by Christopher Paris | Oct 19, 2018 | Opinion |
As reported, the ISO Technical Management Board (TMB) is at it again, convening a group to begin an early “fix” of Annex SL, the document that defines the mandatory “high-level structure” (HLS) that all ISO management system standards have to...
by Christopher Paris | Oct 18, 2018 | Opinion |
ASQ is suffering from a serious image problem in recent years. Not only is its membership increasingly irritated by hamfisted decisions made by the ASQ headquarters in Milwaukee, but the organization has taken bizarre, backward-facing positions on key issues such as...
by Christopher Paris | Oct 16, 2018 | Opinion |
It was probably to be expected, as the same thing happened with my first book, but the publication date for Surviving AS9100 Rev. D is slipping. I promised October, but I’m still writing it and October is halfway over, so I am not sure when this will be edited...
by Christopher Paris | Oct 15, 2018 | Opinion |
Meet Hannelore Font, the former Quality Director of Poly Implant Prothèse. Ms. Font was arrested and sentenced to two years in prison for her role in the PIP breast implant scandal, where it was discovered the company had intentionally used lower-quality industrial...
by Christopher Paris | Oct 12, 2018 | Opinion |
The lengths ISO industry consultants and sales reps will go to in order to spin truth is getting out of hand. It’s become routine to be able to point out the overt falsehoods in most of the marketing done by certification bodies, for example; just look at that...
by Christopher Paris | Sep 21, 2018 | Opinion |
Quality assurance expert Mike Gospodinsky is pursuing his doctorate, and needs volunteers to fill out this survey on their experiences with “remote auditing techniques” in the ISO 9001 and other management system auditing schemes. The survey should take...
by Christopher Paris | Sep 15, 2018 | Opinion |
As reported earlier, ISO has just released its latest ISO Survey report, with data up to 2017. This report collects the total certifications for ISO 9001, 14001 and other standards, and is typically trotted out by ISO as a marketing piece, and typically with some...
by Christopher Paris | Sep 11, 2018 | Opinion |
The William Troy leadership era of ASQ will go down in history as being beset by the strangest, backward management decisions ever. Not only has ASQ forced its members to go all-in on supporting China — even pushing the new Board Chair Elmer Corbin into telling...
by Christopher Paris | Sep 10, 2018 | Opinion |
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) purports to be the UK’s advertising watchdog agency, tasked with issuing official rulings sanctioning British companies that engage in false advertising. In 1997, the ASA cited BSI for false advertising after a complaint...
by Christopher Paris | Sep 10, 2018 | Opinion |
It’s not clear what the thinking process is over at the ASQ headquarters, but it’s increasingly bizarre. CEO William Troy, General Counsel Ann Jordan and the ASQ Board have lost an incredible opportunity to de-escalate a growing conflict between ASQ and...
