Oxebridge Joins A2LA as Organizational Member
Winter Haven FL — Oxebridge Quality Resources has joined the American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA) as an organizational member. A2LA is a leading internationally recognized accreditation body offering accreditation for calibration and test...
Oxebridge Launches ISO 27001 Implementation Program
Oxebridge Quality Resources has begun offering an ISO 27001 Implementation Program to its growing list of services. ISO 27001:2005 is a standard for information security, one that is being rapidly adopted and mandated by US Federal agencies and companies who are...
ASQ Mailing Stokes Fear to Sell ISO 9001:2008 Books
Milwaukee WI -- A mass email by the American Society for Quality has been released into the wild, as a promotional effort to sell books on the upcoming amendment to ISO 9001. The email includes a breathless exclamation that "The latest version of ISO 9001 is almost...
Nebraska’s Midwest Roadside Safety Facility Contracts Oxebridge for ISO 17025
Lincoln NB -- The University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Midwest Roadside Safety Facility (MwRSF) has contracted with Oxebridge Quality Resources to provide implementation of an ISO 17025:2005 quality management system. The MwRSF's mission is to "improve highway safety by...
Lunarline Achieves ISO 9001
Arlington VA -- Information security provider Lunarline, Inc. has been recommended for ISO 9001:2000 certification by Platinum Registration (Denver CO), an ANAB accredited ISO 9001 certification body. Lunarline is a provider of Information Security and Information...
Tri-Tech Electronics Signs for Rapid ISO 9001 / AS9100
Orlando FL --- Cable assembly manufacturer Tri-Tech Electronics, Inc. has signed with Oxebridge for a simultaneous Rapid ISO 9001 and Rapid AS9100 Implementation, with a target date for third party registration estimated for November 2008. Tri-Tech is a manufacturer...
Lunarline Signs with Platinum for ISO 9001 Audit
Washington DC-based information security provider Lunarline, Inc. has signed with Platinum Registration for provision of ISO 9001 compliance auditing. A tentative date for September 22nd has been set for the initial registration audit. Oxebridge began Rapid ISO 9001...
US TAG Elections – A More Serious Look
Pressing for electoral reform within the US TAG to ISO TC 176 is a first step in fixing the institutionalized cronyism within ANSI’s TAGs, and to correct course on the disastrous ISO 9001:2015 draft due to be published later this year.
Let It Go, Let it Go – SN9001 is Dead
SN9001 was a cynical, craven attempt by the certification community to create a standard out of thin air, and ten dupe companies into paying for it. Fortunately, it didn’t work.
Blood in the Water – New QMS Standards Challenge ISO 9001
There’s an unprecedented new angle to the dissent being faced by ISO 9001:2015: competition. ISO 9001:2015 is looking more and more like a wounded swimmer, and the sharks are circling. Multiple alternatives to the standard are cropping up, some from the most unusual places.
You’re Two Clicks Away from Improving ISO 9001 in the USA
How to improve ISO 9001 for the US in two mouse clicks.
LIVE: Two Contradictory LinkedIn Discussions on Risk-Based Thinking
Catch these LinkedIn discussions quick, before they get shut down since they are likely to turn into a flame war soon enough. In the first (here), Dan Nelson argues that risk-based thinking is as easy as driving a car, which is a step up from his last work which said...
Walking to Congress – The First Tentative Steps
Chris Paris begins the journey towards testifying before the US Congress on the flaws in the ISO 9001 certification scheme, and ANSI’s role in allowing these problems to grow.
Quality Digest’s Reporting of Alka Jarvis’ “Election” in 2005
A look back at Quality Digest’s reporting on Alka Jarvis’ 2005 election to Chair of the US TAG to TC 176.
Complaint Against UKAS Now With European Co-Operation for Accreditation
A complaint filed with the IAF against ISO 9001 registrar UKAS is now in the hands of the European Co-operation for Accreditation.
The Meme is Set: Risk-Based Thinking = Risk Management No Matter What TC 176 Says
The so-called professionals are declaring that the upcoming ISO 9001 revision’s New Age, beaded-curtain fabrication called “risk based thinking” is actually full-blown risk management, even as TC 176 scrambles to get them to stop saying this.
Link: It’s All in the Fine Print – Registrar Contracts
Here's a quick hit from Larry Carraciolo's blog on parsing the details of your CB contract, preferably before you sign it: It's All in the Fine Print - Registrar Contracts