by Christopher Paris | Apr 24, 2018 | Best Of, Guidance Document
As written about a lot on this site, ISO 9001 and AS9100 auditors do an awful lot of consulting during audits, even though it’s prohibited; after all, the last time an industry tolerated consultants auditing their own work, we got the Enron scandal and...
by OQRI | Apr 5, 2018 | Guidance Document, Template Kit
Oxebridge has released version 1.10 of its Totally Free ISO 9001:2015 QMS Documentation Template Kit. The kit provides a full set of customizable ISO 9001 document templates any company can use to build their quality management system, and relies on free software to...
by Christopher Paris | Dec 10, 2017 | Guidance Document
In recent days, I’ve been approached by a growing number of small companies seeking the lowest-cost options for implementing a quality system compliant to ISO 9001 or AS9100. These are typically companies seeking to implement the standards for the first time,...
by Christopher Paris | Sep 14, 2017 | Guidance Document
An arcane detail that nearly every ISO 9001 certified company misses is the assignment of industry codes to your QMS scope by your Certification Body (CB, or “registrar.”) These are typically expressed as a set of SIC and NACE codes, and are then used to...
by Christopher Paris | Sep 13, 2017 | Guidance Document
The “process approach” to QMS management has been around since the 2000 edition of ISO 9001, but it’s confused everyone to no end. Making matters worse, the new ISO 9001:2015 standard rewrote the language surrounding the requirements, making it less...
by OQRI | Sep 5, 2017 | Guidance Document
[The following is a full chapter excerpted from the book Surviving ISO 9001:2015 by Christopher Paris. The book is available for purchase at www.survivingiso9001.com.] If you recall, I mentioned that the entirety of the COTO Exercise was building up to the development...
by Christopher Paris | Aug 1, 2017 | Guidance Document
AS9100 Revision D adds a few new requirements that are confusing to some users. Here are some invaluable third-party sources of information and support which can help you address the more complicated and unusual AS9100 clauses. Counterfeit Part Control The Rev D...
by OQRI | Jul 30, 2017 | Guidance Document
The Oxebridge Totally Free ISO 9001:2015 QMS Documentation Template Kit has been updated to version 1.9, and is available for immediate download, either as a full document set, or as individual files. Click here to access the free download links. You do not need to...
by Christopher Paris | Jul 29, 2017 | Guidance Document
The Totally Free AS9100 QMS Documentation Template Kit With Extra Awesomeness (or TGAS9100QMSDTKWEAv1.1) has been updated to version 1.1, and we invite you to go grab it so you can have all that extra awesome sauce to pour all over your aircraft and spacecraft parts....
by Christopher Paris | Jul 19, 2017 | Guidance Document
I’m going to admit this. A few weeks ago, I was ambivalent about ITAR, the International Traffic in Arms regulations, and often literally dismissed it by telling clients “you can download a free manual off the internet and call it a day.” A few days...
