9001’s “Risk Based Thinking” was developed by low information practitioners, for low information users.
AS9100 Rev D Draft – Early Look at the Expected Changes
Oxebridge gets an early look at AS9100 Rev D, the upcoming revision to the aerospace QMS standard.
Annual ISO 9001 Conference Presents a Rogues Gallery of TAG Profiteers and Cronies
The latest ISO 9000 Conference is a rogues gallery of the worst TAG 176 cronies and insiders, nearly all of whom claim expertise they can’t possibly have.
Another US TAG 176 Member Wants to Hide From Constituents
Another US TAG member feels she shouldn’t be made public, despite having made herself a public face of the US TAG for at least a decade.
This Guy Summed Up the Problems in the ISO 9001 Scheme Back in 2002, and He’s Not Even in Quality
Just ran across this (hattip to user on LinkedIn) op-ed piece in a 2002 USAToday edition, by David Meister. He perfectly captured the source of the problems facing the ISO 9001 scheme: [The] problem of auditor independence is not, ultimately, about the consulting...
Source: US Registrars Falsified ISO 9001 Certificate Totals in 2013
A source within a prominent North American certification body (CB) revealed to Oxebridge that it intentionally “spiked” the numbers of ISO 9001 certificates it issued in the US in 2013 by as much as 5,000, when reporting the data to ISO for its annual ISO Survey; the source indicated that another North American CB did likewise, to a lesser degree, but later corrected the figures for the 2014 data.
What A Better Third-Party ISO 9001 Audit Might Look Like… and Cost
There is much discussion over whether the current third party conformity assessment structure is effective for ISO 9001 end users and their customers. So let’s spitball a little… what might a more robust audit program look like, and what would it cost end users?
TS 9002: The New (and Ludicrous) ISO 9001 Rosetta Stone
ISO is preparing ISO/TS 9002, a document designed to decipher all the things they made confusing in ISO 9001.
Results of Oxebridge ISO 9001:2015 Early Opinion Survey
The results of Oxebridge Quality Resources International survey on early opinions on ISO 9001:2015 from users and others in the quality profession.
