British Assessment Bureau CEO Wants You to Report Him for Violations
Yet another entry from the “You Can’t Make This Stuff Up” department. Now the CEO of the UKAS-accredited registrar British Assessment Bureau (BAB) is challenging critics of the ISO 9001 certification scheme to “stop talking” and start filing complaints against registrars.
IAAR Presentation Leaks Insider View of New Accreditation Rules
In a presentation to the Independent Association of Accredited Registrars (IAAR), the VP of ANAB and President of the International Accreditation Forum (IAF) Randy Dougherty revealed a telling look at some critical details of the new ISO 17021-1 standard, as well as the sources of those proposed changes. The accreditation rules governing certification bodies (CBs) are undergoing significant revision by ISO/CASCO, and will replace the current rules under ISO 17021:2011.
Did BSI Certify BP’s DeepWater Horizon?
It’s early days yet, but it seems the venerable ISO 9001 registrar BSI may have issued a certification to the BP company that operated the doomed Deepwater Horizon oil rig. Worse yet, the audit is reported to have included physical auditing by at least one BSI auditor of the Deepwater Horizon rig itself, and the auditor raised concerns of the operation of the rig prior to the disaster.
Bransky, IATF Need to Address Takata Airbag Scandal
Every day the IATF doesn’t address the Takata airbag issue, name the registrar involved, and give a valid explanation as to how this happened on their watch, is another day that the ISO certification schemes descend further into disrepute. If Joe Bransky is willing to take credit for when things go right, he should step up and reveal — with honest clarity — what happened when things go horribly, horribly wrong.
Quality Digest Columnist Slips, US TAG Isn’t Interested in Consensus
Over at Quality Digest, US TAG go-to toady and editorial favorite Denise Robitaille accidentally let the truth slip out, broadcasting the TAG's position on ISO 9001 end user feedback: All the wringing of hands and ongoing debate will not hurry the process or change...
Why ISO 9001’s “Risk Based Thinking” is Bad for Risk Managers
ISO’s Technical Committee 176 has created a concept called “risk based thinking” and is planning to introduce it later this year, when the next edition of ISO 9001 — ISO’s flagship standard — is released. The fallout for risk managers is that now we have the quality profession claiming sudden mastery over risk management, and retroactively claiming they’ve been experts all along. They are like children driving their dad’s new car. Blind children.
The Path Forward: The Final Step in Improving ISO 9001
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.
Did EAGLE Drop Its “Consultant Preferred” Program?
It appears that EAGLE Certification Group has scrubbed its “Consultant Preferred” program, originally launched last year after Director of Business Development Ben Marchant came on board. Not only that, their site has been cleaned up of (almost) all evidence of any consultant references.
Omnex Gets it Wrong, Says 9001:2015 Could Be Released in Weeks
The ever-promoting Chad Kymal of Omnex, alongside ASQ stalwart R. Dan Reid, have apparently forgotten to switch to decaf, and may be unnecessarily freaking out the entire world with a completely erroneous report that claims ISO 9001:2015 could be released in mere weeks, rather than at the end of 2015 as planned.
Risk-Based Plagiarism: Talking Points Gone Viral
The test of whether ISO TC 176’s “risk based thinking” makes any sense is to see if the people promoting it actually practice it. Of course, they don’t, as evidenced by the massive spate of plagiarism going on by those selling risk-based thinking.