Lufthansa Technik Awards AS9110 Contract to Oxebridge
Lufthansa Technik Philippines has awarded Oxebridge a contract for AS9110 services, to begin first quarter 2014. The aircraft repair services devision of Lufthansa operates three depots in the Philippines, at Pasay City, Mactan Cebu and Clark Pampanga. The company’s...
IRCA Trainer Says Audit Sampling is Based on “Available Time”
(UPDATED 12/17/2014 - see below) IRCA ISO 9010 Lead Assessor trainer, and self-published book author, David Seear has spent the better part of the last ten years (or more) pushing a concept he calls "Back to Basics." The collective thesis is tough to suss out, since...
Oxebridge Holds “Future of ISO 9001” Seminar in Lima Peru
Lima Peru -- Oxebridge Quality Resources International celebrated the official opening of its offices in Lima with a seminar at the Hilton Miraflores on "The Future of ISO 9001: Preparing for the Changes in ISO 9001:2015." The event was attended by industry experts...
ISO Survey Data 22nd Cycle (2012) Now Available
ISO has released the 22nd edition of its annual ISO Survey, presenting data on the worldwide totals of various ISO standards, such as ISO 9001. The file may be downloaded for free. The link for the ISO Survey 2012 can be found at:...
ISO / IAF Considering Universal ISO 9001 Registry of Certified Companies
ISO 9001 accreditation rules require that each certification body (CB) maintain a publicly-accessible registry of its certified clients. But with the large number of international CBs, and without any standardization for how the information is presented, users have...
Oxebridge Defeats ISO Legal Move That Would Have “Threatened Entire Industry”
Tampa FL --- Oxebridge has successfully shut down a legal maneuver by lawyers representing the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) which would have made it illegal for any company, consultant, certification body or person to use the term "ISO 9001"...
ISO Data: Less Than 0.5% of Organizations Requested Risk Management Be Included in ISO 9001:2015
According to official ISO User Survey data, when asked whether risk management should be included in ISO 9001:2015, only 4,560 companies responded favorably. ISO commissioned a survey of current and potential ISO 9001 users in July 2009, in order to "better understand...
Oxebridge Launches Management Maturity Model (M3) Development Forum
Oxebridge has launched the first step in the development of the Management Maturity Model standards, or "M3" at the following URL: http://www.emthreedev.org The M3 Development project, formerly called "ALT 9001", will attempt to use modern technology to crowdsource...
Pulse Medical: Using ISO 9001 for Real World Improvements
I am watching Barb Boyce "torture" her employees. It's a word she uses often, but whenever she says it, her employees smile. It's not torture, of course; instead it means they will be quizzed on their manufacturing processes by the President of the company herself....
Oxebridge Launches Seminars for Certification Bodies
Oxebridge founder and VP Operations Christopher Paris is launching a series of seminars targeted at Certification Bodies, in order to help them improve and maintain their customer base during an era of dwindling interest in QMS certification. Ignore Those Surveys: Top...
Intertek Goes Silent When Asked About Takata ISO 9001 Certificates
ISO registrar Intertek isn’t talking about whether it certified Takata’s airbag plants.
ISO 14001 Scheme Struggling with Registrar Auditors, Too
An upcoming webinar offering reveals that ISO 14001 users are facing similar problems with their registrar auditors.
What’s Up with the Insane Pricing for ISO 9001?
SAE issued AS9100 Rev D at a much lower price point than ANSI has for ISO 9001, and yet it includes ISO 9001. WTF?
Perfection, The New Normal: Why Every Client Passes Every ISO Audit Now
We live in a wondrous Golden Age where industry is so perfect, everyone passes every ISO audit every time!
Unforced Error: IAQG All But Ensures AS9100 Rev D Rollout Will Be a Disaster
The disastrous rollout of the new AS9100 standards will hit the industry hard, and cost a fortune.
Just Sign Here: ISO 9001 Registrars Having Clients Fill Out Own Audit Reports
A while back, Oxebridge reported on the disturbing trend within the AS9100 certification scheme of third party registrar auditors offloading the completion of their official audit reports onto the clients themselves. In effect, this meant that clients were auditing...
Let the Decoupling Begin: Automotive Industry Takes First Steps Away from ISO
The IATF has announced its next edition of ISO/TS 16949 will not be published by ISO at all, beginning the inevitable “decoupling” from ISO standards.
US TAG Seminar Comes With Noise-Cancelling Headphones, Irony Included
Jack West’s AQI consulting group is offering noise-cancelling headphones when you listen to their webinars, irony not included.
Certificate Mill G-PMC Puts TAG 176 Leaders in a Box of Weirdness
Daryl Guberman of certificate mill G-PMC may have accidentally created a scenario where the only person that can defend the US TAG leadership is… Chris Paris of Oxebridge.
Another Blow for Integrity: IAF Uses UKAS Marketing Department
The supposedly conflict-free International Accreditation Forum sees no problem in utilizing the marketing department of its member UKAS.