by Christopher Paris | Aug 8, 2018 | Opinion |
Meet the “9001 Council.” I put that in ironic quotes because it doesn’t appear that the organization actually exists in any formal way, other than as a website. It doesn’t list any actual humans behind it, masks its website domain registration...
by Christopher Paris | Aug 4, 2018 | Opinion |
NASA has announced the names of the astronauts chosen to fly in the SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule and Boeing’s Starliner, and the list includes Sunita Williams. Williams will be on team Boeing, but she had previously operated the International Space Station robotic...
by Christopher Paris | Aug 1, 2018 | Opinion |
Quick hit: I urge those who are tasked with writing ISO 9001 procedures or quality system documentation to read this excellent article by Mark Nichol of Daily Writing Tips. I’ll forgive the site for using a number in the headline, making it look click-baity,...
by Christopher Paris | Jul 27, 2018 | Humor, Opinion |
I’ve completed the presentation materials for a short, 45-minute ASQ dinner presentation entitled “Three Steps ASQ Must Take To Become A Member-Focused Organization,” so am inviting one plucky ASQ Section to dare the Milwaukee HQ and book it. My...
by Christopher Paris | Jul 13, 2018 | Best Of, Opinion |
[The following is a full sample chapter from my book Surviving ISO 9001:2015. It discusses how ISO mutated the definition of the word “consensus” so that it actually means the opposite of the common meaning, in order to ensure it can publish standards...
by Christopher Paris | Jul 9, 2018 | Opinion |
The IAF just released an update to its Mandatory Document # 4 (“MD4”), entitled “The Use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) For Auditing / Assessment Purposes.” You can download that mouthful here. Essentially, the IAF’s...
by Christopher Paris | Jul 4, 2018 | Opinion |
Recently it was learned that Sheronda Jeffries, a rising star in the ISO 9001 scene and an influential member of the US TAG to TC 176 which authors the ISO 9000 series of standards, had polled members of her other organization, the Telecommunications Industry of...
by Christopher Paris | Jul 3, 2018 | Opinion |
ISO consultant and previous ASQ Quality Press author Milt Dentch has released a white paper called “The Negative Impact of Annex SL on ISO Management Systems Standards,” and it’s a remarkable read. You can download the PDF file here. Dentch is the...
by Christopher Paris | Jun 20, 2018 | Opinion |
ASQ is trying (again) to get a discussion forum board running on its website. Only members can post, but everyone can read it, and right now there’s a fairly remarkable exchange going on since early May launched by member Doug Sadtler. The discussion was over...
by Christopher Paris | Jun 7, 2018 | Opinion |
The outcome on this was expected, but at least now it’s official. Despite the World Trade Organization developing international regulations governing trade, the WTO actually has no mechanism to enforce those regulations when violations are carried out by an...
