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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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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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About the ISO Management Standards Certification Organisations

Date: 18 Jun 2015
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For ISO 9001 and other Management Standards - the Certifications Organisations check compliance and issue the Certificates The Certification Organisations or Bodies for the different ISO Management Standards including ISO 9001, ISO 14001, provide Assessors to audit or check Organisations wanting to be certified as meeting the requirements of the relevant Standard. The Certification Organisations...


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The secrets to a successful business according to ISO 9001

Date: 18 Jun 2015
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1 Purpose - What are you in Business to achieve? Put into words, then 2 Decision Making – effective Decision Making is key to success. Decisions need to be effective and implemented. They do not need to be perfect 3 What makes you different in the customer’s Mind? Define it. 4 Define & document repeatable Processes 5 Monitor your Business – Identify what is important drivers for your...


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ISO 14001 standard explained

Date: 28 Jan 2015
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ISO 14001 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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What is ISO 9001 Standard ?

Date: 29 Dec 2014
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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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What is Quality Assurance? A definition

Date: 22 Oct 2014
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According to Wikipedia, Quality Assurance is • Quality in Business is satisfying Customer Expectations Quality Assurance has been divided into Quality Control & Quality Management Quality Control – ensuring products (and services) meet the specification or drawing. Therefore Quality Control is ensuring clear instructions, which are met to the required tolerance. 1. Agree the Specification 2. Implement/...


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Incorporating Risk in Management Standards

Date: 05 Apr 2014
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Risk at present is very popular. More of different Management Standards are now incorporating Risk as part of their requirements. The reason is that it is a more robust and auditable requirement to assist Improvements than the traditional "Preventative Action", which companies have often struggled to demonstrate  compliance. Too often with smaller Organisations, they are regularly implement improvement...


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API Q1 and ISO 29001 Divorce

Date: 07 Mar 2014
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The new and updated API Specification Q1 9th Edition was published June 2013. The new API QI standard does not refer to ISO 29001. Additionally on the ISO website, there is no updated ISO 29001 standard, either published or under development. This is curious. Previously API Q1 8th Edition was also published as ISO/TS 29001:2007. To quote the ISO website, “the intention was to provide a single...


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