by Christopher Paris | Jun 16, 2019 | Opinion
The folks at TexasQA have interviewed me for their popular QualityMatters podcast, and we chatted for about a half an hour about the various problems facing the ISO 9001 certification scheme, as the shadiness of some of the auditors, certification bodies and...
by Christopher Paris | Jun 11, 2019 | Opinion
The International Accreditation Forum (IAF) has updated its “Mandatory Document # 5” — called MD5 colloquially — which defines the minimum number of audit days expected for ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and ISO 45001 management system audits. Despite...
by Christopher Paris | Jun 11, 2019 | Opinion
Quick hit: I’m quoted in this piece by Dr. James Kline on the dubious sale of ISO 31000 certificates and the trending decline in overall ISO certs worldwide. Full disclosure: I’ve criticized Greg Hutchins, the blog’s owner, for cynically selling his...
by Christopher Paris | Jun 11, 2019 | Opinion
It took long enough, but the FAA has finally issued an airworthiness directive (AD) warning the aviation industry about the potentially defective slat tracks installed on some Boeing 737 aircraft. Boeing announced the problem over a week ago, and the FAA remained...
by Christopher Paris | Jun 11, 2019 | Opinion
It took only 24 hours from my last post (“IAF CertSearch Database of ISO Certificates Goes Live, and It’s a Mess”) before the IAF had to shut down their new website featuring a “global” database of ISO certificates. It seems that other than the...
by Christopher Paris | Jun 8, 2019 | Opinion
The IAF has released its “CertSearch” database website, allowing users to search and verify ISO 9001 and other certificates. The site is the culmination of a few years of work by IAF, after decades of attempts by various other bodies to present a single,...
by Christopher Paris | Jun 7, 2019 | Opinion
Within the last week, Boeing announced that a number of 737MAX and 737 NG airplanes are currently in operation with potentially defective components known as “slat tracks,” which help control the forward flight surfaces on the aircrafts’ wings. The...
by Christopher Paris | Jun 5, 2019 | Opinion
Meet Globus Certifications, a Pakistan-based ISO 9001 registrar that claims accreditation in the US by the International Accreditation Service (IAS), currently one of the only US-based competitors to ANAB. IAS is facing criticism for opening the US market to a flood...
by Christopher Paris | May 18, 2019 | Opinion, Uncategorized
We reported earlier that SAPA Extrusions, since reformed as Hydro Extrusions, was responsible for over a decade of aluminum test data falsification that was later proven to be responsible for the loss of two NASA rocket missions, costing taxpayers $700 million. News...
by Christopher Paris | May 15, 2019 | Opinion
I’m happy, if exhausted, to announce that my next book Surviving AS9100 Rev. D is now at the printers, and being prepped for simultaneous publication as a hardcopy paperback edition as well as a tablet-ready e-book. I’d like to thank all those that bought...
