[Sticky] Down the Rabbithole: Following Two CB Complaints
Regularly updated, this thread follows the progress of two high-level complaints filed with UKAS against accredited registrars BSI and LRQA.
Another Quality Moron Has Racist Meltdown
Shaun Sayers of the UK’s Capable People blog, and an official trainer for IRCA and IEMA, responded to a question on LinkedIn related to verifying the credibility of ISO 9001 accreditation bodies. Out of the blue, Sayers chimed in with a racist indictment of Indian culture. Will anyone hold him accountable? Don’t hold your breath.
No Surprise – ANAB Complaint Database is Totally Hosed
In a surprise to exactly no one, any attempt to do the simplest data mining of ANAB's public complaints database proves useless, as it just throws up SQL errors. The database has always been a train wreck, so it's to be expected. When filing a complaint, one is...
REPRINT: ISO 9001’s Existential Crisis
(Originally posted 06 Sept 2013) With the Committee Draft of ISO 9001:2015, it's evident that ISO has entered into a full blown existential crisis. I'd say mid-life crisis, but that would assume we are only halfway through the life of ISO 9001, and ISO seems dead-set...
ISO Doesn’t Have Consensus on Whether it Has Consensus
ISO officials cannot agree on whether a single sentence will or will not be removed from all standards, nor what prompted it. But even as they disagree, the claim they are in agreement.
ANAB Opens, Closes, Re-opens Smithers Complaint
After only 48 hours' of investigation, ANAB had ruled that Smithers was not in any conflict of interest over its co-marketing of ISO 9001 and SN9001 services with consultant John Allin. Read the original complaint here, and the ANAB response here. Then compare it with...
Floodgates Opened: Unprecedented CB Efforts to “Partner” with Consultants
In the past there has always been a secretive, wink-wink arrangement between some consultants and certification bodies. This has been because accreditation rules for CBs prohibit them from directly marketing their services with those of a consulting body. So any such arrangements had to be under the table. Now, not so much.
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.
Again? Another Risk Management Company Caught Posing As a Woman Online
Another risk management consulting firm has been found using a fake LinkedIn profile, featuring a stolen image of a woman, to sell their services.
What is ISO 9001’s “Risk-Based Thinking” Anyway?
Strictly speaking, ISO 9001:2015 does NOT add risk management, but “risk based thinking.” So what does that mean, in a practical sense?