Tag Archives: ISO 9000

Quality and efficiency

Posted on April 12, 2014 by Shaun

This article explains the term efficiency and describes exactly why it is part of every quality professionals remit Continue reading →

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Beginners’ guide to ISO 9001

Posted on April 5, 2014 by Shaun

A collection of links to some extremely useful posts concerning most things ISO 9001 Continue reading →

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ISO 9001:2015 Organisational Context

Posted on May 16, 2013 by Shaun

The word is that ISO 9001:2015 will make an attempt (by way of some front end guidance or a normative reference) to emphasise that the management system should take account of ORGANISATIONAL CONTEXT – but what does that mean? Well, … Continue reading →

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Top management and the management system

Posted on August 5, 2010 by Shaun

By popular demand I have responded to requests to explain why I think section 5 of ISO 9001 is a total dog’s dinner and why ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 do “top management” quite a bit better Continue reading →

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Top Ten Unacceptable Corrective Actions

Posted on July 19, 2010 by Shaun

  How many people really understand “root cause”? How many people really make a serious attempt to apply clause 8.5.2c of ISO 9001 in the correct spirit? How many auditors (presumably for a quiet life) are quite prepared to be … Continue reading →

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