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Annex SL Not Adopted Via ISO Consensus, Reports Indicate
Information obtained by Oxebridge appears to indicate that the “High Level Structure” (HLS) requirements affecting all future ISO management system standards was not developed in accordance with consensus-driven, multi-stakeholder processes as touted by the organization.
Chris Paris to Present “Risky Business: Future of ISO 9001” at ASQ Huntsville May 13
Oxebridge founder and VP Operations Christopher Paris will be presenting "Risky Business: Surviving The Future of ISO 9001:2015" at the ASQ Section 1503 in Huntsville AL on May 13, 2014. This frank discussion dissects the upcoming ISO 9001:2015 edition of the...
LRQA Ban on Oxebridge Server Blocks Even Supportive Emails
The LRQA ban on any incoming email from the Oxebridge.com domain is ridiculous, and likely a serious violation of ISO 17021. They did it in response to a complaint submitted by Oxebridge, after it was learned that LRQA may have issued a “driveby” ISO 9001 certification to a company it new had been previously circulating counterfeit certificates under their name, illegally using the LRQA and UKAS logos.
Time for Rule Change: Allow ISO 9001 Certificate Marks on Products
There is a frustrating rule on the books that is crippling ISO 9001 adoption rates, and which serves no useful function whatsoever, and must be changed. This is the prohibition against using ISO 9001 certification marks on product, as defined in ISO 17021.
G31000 Discovered Harvesting LinkedIn Content, User Personal Information
The website for the G31000 Global Institute of Risk Management has been discovered to be harvesting content from its LinkedIn ISO 31000 discussion group, apparently without permission of LinkedIn and against its terms of service. Furthermore, the site is posting...
We Need An Independent, Critical Quality Press
The quality profession lacks an aspect that other professions have recognized as an important factor in ensuring their relevance and improvement: an independent critical press. Whether it's law, medicine or engineering, these professions publish journals, magazines or...
Dr. Who Game Perfectly Sums Up Risk Management Consultants’ Entire Business Model
This promo graphic for the new BBC board game RISK: THE DALEK INVASION OF EARTH accidentally captured the entire spin-doctor tactics of risk managers currently infecting the contemporary dialog on business management.
G31000 Update: Partners Not Partners, Gluck Calls LinkedIn Investigation a “Federal Crime”
Despite having personally sent multiple requests to both Alex Dali and Allen Gluck for clarifications on key points both prior to and during the running of our coverage on their G31000 group, they refused to reply. Mr. Gluck actually "advised" Mr. Dali not to respond....
Watch Out for the Self-Declared “Pros”
I recently watched the online flameout of one of Quality Digest’s newest contributing writers, a self-immolation fueled by the gasoline of one guy’s narcissism, and the lit match of a publication desperate for free content.
Oxebridge Adds New Guide to Selecting a Registrar
Adding to its growing library of free guidance documents, Oxebridge has published a guide on registrar selection.
New Oxebridge Site Rolled Out
The new Oxebridge.com website has been officially rolled out this morning, with a new interface that is scalable for both widescreen desktop usage, and mobile device access. This marks the 10th version of the website since the company’s launch in 1999.
Upcoming Oxebridge Speaking Events
The following are upcoming public training or speaking events provided by Oxebridge. IMPLEMENTING AS9100 REVISION D 2-DAY BRAINDUMP SEMINAR - May 18-19, 2017 By: Christopher Paris For: Public At: Hilton Cocoa Beach Oceanfront, Cocoa Beach FL Fee: $850 per attendee...
IAQG Suspends AS9100 Auditor Training, Pending AS9101E Release
The International Aerospace Quality Group (IAQG) has temporarily suspended all training for AS9100 auditors under its IAQG AATT accredited training scheme, pending the release of revised auditing rules under AS9101 Revision E. Once that standard is released, the...
LinkedIn Shutters G31000 Group, Alex Dali Profiles (UPDATED)
The social network LinkedIn has cancelled the account of Alex Dali, President of the G31000 Global Institute of Risk Management Standards after it was discovered that his profile contained plagiarized works and at least one false employment listing.
CERM Academy Head Hutchins: “Alex Dali is Prescient”
In a weird risk-seller back-patting moment, the head of the CERM Academy congratulated the head of G31000 as being “prescient.”
Greg Hutchins, who operates the CERM Academy which provides unaccredited Certified Enterprise Risk Management certificates to individuals, declared his love for Alex Dali, who heads the equally unaccredited G31000 Global Institute for Risk Management Standards, which also provides risk management certificates. Neither organization adheres to ISO 17024, the standard for personnel certification bodies.
CERM Academy, VUCA, The Future of Quality and A Really Risky Drug Trip
So I've been through Greg Hutchins' Youtube video of the "The Future of Quality: Risk" as part of CERM Risk Insights Newsletter # 43, and it deserves some comment. Suffice to say, it's like a weird drug trip, where everyone is insisting there are multicolored ghosts...
AS9100 Configuration Management for the Small Machine Shop
AS9100’s requirements for configuration management (CM) are well understood by the massive aerospace primes, but can present overkill and confusion for small downstream suppliers. Fortunately, for the small machine shop, the configuration management requirements can...
