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ISO Standard Internal Audit. Some Reflections
I've yet to meet a customer who actually looks forward to an ISO standard internal Audit. Taking your blood pressure, weighing yourself. Yes, you need to do it, and yes you may not like the results. Likewise internal audits. You are about to analyse the standard you...
What is ISO 17020? Some FAQ.
What is ISO 17020? What does it really mean for your business?Inspecting the Inspectors ISO 17020 is similar to ISO 9001 in some ways. However, it is aimed at ensuring that inspection companies are genuinely independent. Furthermore, that they have processes to ensure...
What Are The Benefits of ISO 14001?
What are the benefits of ISO 14001 ? Surprisingly, there is much common-sense found in ISO Standards. Sadly, some practitioners seem to enjoy making them over-complicated (and therefore over-expensive...).Doing The Right Thing. Environmental impact, and your business...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...