Humor: If ISO Ran the Michelin Awards
Shaun Sayers has a hilarious post on his CapablePeople blog, "What a Way to Run a Certification Scheme." It presents a scathing view of how ISO would manage the Michelin Star restaurant awards, if given the chance. Here's a snippet: “What sort of things are they...
Headscratcher Blog Post at PRI Registrar
Someone please tell me what this blog post at PRI is about, because I can't figure it out. Excuse me, Mr. Whipple? I have sat silent long enough. I have seen this behavior manifested in enough organizations that it is either chronic or a conspiracy. Are you a member...
TC 176 Must Stop Development of ISO 9001:2015 Now
ISO's Technical Committee 176 must stop all development on ISO 9001:2015 right now. To fail to do so will be such a massive, public display of ineptitude that what little respect the world has for ISO 9001 will be thrown away, possibly forever. This is not hyperbole....
Full Accounting of Daryl Guberman / Don Labelle Fraud and Ethics Violations
A full accounting of the various examples of fraud, abuse, and ethical violations conducted by Daryl Guberman, Felice Guberman and Don Labelle of Guberman PMC LLC.
Certificate Mill G-PMC: Accreditation is Antisemitic
In my series of articles The Indefensibles I point out the simultaneously hilarious and ethically void behavior of the world's unaccredited ISO 9001 and AS9100 registrars, or "certificate mills." I am working on two more such pieces, but this bit couldn't wait. Daryl...
Quick Review of ISO 9001:2015 Working Draft
The ISO 9001:2015 draft is leaked like a pirated DVD screener, so let the pre-release reviews commence. As you probably know, I've "sat out" this round of 9001 development and have not participated in the US TAG to TC 176 this time. So I've relied on my ever-growing...
Smithers: SN9001 is “Internationally recognized” — Wait, WHAT?
The shameless, fact-free marketing of Smither's pending SN9001 certification program continues apace, with the ANAB-accredited registrar expanding it's dubious claims not only conceptually, but geographically. So far, Smithers has made the unsupported claim that...
This IAQG Configuration Management Diagram Will Drive You Insane
This you have to see to believe. In it's "helpful" IAQG Configuration Management Guidelines (ver. A), the IAQG included this slide, depicting a typical CM workflow for AS9100-minded companies. Caution! If you look at this, Oxebridge disavows any damage to your...
ANAB Was Right… and I Was Wrong
I am not above eating crow, but generally do so only under two conditions: when I am proven wrong, and have to face up to it, or when I am really, really hungry and those crows are mocking me, so they deserve it, the bastards. In this case, it's the former. I recently...
Unauditable: A Review of the New SN9001 Standard
There's been some controversy brimming over ASCA's release of SN9001, the ISO 9001 sector variant for the snow and ice management industry, but few people have actually seen a copy of the standard to assess it accurately. I've been personally challenged by...