Perry Johnson Registrars Jumps Into SN9001 Fiasco
I suppose it was inevitable. Now Perry Johnson Registrars is offering SN9001 certification. It appears that their SN9001 certification is still unaccredited, but given that so far only 1 company in the entire world has even elected to pursue the certification, it's...
Parsing G31000: Verifying the Many Claims of Alex Dali (UPDATED)
With the recent discovery that Alex Dali, President of the G31000 Global Institute of Risk Management Standards, may be intentionally using a fake LinkedIn profile of an eyebrow model to promote his group, I started to review his claims and activities in greater...
LRQA is Just Following the Same Old CB Script
With the latest revelation that LRQA has blacklisted Oxebridge.com domain emails, and cut off all communication regarding complaints issued to it from us, it should be noted that as incredibly backwards as that move may appear, it's nothing new. In fact, LRQA is...
LRQA Blacklists Oxebridge Emails, Complaint Now In Hands of UKAS
Lloyds Register (LRQA) has instituted what appears to be a ban on incoming mail sent by Oxebridge, in an apparent attempt to cut off communication regarding an official complaint. The discovery was made after Oxebridge VP Operations Christopher Paris sent Denis Ives...
Risk Expert May Not Have Considered Risk of Creating Fake Internet Profile to Promote G31000 Group
Alex Dali, the President of G31000 Global Institute for Risk Management, an international organization dedicated to cashing in on promoting the ISO 31000 risk management standard through training seminars and personal certifications, has apparently failed to assess...
Apparently, Risk Management is Just Like Porn
(UPDATE: See below.) There's a fascinating debate going on over at LinkedIn, in the ISO 31000 forum. Here's the link, although I suggest you scroll through to the end and work backwards, because the back-and-forth between risk advocate Peter Blokland, myself and ISO...
BSI Promotional Material Directly Links its Software with Certification Services
A promotional presentation developed by BSI directly links the usage of its Entropy software with its third party certification services. ISO 17021 clause 5.2.9 mandates that accredited certification bodies may not link their marketing to consulting services. 5.2.9...
Winter is Coming: ANAB Accredits Smithers for SN9001
ANAB has finally granted accreditation to Smithers Quality Assessments to the snow and ice management standard, SN9001, closing a weird, incestuous feedback loop that would boggle the mind, if it weren't all so ridiculously dull. Let's try to spice it up. The...
The Croft Alliance Opens Three New Offices, Still Can’t Afford Spam Filter
ISO TC 176 SC2 Chair Nigel Croft's consulting firm, The Croft Alliance Global (TCA Global) has opened up three new offices, in Mexico, Brazil and India. As I've noted before, Dr. Croft's firm is made up nearly entirely of TC 176 members he poached recruited during the...
Oxebridge Escalates Complaint Against BSI to UKAS
Oxebridge has escalated its complaint against BSI to the United Kingdom Accreditation Service, or UKAS. The move comes after receipt of a one-page, unsigned denial from BSI which failed to address specific allegations made by Oxebridge. The Oxebridge complaint...
LRQA Misplaces its Office in Hungary
Whatever is going on over at Lloyds Register (LRQA) sure is trippy. I'm not sure what type of drug one needs to lose an entire country, but whatever it is, they have it in great supply over at the LRQA home office. As if the strange-enough-already case of how LRQA...
BSI Responds to Oxebridge Complaint with Anonymous Denial
BSI has responded with an unsigned denial to an official complaint from Oxebridge, which alleged its Entropy™ software violates ISO 17021 rules against accredited certification bodies providing "specific solutions" towards implementation of ISO 9001. In a short...
ISO Agrees to Create First Worldwide Database of ISO 9001 Certifications
The International Accreditation Forum (IAF) confirmed today that the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) will pursue the creation of the first global database of ISO 9001 certifications. Through a measure pushed by ISO 9001 consultant Richard Murdock...
IAQG’s “Americas Lead” Doesn’t Understand Aerospace Anti-Counterfeit Measures
This started out as an innocent debate between me and another AS9100 professional. My colleague asserted that red dykem was sufficient to "permanently mark" scrap per AS9100 clause 8.3, but his registrar cited him with a nonconformity, claiming dykem is not permanent....
LRQA Responds to Official Complaint With Lawsuit Threat
Earlier this month, we reported a story entitled "LRQA Granted ISO 9001 Certificate to Company It Never Audited." We followed this up with a formal complaint to LRQA on the matter. LRQA responded to Oxebridge by threatening a lawsuit on the grounds of libel. Prior to...
Certificate Mill Manifesto Accuses ANAB, Orion and Others of Criminal Conspiracy, Theft
Stephen Keneally of American Global Standards, an unaccredited self-accredited certificate mill operating out of Oxnard CA, has sent me the original text of Bhagavad Gita, or at least something that looks like it. It's a nearly 4,000 word screed on life, corruption,...
The ISO 9001 Apocrypha
Charles Scalies, of Source4Quality, has collated a list of "ISO Apocrypha" from a LinkedIn discussion. These represent the many, many memes, bad interpretations and oft-parroted expectations of ISO 9001 auditors that have no bearing whatsoever in ISO 9001, or are just...
The Truth About ISO Grants No One Wants You to Know
A lot of US consultants claim they have access to "ISO grants" which can help companies cut their consulting and training bill. While this is true, the consultants often use their clients ignorance of the grants to either falsely bolster their reputations, or even...
