by Christopher Paris | Feb 14, 2019 | Opinion
For companies purchasing and utilizing electronic components, the firm ERAI is a mandatory resource for information on counterfeit products hitting the market. Recently, ERAI ran a blog post listing a host of websites known or suspected to be selling counterfeit...
by Christopher Paris | Feb 2, 2019 | Opinion
Well, that was quick. Just hours after publishing an article on how US TAG 176 Chair Paul Palmes went AWOL, I learned that Boeing’s Alan Daniels was elected the new Chair, in a silent and very, very quiet election that no one outside of the TAG even knew...
by Christopher Paris | Feb 2, 2019 | Opinion
(UPDATE: I answered my own question, here. A new TAG Chair was elected, in secret.) Bear with me, because rather than report on a subject, I’m asking an honest answer. I invite anyone with insight to clarify things for me, to the extent that they can (write me...
by Christopher Paris | Feb 1, 2019 | Opinion
I’m not sure what’s worse, ASQ’s hamfisted efforts to get its members to side with China over the United States, or its public-facing bungling of its attempts to do so. A reader caught my article from two days ago on how ASQ’s new pro-China...
by Christopher Paris | Jan 31, 2019 | Opinion
ASQ has really dug in on its support of China, signaling the William Troy leadership era is likely to be marked by bad decisions backed by entrenched inflexibility. It’s not quite a good time to be promoting China, but Troy’s apparently hoping that...
by Christopher Paris | Jan 17, 2019 | Opinion
Smithers has pulled its “ISO 14001 Gap Analysis Tool” which featured just over half of the ISO 14001 standard, copied and pasted, with Smithers invoking copyright over the entire thing. That came within hours of my reporting on their copyright faux pas....
by Christopher Paris | Jan 16, 2019 | Opinion
The IAQG’s Buddy Cressionnie and Alan Daniels are busy booking appearances at the upcoming ISO 9000 Conference, but apparently can’t find the time to answer official questions regarding the AS9100 scheme inside the OASIS “Feedback” system. For...
by Christopher Paris | Jan 15, 2019 | Opinion
UPDATE see below. The registrar Smithers Quality Assessments (SQA) just published an ISO 14001 “gap analysis” tool that includes a massive portion of the ISO 14001:2015 standard itself, meaning you don’t have to actually buy the standard from ISO or...
by Christopher Paris | Jan 14, 2019 | Opinion
The website ISOUpdate.com claims to be an “independent website that aims to provide information, resources, and updates around the Standards and Certification industry,” but if you scratch the surface this doesn’t appear quite true. They popped up...
by Christopher Paris | Jan 9, 2019 | Opinion
UPDATE see below. The International Accreditation Forum (IAF) has released a survey asking respondents about their views on the IAF rules for minimum audit days. These rules, published in IAF “Mandatory Document Nr. 5” (MD5) affect all ISO management...
