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We recently heard from a medium-sized Certification Body, that they had no successful transitions of Clients to ISO 9001: 2015 without a Consultants’ help. This shocked us, until we realised the problem of interpretation of the new terms in the Standard.  Terms like Leadership, Context of the organisation, Interested Parties, Effectiveness Measure, Risk & Opportunities are causing confusion. They...


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ISO 13485 Standards was updated on 1st March 2016. With the ongoing reviewing and updating of all the Management Standards, it is interesting to note that ISO 13485 is the exception. In particular ISO 13485 follows the previous Standard (and ISO 9001: 2008) Index layout. This is in-spite of ISO specifying that all new or revised Management Standards in 2013 will comply to the new Annex SL format...


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The new ISO 14001: 2015 Environmental Management Standard has now been published. What are the changesRenumbering to Annex SL, so all the future Management Standards have the same top level Index. This helps with the integration of Management StandardsIncreased prominence of environmental management within the organization's strategic planning processesGreater focus on leadershipIncreased focus on lifecycle...


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A client, who achieved CE Mark & EN 1090 for Structural Steelwork under the Construction Products Regulations, has just reported:Doubled Sales in the last 6 months. Last month, their sales were 3 times last year's averageandIncreased their pricingAdditionally they report that their largest Client, who are national retailer, have reduced the number of Approved Fabricators from nine to the three...


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ISO 9001 is an international standard created and published by the ISO organisation (for more information about ISO refer to our “What is ISO“ blog) According to ISO – “A standard is a document that provides requirements, specifications, guidelines or characteristics that can be used consistently to ensure that materials, products, processes and services are fit for their purpose”. Most...


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Major Purchasers of Oil & Gas Services have specified that their Suppliers need to be certified to Q2 by December 2015. This means projects need to be started as soon as possible especially with the demand for API Assessors at present. Service related organisation had difficulty complying with the 8th Edition of API Q1, which is theory included Services for the Oil & Gas Industry. However...


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Do you want to continue to supply services and equipment to the Oil & Gas Industry after December 2015? Do you want to supply services to companies like Weatherford, Exxon Mobil, Schlumberger, Cameron, Hess, Total, Tenaris, FMC Technologies, Shell, Baker Hughes, Chevron, Halliburton, Transocean and BP? If both answers are yes, you will need to comply with API Q2 by December 2015. API Q2 is the American...


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Before considering the documentation/ implementation options, it is good to consider - Presentation of Information for Employees - Internal resources Presentation of Information for Employees What is the most suitable presentation of Information for Employees and other Stakeholders (eg Customers, Field staff, Suppliers and Shareholders [ and Assessors]). The four main options are 1. Paper – text...


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