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ISO 45001 Occupational health & safety management systems – Latest

Date: 08 May 2017
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The latest ISO/PC283 Project Committee meeting, which was held in Vienna during February 2017, agreed to the publication of a new Draft International Standard 2 (DIS2) for the highly anticipated ISO 45001 Occupational health and safety management systems standard.  The new draft at DIS2 was registered on 17th March and is about to be issued for a two-month consultation and national voting during...


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ISO 14001: 2015 Transition Support

Date: 07 May 2017
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For existing Certified Businesses – conversion to the new upgraded ISO 14001: 2015 is both a challenge and opportunity. This is particularly challenging for Businesses with long standing Environmental Systems, who are in administration mode, when there is limited top management involvement or ownership. The new Standard is less prescriptive and more encompassing & business oriented. Auditors...


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Transition to ISO 9001: 2015 Quality Standard – Don’t Delay

Date: 07 May 2017
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ISO 9001: 2015 was published September 2015, with a 3 year transition. Time is therefore running out before the existing ISO 9001: 2008 Certificates expire. This is especially because the Transition Audits must take place by June 2018 to allow 3 months to close-out and Non-Conformances. This would seem plenty of time for the changes. However, Companies have only one more Surveillance Audit from...


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Why have so few Companies transitioned to ISOhttp://www.charter4.com/wp-admin/edit.php 9001: 2015?

Date: 15 Feb 2017
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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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Transition to ISO 14001: 2015 Environmental Standard – Do not Delay

Date: 07 Nov 2016
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ISO 14001: 2015 Environmental Management Standard was published September 2015, with a 3 year transition. Time is therefore running out before the existing ISO 14001: 2004 Certificates expire. This is especially because the Transition Audits must take place by June 2018 to allow 3 months to close-out of any Non-Conformances. This would seem plenty of time for the changes. However, Companies have...


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 New ISO 13485 Medical Device Standard

Date: 28 Sep 2016
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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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Why Do You Need ISO 9001: 2015?

Date: 06 Jul 2016
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Did you know that 1 million companies worldwide benefit from obtaining the ISO9001 Quality Standard Certification? This Charter 4 infographic provides a breakdown of all the important information you need to know in regards to this accreditation.    


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ISO 14001 Environmental Management Standard – Approach | Charter4

Date: 08 May 2016
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ISO 14001 Standard assists reducing the environmental impact of your business operations. This both Managing the use of Resources Reduction in Pollution and the risk of Pollution Good first step is considering the Inputs and Outputs to your Business especially relating to Air Land Water Resources This is not a static. Nor is it just for the Best Day situation but includes the variations...


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ISO 9001 Project Management & Interim Management Assistance

Date: 05 Mar 2016
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Traditionally, clients want consultancy to help to achieve ISO 9001 or other Management certifications. However, we have recently seen an increase in the number of clients who are wanting certification but have limited resources. This could be due to limited available internal resources, or going through significant organisational change. They are, therefore, needing more assistance than the traditional...


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Key Software Programs Restrict Effective Business Operations

Date: 05 Mar 2016
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Most Directors and Managers will disagree with the Title because nearly all Organisations have business critical software. However, the significant issue is the number of business-critical software programs, that often include: 1. Sales Contact software to track marketing and sales activities 2. Sales Costing and Quotations for costing and preparing Quotations 3. Order Fulfilment from managing...


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