Registrar: Accreditation Questions Like a “Crusade”, Akin to Crucifixion
I am preparing a large piece on the unaccredited registrars, but this one couldn't wait. A Lead Auditor with QualityMasters, an unaccredited certificate mill out of the Netherlands, has been making quite a fuss at LinkedIn whenever questions are asked about his...
AS9101E — Goodbye OER, Hello PEAR 2.0
IAQG's Registration Management Committee (RMC) is circulating a sudden revision to AS9101, the rules for auditing under AS9100. The Rev. E draft takes into consideration some market realities pushed by the CB's and their auditors: the previous rev D had tripled the...
PastBlast: “Beware the Sudden Experts”
Going through the old database, I found this gem from July, 2001. Warning against "The Sudden Experts" -- those consultants who claimed expertise on a standard that hadn't even been released yet -- the piece is as relevant now as it was then. This piece came on the...
How IAQG Could Have Spent $750 to Shut Down AS9100 Certificate Mills Forever
I'll have another piece shortly on the rise of the unaccredited certificate mills in AS9100, but in researching that, I came across a shockingly dumb oversight by IAQG which basically handed the keys to the con men. First, some basics. IAQG develops the AS9100 family...
AAQG Suspends RABQSA, Shutting Down Aerospace Auditor Certifications
We're watching this one closely, but my sources tell me that the Registration Management Committee (RMC) of the AAQG has suspended RABQSA and halted their ability to issue new AS9100 and related auditor certifications. Sources have indicated that it was due a...
Boeing Rushed Dreamliner (AP)
I'm monitoring this story closely. Will this be the "Seldon Crisis" that pushes AS9100 weaknesses into the forefront, and finally drives change? Early indications are ... no. Boeing may yet dodge a bullet on that. Via AP: "From the Start, Dreamliner Jet Program Was...
Registrar Offloading Work Onto Client: A Growing Trend?
The "PEAR Controversy" has almost run its course, with a denouement yet to be played out (but coming), and the feedback on the matter has settled into roughly three camps. First, though, a background: it's been discovered that registrar auditors have been having...
What Developing Nations Can Teach Us About ISO 9001
There is much cynical, if nevertheless true, discussion about the decline of ISO 9001's impact, usefulness, merits, etc. We've seen a lot of comments about how ISO 9001 hasn't achieved what it intended, and how it doesn't necessarily result in an improved QMS. But the...
ISO Survey 2012 Data Released – First Impressions
ISO has released its annual ISO Survey report, giving totals on ISO 9001 certifications worldwide. In good news, it is releasing the information for free this year (prompted, I'm told, by poor sales of last year's report.) In not-so-good news, they password-protected...
ISO Releases Standard on “People Involvement”
I'll have more on this soon, as I delve deeper. Here is ISO 10018, the new standard on "Guidelines on People Involvement and Competence." Getting the best out of people - ISO 10018 aids ISO 9001 implementation (source: ISO.org) Seems ISO's view of "involvement of...