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.”
UKAS Responds to Elevated Complaint, Sides with BSI
The United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) has determined that the practices and products of ISO 9001 registrar BSI do not present a conflict of interest as they do not rise to the definition of “consulting.” UKAS issued this ruling as part of a response to a complaint elevated to it by Oxebridge, which alleged widespread violations of ISO 17021 rules requiring a separation between consulting and certification auditing activities.
Smithers Complaint Escalated to ANAB
The complaint filed against Smithers Quality Assessment has been escalated to ANAB, after Smithers failed to conduct any corrective action.
Minor Tweak Would Allow All 20,000 ISO Standards to be Used for Certification
A seemingly minor and administrative interpretation of a decades-old regulation is now opening up every ISO “deliverable” for usage as a third party certification standard, a move which could mean millions — if not billions — of dollars in additional revenue for Certification and Accreditation Bodies.
ILO Doesn’t Like ISO’s Definition of Risk Either; ISO 31000 Headed for Certification Standard; ISO 45001 Draft Out
A trio of deep-insider tidbits: the ILO doesn’t much care for ISO’s definition of risk either; ISO 31000 is going to be rewritten as a standard for risk management system certification; and ISO 45001 on occupational health and safety is out.
Smithers Pushes Ahead on SN9001 Training Alongside Consultant, Despite Complaint
Smithers Quality Assessments is continuing to market SN9001 training alongside consultant John Allin, despite a complaint filed to the registrar alleging that doing so violates conflict of interest rules identified in ISO 17021.
TC 176 “Ethics” Expert Palmes to Fill Vacant G31000 Speaker Slot Following Hardy Departure
US TAG to ISO Technical Committee 176 senior member Paul Palmes has signed to speak at G31000’s upcoming conference, presumably filling the seat of departed speaker Dr. Karen Hardy, who left after controversy erupted over her participation with the group.
Ambit Group Awards ISO / CMMI Contract to Oxebridge
The Ambit Group has awarded a contract for implementation of an integrated IT services management system to Oxebridge Quality Resources International. The resulting system will be compliant to three standards: ISO 9001, ISO 20000 and CMMI-SVC.
Dutch Certificate Mill QualityMasters Agrees to Certify “Death Jackets”
In a follow up to the recent story wherein a number of US certificate mills agreed to provide ISO 9001 certification services to a fictional company that designed cement life vests under the company name “LifeSink,” now the Dutch certificate mill QualityMasters has likewise agreed.
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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.
The Guberman PMC – Daryl Guberman Ethics Omnibus
Over the years, the number of ethical violations exhibited by Daryl Guberman, Felice Guberman and Don Labelle with their certification mill operation "Guberman-PMC LLC" (aka G-PMC LLC, aka G-PMC Registrars LLC) have become mountainous. To keep it all straight, here is...
BSI Is Still Totally Offering Consulting, But UKAS/ANAB Don’t Really Care
BSI latest round of marketing shows it’s still offering overt consulting services for ISO 9001, while ANAB and UKAS continue to abdicate their responsibilities and look the other way.
Randy Dougherty Hasn’t Been VP of ANAB For a Year
ANAB’s VP, and the most powerful man in ISO, stepped down a year ago, and no one noticed.
Database to Verify ISO Certificates Is Back On the Table
The IAF and IAAR are behind a new move to create a universal ISO certificate registry, thirteen years after Oxebridge held a presentation for them on the very subject.
Believe It Or Not the IAQG Just Made That AS9100 Transition Deadline WORSE
The IAQG just made hitting that Sept. 2018 transition deadline for AS9100 absolutely impossible, and they have no one to blame but themselves.
What A Better Third-Party ISO 9001 Audit Might Look Like… and Cost
There is much discussion over whether the current third party conformity assessment structure is effective for ISO 9001 end users and their customers. So let’s spitball a little… what might a more robust audit program look like, and what would it cost end users?