Cyber AB Releases Consulting Tool, “Demolishes” Pretense of Objectivity, ISO 17011 Conformity
The Cyber AB’s “CRT” tool would give unfair advantage to some end users, and not others.
DoD Inspector General to Audit CMMC Program and AB Oversight
The DODIG announced it will begin an audit of the DoD’s accreditation activities for CMMC in mere days.
Nominees for ISO 9001 Rewrite Committee Include No Actual Users
Of nine nominees, six are private consultants and three are from national standards bodies; none are end-user representatives.
NSF, Rina, Other CBs Suspended from Providing SMETA Ethics Audits
A total of four CBs were suspended, and two banned, from providing the retail organization certification audits.
Relying on Abstentions, TC 176 Approves Revision to ISO 9000 Vocabulary Guide
The move follows a campaign by ISO to revise ISO 9001 against the world’s wishes, but to the benefit of private consultants.
ISO Secretary-General’s Russian “Partner” Medvedev Threatens “Apocalypse” Against the World
Dmitry Medvedev quoted from Revelations in his threat to the world, while Russia still boasts support from ISO’s Sergio Mujica.
ISO TMB Confirms Ethics Probe Into Nigel Croft
The ISO Technical Management Board will take up an investigation into Croft’s alleged conflicts of interest.
TC 176 Plenary To Be Held In African Country That Supports China and Russia
Rwandan President Paul Kagame defends his country’s relationship with Putin and with China.
UKAS: It’s OK to Sell ISO 9001 Certification Alongside Consulting
UKAS ignored an overt violation of ISO 17021-1, then put the responsibility to investigate back on the complainant.
ISO Sec-Gen Mujica Met with Russian President in 2019
Sergio Mujica met with Putin’s stand-in, promising to “build up ties” with Russia, something ISO has since achieved.
ISO 42001 on AI Includes Text Plagiarized from ISO 27001
AI is not cybersecurity, but ISO had money to make and needed to publish fast.
Saudi Press Release Sure Makes it Look Like Lloyd’s Register is About to Screw Up
The Saudis are paying Lloyd’s to write their QMS documents and then get them certified. What could go wrong?
Lead Auditor Pay Hasn’t Increased in … 20 Years??
ISO 9001 and AS9100 auditors are underpaid, and everyone suffers.
AS9100 Author Tim Lee Also Out at Boeing
Lee follows the departure of Alan Daniels, as Boeing purges those involved in AS9100 development.
TC 176 and IAQG Rep Alan Daniels Out at Boeing
The removal of Daniels shows Boeing really has no clue as to how to fix its QMS problems.
Emails Appear to Show Dubai Company Bribing ISO Certification Body
They might have a valid explanation but everyone involved is so corrupt, we are unlikely to ever hear it.
ISO CBs and ABs Continue to Ignore Complaints, Forcing Further Escalations
Ignoring complaints is a great way to claim you have perfect customer satisfaction.
UAF Rubber-Stamped Accreditation for CB to Operate in 93 Different Countries
A-Mark Ratings Ltd actually works above a movie theater in Bhopal.
AiNET Website Down As DoJ Probe Continues
After a few weeks of scandals, the disappearance of the AiNET website suggests the company is scrambling for the hills.
IAF’s CertSearch Limits Reveal It’s Just a Massive Grift
The CertSearch website’s functionality is crippled due to IAF’s cringe-worthy attempts to monetize, and basic features are still broken.
AS9100 Configuration Management for the Small Machine Shop
AS9100’s requirements for configuration management (CM) are well understood by the massive aerospace primes, but can present overkill and confusion for small downstream suppliers. Fortunately, for the small machine shop, the configuration management requirements can...
Why Auditing “Active Orders” is Terrible Practice
As recently discussed, self-proclaimed ISO 9001 expert David Seear revealed his idea of a "process audit" is to merely select a handful of active orders, chosen during a pre-audit shop floor tour, and then audit those. Unfortunately this practice isn't something...
Process Audits for ISO 9001 Made Blindingly Simple
So many are confused by process auditing, it's become a virus in the industry. Let's inoculate. A process audit shifts the focus from the product to the process, and examines each process' ability to produce a product that meets the requirements for that process. You...
Six Sense Auditing: How Your Eyeballs Fail You During Audits
Vision is great. It helps us to drive our cars, choose our mates, and accurately spear a woolly mammoth for dinner; often in that order, if your date goes well. But when it comes to conducting audits, our eyeballs let us down. They lead us down the wrong path, and...
Top Ten Mistakes ISO 9001 Consultants Make – Part 2
(Part 1 of this article can be found here.) Continuing on the top 10 mistakes made by ISO 9001 consultants, in no particular order: 6.) Training the client to be a consultant. Consultants often don't realize that by teaching clients everything they know (see #5 "Data...
Top Ten Mistakes ISO 9001 Consultants Make – Part 1
This marks the first of a series of "How to Be an Excellent ISO 9001 Consultant" articles; it would equally apply to consultants of other management systems including AS9100, ISO 14001, TS 16949, etc. Here I present some common mistakes that ISO 9001 consultants make...
“Passive” Customer Satisfaction Measurement for ISO 9001
by Christopher Paris VP Operations, Oxebridge Quality Resources When ISO 9001:2000 was released, it introduced a need to gather data on customer satisfaction. This resulted in a flood of "Satisfaction Surveys" being released by ISO 9001 certified organizations to...
Oxebridge Releases DumbAS9100 – A Smartass’ Guide to AS9100
Tampa FL --- Oxebridge has finally followed up its wildly popular Eyesore 9000 parody document with an aerospace version based on AS9100 Rev C, called DumbAS9100. The document is available for free download from the Oxebridge humor page. DumbAS9100 is a 39-page,...
AS9110 B Includes Minor New Requirements, Emphasizes Technical Data
A review by Oxebridge of the new AS9110 Rev. B standard, for aircraft repair stations, reveals that the revised document does include a number of minor new requirements. Below is a list of new or modified requirements in the AS9110 B standard, as compared to the Rev....
New AS rules: Can’t Fire Your Registrar for Bogus Audit Findings
by Christopher Paris SAE finally released AS9104/1, the document which defines some key rules for certification bodies ("CB's, or registrars) when conducting AS9100/AS9110/AS9120 certification audits. Never mind that this rulebook comes a few years after the release...