ISO Doubles Down on Restricting Waivers to Annex SL
ISO has strengthened language in its ISO/IEC Directives, Part 1, Consolidated ISO Supplement regarding whether ISO Technical Committees (TCs) may deviate from the new “high level structure” (HLS) requirements of Annex SL.
Free Download: “Risky Business – Surviving the Future of ISO 9001:2015 and Risk Based Thinking”
Oxebridge has ended its speaking tour on Risky Business: Surviving the Future of ISO 9001:2015 with a final presentation in New York City for ASQ Section 300. The tour attempted to bring awareness to issues within the ISO standards development process, as well as how companies might leverage some of the deficiencies in the coming ISO 9001 standard to their advantage. Now that the tour has completed, the slide presentation is available for the public.
Chris Paris Challenges ISO 9001:2015 and “Risk Based Thinking” at ASQ NYC Event Nov 12
Oxebridge VP Operations Christopher Paris will present Risky Business: Surviving the Future of ISO 9001:2015 to the ASQ Section 300 in Manhattan on November 12th, 2014. The event will be held at Fordham University, and tickets may be purchased from ASQ via this link....
ISO DIS 9001 Gets Approved, Proceeds to FDIS Stage
The ISO DIS 9001:2015 standard was approved by a majority of ISO member nations, meaning the standard is tracking for an on-time publication date of late 2015. The countries that voted against the DIS were the United States, along with Canada, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Japan, and South Africa.
ISO: “We Are Not Entitled” to Answer Questions on Annual Survey Data
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has refused to answer questions regarding perceived irregularities in the recent ISO Survey data on total ISO 9001 certificates worldwide, claiming it “is not entitled” to do so.
ISO: Certification Bodies Scuttled CERTO Database Plans
According to the program manager responsible for the ISO CERTO database initiative, the combined efforts of certification bodies and accreditation bodies led to the program’s sudden demise. The ISO CERTO project would have finally provided a single international repository for certification information, allowing users and the public to verify a company’s ISO 9001 certification status in real time.
ISO Drops CERTO Certification Repository Plan
Just in: reports are coming in that ISO has dropped its plan to create CERTO, a database of ISO 9001 and other certifications that would have, finally, provided a single, trusted listing of companies that are certified under ISO standards.
G31000 Founder Alex Dali Wanted on Arrest Warrant in Singapore
Documents obtained by Oxebridge reveal that the founder of the risk management group G31000 Global Institute for Risk Management Standards, Alexis Dali, is wanted in Singapore under a 2003 arrest warrant. Officials in Singapore have alerted Oxebridge that Dali will be...
UKAS Sides with LRQA; Oxebridge Calls Investigation “Deeply Troubling”
The United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) has ruled that Lloyds Register (LRQA) was in full compliance with ISO 17021 accreditation rules when it issued an ISO 9001 certificate to an organization it had knowledge was circulating counterfeit certificates just months prior. Oxebridge had filed a complaint with LRQA, to which LRQA responded by threatening a lawsuit and blocking all Oxebridge emails. UKAS has also ruled that these activities are entirely consistent with ISO 17021.
EAGLE Defends Scheme to Give “Preferred” Status to Consultants Who Sell for Them
EAGLE Certification Group’s new Director of Business Development Ben Marchant has defended the company’s new “EAGLE Consultant Partner Program”, ignoring accusations that it violates ISO 17021’s requirements of a firewall between registrars and consultants. He characterized the questions about his company’s practices as “aggression.”
Yeah, Why DID the IAF Hand Itself Over to China?
The overseeing of all accredited ISO certifications is now in the hands of the government responsible for the most counterfeit ISO certificates, and this made sense to someone.
Craig Willetts is Totally Running a UK Certificate Mill
The UK’s Craig Willetts insists he’s not running a certificate mill, but facts say otherwise.
Oxebridge Analysis of Latest ISO Survey 2016 Data
ISO has released the latest annual ISO Survey data on global certificate statistics; Oxebridge provides its annual analysis.
Editorial: Nepotism – The Dirty Secret ISO Registrars Don’t Want To Talk About
For too long, Accreditation Bodies have ignored the problem of registrar auditors funneling consulting work through family members; this has to stop.
How ISO 9001’s Scope Has Changed Over Time
The scope and intent of ISO 9001 has changed and grown dramatically since its first release in 1987; this article examines those changes.
PR Flack Claims ISO Will Save 2.2 Million Lives Per Year, Just By Printing Stuff
ISO is claiming its new standard will save 2.2 million lives per year, which begs the question as to how many people it’s old standard killed.
It’s Time to Talk About Hardgrading: Writing Major NCs When ANAB is Watching
“Hardgrading” is the artificial inflation of minor nonconformities into majors, typically to please a witnessing auditor from ANAB. This has to stop.
Editorial: ASQ Must Denounce Racism, Develop Enforceable Ethics Rules
Oxebridge VP Christopher Paris provides ASQ a roadmap on how to fix its racism problem.
BSI Auditor Says Internal Audits Are Not Supposed to Find Nonconformities
A BSI auditor and client manager said that ISO 9001 internal audits shouldn’t identify problems. Seriously.
The New IAQG “Cause Codes” for AS9100 Are Going To Get You Sued
The new IAQG nonconformity “cause codes” are not only dumb, they are guaranteed to get you sued in court.