ISO 9001:2015 Changes At a Glance – Not So Significant?
The changes to ISO 9001:2015 are not so significant after all, as this simple visual reveals.
The Myth of the Integrated Management System
We are told companies are seeking integrated management systems, combining ISO 9001 with other standards like ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18000. Unfortunately, data proves it’s not true.
LRQA Ban on Oxebridge Server Blocks Even Supportive Emails
The LRQA ban on any incoming email from the Oxebridge.com domain is ridiculous, and likely a serious violation of ISO 17021. They did it in response to a complaint submitted by Oxebridge, after it was learned that LRQA may have issued a “driveby” ISO 9001 certification to a company it new had been previously circulating counterfeit certificates under their name, illegally using the LRQA and UKAS logos.
Time for Rule Change: Allow ISO 9001 Certificate Marks on Products
There is a frustrating rule on the books that is crippling ISO 9001 adoption rates, and which serves no useful function whatsoever, and must be changed. This is the prohibition against using ISO 9001 certification marks on product, as defined in ISO 17021.
We Need An Independent, Critical Quality Press
The quality profession lacks an aspect that other professions have recognized as an important factor in ensuring their relevance and improvement: an independent critical press. Whether it's law, medicine or engineering, these professions publish journals, magazines or...
G31000 Update: Partners Not Partners, Gluck Calls LinkedIn Investigation a “Federal Crime”
Despite having personally sent multiple requests to both Alex Dali and Allen Gluck for clarifications on key points both prior to and during the running of our coverage on their G31000 group, they refused to reply. Mr. Gluck actually "advised" Mr. Dali not to respond....
Watch Out for the Self-Declared “Pros”
I recently watched the online flameout of one of Quality Digest’s newest contributing writers, a self-immolation fueled by the gasoline of one guy’s narcissism, and the lit match of a publication desperate for free content.
CERM Academy Head Hutchins: “Alex Dali is Prescient”
In a weird risk-seller back-patting moment, the head of the CERM Academy congratulated the head of G31000 as being “prescient.”
Greg Hutchins, who operates the CERM Academy which provides unaccredited Certified Enterprise Risk Management certificates to individuals, declared his love for Alex Dali, who heads the equally unaccredited G31000 Global Institute for Risk Management Standards, which also provides risk management certificates. Neither organization adheres to ISO 17024, the standard for personnel certification bodies.
CERM Academy, VUCA, The Future of Quality and A Really Risky Drug Trip
So I've been through Greg Hutchins' Youtube video of the "The Future of Quality: Risk" as part of CERM Risk Insights Newsletter # 43, and it deserves some comment. Suffice to say, it's like a weird drug trip, where everyone is insisting there are multicolored ghosts...
Perry Johnson Registrars Jumps Into SN9001 Fiasco
I suppose it was inevitable. Now Perry Johnson Registrars is offering SN9001 certification. It appears that their SN9001 certification is still unaccredited, but given that so far only 1 company in the entire world has even elected to pursue the certification, it's...