by Rob Govier | Jun 24, 2020 | ISO 9001, ISO 9001:2015, Quality Management System, Uncategorised
ISO management system standards have been impacting on the UK business community for over 25 years. However, there remains an air of mystery around even the common standards like ISO 9001. Hence the question and the title of this blog. Google tells us that there are...
by Rob Govier | Mar 4, 2020 | ISO Consulting, Uncategorised
The Cult of “Sales Judo” There Is A Better Way This writer was in corporate sales for many years, and has suffered many hours of “death by PowerPoint” at the hands of highly-paid “sales training coaches”, some of which would have made excellent religious...
by Rob Govier | Jan 4, 2018 | ISO 9001, ISO Audit Preparation
CE Marking – Does it apply to your product, or not? Even after a quarter of a century in the quality and standards business, I occasionally get caught out. So Far, So Good. I wrote a Quality Management System for someone recently against ISO 9001, 2015. The senior...
by Rob Govier | Jul 4, 2016 | ISO Consulting
Brexit and ISO Standards – Common-Sense Aids to Calm Thinking There’s much fear and irrational “knee-jerking” surrounding Brexit and ISO Standards. It appears that in many areas, nobody quite knows what’s going to happen. Apart from that...
by Rob Govier | Nov 16, 2015 | ISO Audit Preparation, The Diary of an ISO Consultant, Uncategorised
In an earlier blog , I tried to demystify the ISO Audit, and give some insight into ISO Audit questions and answers. I’m a former auditor myself, currently a Registered Lead Assessor, a sort of gamekeeper turned poacher, so do have some insider knowledge. So,...