Have a read of an article we recently posted on the Medium website. It provides a short summary of management system requirements and the steps to certification. https://medium.com/@rob_85264/achieving-iso-certification-b6f7590dc185
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The latest version of the standards now require us to identify opportunities and risks over and above those traditional quality, safety and environmental risks (which most company’s seem to understand). These opportunities and risks extend to the business as a whole, rather than just the delivery of products and services. Read more
In March 2013 Rob Kellock Business Consulting launched an Action Register which became the backbone to many Management Systems delivered to its smaller customers. The register allows all findings whether from complaints, audits, observations or opportunities for improvement to be registered, risk assessed and prioritised. It provides rules to manage Read more
The ‘Decision Rule’ requirements are new addition to the ISO 17025:2017 standard for Laboratory Quality Management, but how should you implement it? Where a statement of conformity has a risk of false accept or false reject the basis for the statement, the decision rule, shall be agreed with the customer Read more
A short post to clarify the difference between conformance and compliance – words which are often interchanged, but should they be? Here’s just a few lines to explain the difference between them and also why they tend to become confused.
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Not getting Quality Management right can be expensive, but the cost of developing a management system might be less than you think, especially if you qualify for a grant!
As a management consultancy our customers expect results for their money and we obviously aim to serve and what could be a better example than a major quality issue identified one day and solution developed the next. During an internal audit we identified a big risk for a customer and the next day we fixed it. We treasure these interactions with our customers – that’s why we’re not just auditors for Certification Bodies. Identifying a risk is interesting, but solving it and seeing the customer benefit from it is much more satisfying.
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