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Risk Management

Posted by: Tony Wilkinson

Risk management is about anticipating hazards and controlling risk through an ongoing process  of risk awareness, reduction and /or acceptance,and review.

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New year, new challenges

Posted by: Tony Wilkinson

Happy 2022 to all customers old and new.

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Remote auditing

Posted by: Tony Wilkinson

Is remote auditing the future? At least one of the major accreditation bodies has decided that remote assessment is the go to option to maintain registration certificates of clients.

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Continual Improvement

Posted by: Tony Wilkinson

Is it reasonable to expect continual improvement in the current climate, when real world issues related to  busness survival are so prevalent?

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Quality Culture

Posted by: Tony Wilkinson

What is a quality culture? How do you generate one? and how do you maintain it?

Over main years I have come across many quotes that help develop an understanding of a quality culture. I have shared some of my favourites.

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COVID- 19 Lockdown eases – slightly!

Posted by: Tony Wilkinson

The easing of the lockdown has enabled some businesses to reopen however there is still some way to go before consultancy and on-site training activities can resume.

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Supplier versus third party audits

Posted by: Tony Wilkinson

A recent article suggested significantly different findings between 2nd party and 3rd party audits against 2 particular clauses. The clauses related to determining customer requirements and the control of externally provided products and services.

Supplier auditors raised several non-conformities against these clauses whereas third party auditors rarely raised any. Should we be surprised by this? 

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Risk based thinking

Posted by: Tony Wilkinson

Having been on the receiving end of some third party audits in recent weeks, I have noticed an emphasis on risk based thinking. Not just business wide activities such as PESTLE and SWOT but specific risk in all process activities which is quite refreshing. 

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Context of the organisation

Posted by: Tony Wilkinson

Context of the organisation for ISO9001:2015

A new requirement that confirms the business management system approach I have been advocating since the 2000 revision.

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ISO45000 Success

Posted by: Tony Wilkinson

Successful ISO45001:2018 Migration

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ISO14001 Readiness Review

Posted by: Tony Wilkinson

Readiness review ' Best i've seen so far' BSI Client manager

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ISO9001:2015 FDIS

Posted by: Tony Wilkinson

New standard focuses on leadership and Quality Risk assessment.

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2015 Standard updates

Posted by: Tony Wilkinson

2015 An exciting year for standards

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ISO 14001 DIS now published

Posted by: Tony Wilkinson

The new ISO14001 DIS is out, it follows the high level Annex SL structure as used for the ISO 9001 revision.

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ISO9001 Committee Draft

Posted by: Steven Annison

The committee draft is out and the future looks interesting.

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ISO9001 update 2015

Posted by: Tony Wilkinson

All management system standards are reviewed every 5 years or so and ISO9001:2008 is planned to be updated in 2015.

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