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ISO Clauses: – “The needs and expectations of interested parties”
The introduction of the common format for ISO 9001, 14001, 45001, 27001 has saved much time in the whole process of creating management systems. However, one of the ISO clauses seems particularly challenging. Early in the system construction process, there is a...
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ISO Approval – How To Avoid Basic Mistakes.
Recently, I received an enquiry from a customer who needed a new ISO approval. He needed to reply to a tender, and hopefully enter a new market. I specialise in getting businesses approved quickly with concise management systems and minimum documentation.Improvement...
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ISO 45001 and Common Sense. Fun at The Airport
I recently bought a little suitcase specially made for carrying a laptop with a 17” screen and clothes for a couple of days that was small enough to carry onto an aircraft. I took it to East Midlands Airport on its first trip. Sadly, the “cheap labour” currently...
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So ISO approval improves your business, doesn’t it ? Sometimes it doesn’t…
A customer contacted me recently who needed a new ISO approval. The "driver" was to get the company through a tender process and into a new market. I specialise in getting businesses ISO-approved quickly with concise management systems. They contain minimum...
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The ISO 27001 Tool Kit –Buyer Beware…
Google “ISO 27001 Tool Kit” and you'll be faced with a page of “too-good-to-be-true” offers. ISO 27001 certification is simple: Download some templates and fill in the relevant blanks. Call the certification auditor. "Tick, tick". Done. We produce our own kits, too....
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ISO Certification and Objectives – How setting them is not as easy as you’d think
ISO Certification and Objectives - A New Emphasis? The effect of Annex SL (the document which says how ISO documents should be structured and what they should contain) on ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 27001 and ISO 45001 is raising many questions relating to ISO...
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The Context of The Organisation in ISO 9001: 2015 – “Just run that by me again, please?”
If there are clauses of ISO standards that you just don’t understand, such as The Context of the Organisation in ISO 9001:2015 then please be reassured. After over 25 years in the industry, I struggle with them, too. Here is an example: “The organisation shall...
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ISO 9001:2015 Documentation – Do You Need Any?
“So basically, you’re telling me that all that documentation I’ve paid to have produced over the last fifteen years can now be thrown away? And I don’t need any ISO9001:2015 procedures?” This was the response of a wise MD when I first tried to explain ISO 9001:2015...
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What is ISO Certification? Corporate Responsibility and You
“What is ISO Certification?” More importantly, why seek ISO certification? Simple. Corporate responsibility. It appears in court cases, headlines, and the sleepless nights of CEOs. Thus, regarding ISO standards, the issue is simple. It’s not “can you afford to...
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