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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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ISO 45001 Health and Safety. Systems and Sanity
Welcome. ISO 45001 Goodbye OHSAS 18001. Will it change the perception of this whole health and safety business? I hope so. It seems a strange that a strategy to prevent injury to workers has become regarded as some sort of time-wasting joke. Health and Safety really...
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ISO Certification Costs – Some Good News
We're often asked about ISO Certification Costs. Wisdom has taught us to answer “that depends” until we find out more about corporate situation, and, more importantly, company culture. Does it all seem much too expensive, cumbersome, and full of duplicated processes?...
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ISO, QMS, and Reality
ISO, QMS, and Reality. Sometimes, all three are out of synch...London 1998. “There are creative and helpful people, and then there are those like you.” So said a senior manager working for a very large international telecommunications company. He was head of a new...
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Beyond GDPR to ISO 27001
Hopefully, by the time you read this, the number of unsolicited mails worrying you about GDPR compliance will have slowed to a trickle of only 20 a day. Of course, you had all your compliance issues addressed, ready for The GDPR Police early morning raid on the...
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ISO 27001 Toolkit – Yes or No?
Many folks go searching for ISO 27001 toolkit. But is there such a thing as quick and easy DIY route to ISO 27001 certification? For a number of years, we were set against this “download a set of PDF templates and off you go” approach. We even wrote blogs warning...
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