Oxebridge launches Facebook ISO 9001 and AS9100 Users Groups
Winter Haven FL -- Oxebridge has launched two Facebook groups for users, auditors, consultants, trainers and other stakeholders of ISO 9001 and AS9100 quality management system standards. The purpose of these groups is to discuss the standards, exchange ideas and...
Oxebridge Partners with Apex Companies for ISO 14001 Implementations
Winter Haven FL -- Oxebridge Quality Resources International has partnered with Apex Companies LLC to provide ISO 14001 implementations which utilize the best approaches of both companies. ISO 14001 is the world's premier standard for implementing, maintaining and...
CPAP Manufacturer Stevenson Industries Pursues CMS Medicare Accreditation
Simi Valley CA - Stevenson Industries, Inc. has hired Oxebridge to provide on-site Rapid CMS Accreditation Preparation services, to ready the company for full Medicare accreditation. The company designs, manufactures and designs a maskless CPAP (continuous positive...
Many Oxebridge Clients not Opting for 40-Day Approach, Despite Results
Winter Haven FL -- Since 1999, Oxebridge has offered a revolutionary "Rapid ISO 9001 Implementation Program" which promises to implement ISO 9001 and ready a client for third party audit within 40 work days, or about two months. Despite the 100% success rate of those...
Oxebridge Planning Free ISO 9001 Implementation “Dummies” Book
Winter Haven FL -- Oxebridge Quality Resources International is preparing a comprehensive ISO 9001 implementation book for those seeking a "do-it-yourself" approach to implementing the standard in their organizations. Written by Oxebridge founder and US TAG to TC 176...
CNC Industries Moving from ISO 9001 to AS9100 Rev C
Ft. Wayne IN --- Aerospace precision machine shop CNC Industries, Inc. is undergoing a Rapid AS9100 Upgrade Program with Oxebridge Quality Resources. The company is currently certified to ISO 9001:2000 by SGS. Oxebridge's Rapid Upgrade Program takes an existing,...
NVision Solutions Certified to AS9100
Bay St. Louis, MS --- NVision Solutions, Inc. has been certified to AS9100 by NSF-ISR, after undergoing an AS9100 Implementation by Oxebridge Quality Resources. While other consulting firms are holding off to assist in implementing AS9100 C, and in keeping with it's...
Real Time Medical Solutions Readies for CMS Accreditation
Paducah KY -- Real Time Medical Solutions LLC, a distributor of unique diabetic meters and strips, is pursuing CMS Accreditation through the Oxebridge Rapid CMS Preparation program. RTMS is a sister organization to Genesis Health Technologies, which has invented a...
Smithers Releases AS9100 C Analysis Tool
Akron OH -- Smithers Quality Assessments (SQA), an accredited ISO 9001 and AS9100 registrar, has released an "AS9100 Rev C Analysis Tool and Checklist" that summarizes key and critical changes between the previous version of the aerospace quality management system...
India Confirms: US ISO 9001 Registrar “Misrepresents” Accreditation
Orlando FL -- In an email to Oxebridge as a follow up to its reporting on QSI Auditing and Certifications LLC, the Quality Council of India (QCI) confirmed that QSI is "misrepresenting" its accreditation by the Indian accreditation body NABCB. Oxebridge reported that...
Former Lockheed, AAQG Rep Says Stupidest Thing Ever, Accidentally Explains Why Airplanes Still Crash
Former IAQG rep says CB auditors should be able to look at Management Review, Internal Audits and certify a system, but only after grabbing a jelly donut.
TUV Threatens “Nonconformities” If You Don’t Adopt Their Approach to Risk-Based Thinking
At Quality Digest, TÜV SÜD auditor Randall D’Amico writes a piece entitled claiming the new 9001:2015 standard requires a “risk assessment process” and threatens clients with nonconformities if they disagree… even though the TUV position contradicts the actual language of 9001.
You Only Live Twice: AS9100 Standards Group Re-Rejects Paris
The SAE rejects Christopher Paris’ bid for AAQSC membership a 2nd time, because once wasn’t enough?
Forget FIFA, Investigate the IAF
With this week’s ruling by the IAF — through its cohort the EA — clearing UKAS despite overwhelming evidence of failure to enforce accreditation rules, it’s become evident to the world that the ISO 9001 certification scheme is meaningless.
ISO 9001:2015 Requires a “Calm” and “Emotionally Protective” Workplace
The new ISO 9001:2015 standard will require companies to maintain a “calm” and “emotionally protective” work environment. What could go wrong?
REPOST: The Path Forward: The Final Step in Improving ISO 9001
[REPOST] The “long game” towards improving ISO 9001 was never going to end without a few struggles in the middle. Whenever an entrenched incumbent authority sees change coming, the reaction will not be a warm embrace, so history tell us.
The Kneejerk Cynicism of ISO’s Incumbents
The ISO incumbents — certification bodies and standards committees — continue to block progress that would benefit them. Here’s their cynical explanation of the pro-user movement.
ASQ’s Strange, Factless Response to the Call for TAG Reform
The US TAG, through its ASQ functionary, responds to the call for reform with a form letter, and not much else.
Another EAGLE Offering Raises Questions About CB Conflicts of Interest
ISO registrar EAGLE Certification offers a discount to members of a local Chamber of Commerce, and no one else. Does this raise new questions about CB threats to impartiality?
Registrar Reps Furious Over Recent Oxebridge Legal Advances [UPDATED]
Seems you really can’t teach old dogs new tricks. The usual suspects among the ISO 9001 certification community are going ballistic over the recent series of legal outcomes in response to years of defamation, registrar malpractice and conflicts of interest.