by PsyphaDeejay | Jul 3, 2018 | Archived, Quality Management System
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...
by PsyphaDeejay | Jul 1, 2014 | Archived, General, ISO Consulting, Quality Management System, The Diary of an ISO Consultant
So, as an ISO Consultant advising businesses on compliance with ISO Standards , I’m often faced with serious minded business people who’ve seen a lot of the world and have a slightly cynical view of the standard they are being told they need to comply...
by PsyphaDeejay | Mar 25, 2014 | Archived, BS 25999, Business Continuity Management, General, ISO 22301, Quality Management System
I asked an MD recently if he had a Business Continuity Plan. He said “no, but I know 999 by heart”. He added “So, Business Continuity Management, that’s Disaster Recovery, right?”. His highly successful company did not hold ISO 22301 . But obviously needed to....
by PsyphaDeejay | Mar 14, 2014 | Archived, General, ISO 9001, Quality Management System
If you are selling fabricated structural steel products into construction, you need to know about new EEC legislation, including BS 1090-1 and BS 1090-2, before the new legislation blocks you from the market. Yes, it’s that serious. And no, it’s not yet...
by PsyphaDeejay | Jan 3, 2014 | Archived, General, ISO 9001, Quality Management System
In our previous blog, we looked at the advantages of having a formal Quality Management System, such as those found in ISO standards like ISO 9001 In my on-going campaign to simplify the often over-complicated world of standards, I’ve summed up the functions in...
by PsyphaDeejay | Jan 3, 2014 | Archived, General, ISO 9001, Quality Management System
ISO management system standards have now been impacting on the UK business community for over 25 years, yet there remains an air of mystery around even the common standards like ISO 9001 One term misunderstood is Quality Management System or QMS. Most companies have...