“Value Added” Auditing May Be Illegal
Despite only being accredited for "conformity assessments," Conformity Assessment Bodies (see? it's in their name) nevertheless market their services as "value added auditing" in order to distinguish themselves from competitors. Of course nowadays nearly every...
How Registrars Can Survive Under ISO 9001:2015
ISO 9001:2015, based on the Committee Draft (which is unlikely to change at all before it becomes a final standard), takes the vague "New Age" language of 9001:2000 and does the impossible: it makes it MORE vague. Defended as "removing prescription," the requirements...
Did DNV Just “Seriously Infringe” ISO’s Copyright?
ISO has elected to pursue some parties with legal action for trademark and copyright infringement over publication of the ISO 9001:2015 Committee Draft. Oxebridge maintains that effort is selective on ISO's part, but ISO strongly disagrees. If ISO's stand is correct,...
How on Earth Did “Human Factors” Get Slipped into ISO 9001:2015?
For all the evidence that TC 176 ignored the aerospace industry, one odd requirement seems to have snuck in, seemingly through aerospace intervention. You can't tell because the requirement isn't named as such, but it's the "Human Factors" requirement from AS9110, the...
Video: Review of ISO 9001:2015’s Process Approach Requirements
In this video shot in a hotel room kitchen (because my next video is how to make foie gras and grilled asparagus in truffle oil), I talk about the problems in the ISO 9001:2015's Committee Draft specific to the process approach. Click the video above for the...
Has TC 176 Violated its Own Procedures on 9001 Development?
From Charles Corrie to Roger Frost to numerous TC 176 reps, right up to TC 176 Chair Dr. Gary Cort, the talking point is that ISO must follow its established procedures when developing international standards. Using this mantra, they avoid being confronted with...
Chris Paris Addresses TC 176 Argument Against ISO 9001:2015 Pause (UPDATED)
I don't want to belabor the debate beyond its usefulness, and I maintain that my Public Call for Temporary Cessation in the Development of ISO 9001:2015 remains valid as-is, but ISO TC 176 Chair Dr. Gary Cort has taken the time to distribute a response, and some of...
The One-Question Survey ISO Needs to Run Right Now
The gripe against surveys from both survey recipients and survey developers is that length is the joy-killer. No one likes answering 50 questions, and companies don't like making them either. So well-known is the problem, that online surveys regularly include an...
Early Support for Halt to ISO 9001:2015 Development
Yes, I am as surprised as you are by that headline. While certainly less radical than some of Oxebridge's previous attempts to improve the ISO 9001 certification scheme, I have no illusions that calling on ISO -- a ship that does not right itself easily -- to pause in...
DNV Aerospace Rep: ISO User Feedback is “Moronic”
ISO 9001 registrar DNV's Director of Aviation, Space & Defense Services Sidney Vianna sits on the AAQG committee responsible for drafting the next edition of AS9100, and frequently gives seminars on topics related to ISO 9001 standards development. Despite the...