The management systems community
4th Jan 2011 by Alex Briggs
The International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) has announced that over one million ISO 9001 certificates have now been issued globally. The latest ISO survey (published in October 2010) includes information through the end of 2009 and shows that certificates have now been issued in 178 countries.
For more information, visit www.iso.org
Event: 2nd Nov 2010 – 5th Nov 2010
The title of the BARQA 2010 Annual Conference is ‘Quality Beyond Compliance’. The full conference programme will include plenary and parallel sessions, together with workshops and networking opportunities.
22nd Jul 2009 by Alex Briggs
The latest LRQA Business Assurance interview features Robert DuPuy, the Head of Sales and Training for Lloyd’s Register Quality Assurance, Inc. (LRQA). In this interview, Robert talks about some of the key issues that organisations are facing during difficult economic times. He talks about management systems, the characteristics of a good management system and the importance of having accredited independent third party certification of management systems.
1st Jun 2009 by Alex Briggs
The LRQA Business Continuity in an Economic Downturn Podcast Series continues with Episode 2. This episode also features global Business Continuity expert, David Austin. Following on from his Video Podcast, this is the second episode of the audio series.
In this episode, David talked to us about integrating BS 25999, the business continuity management system standard into your existing management systems framework. He also talked about the ease with which business continuity works with an organisations environmental, quality, health and safety and security management systems.
6th May 2009 by Alex Briggs
Sandy Sutherland is widely recognised as one of the pioneers of Quality Management Systems. He was a part of the team that developed 9001, and currently chairs the drafting group for OHSAS 18001, the Health and Safety Management System standard. In the latest episode of our Management Systems Podcast Series, he talked to www.businessassurance.com about the importance of robust management systems to help organisations survive the current economic downturn.
25th Sep 2008 by Alex Briggs
ISO 9001:2008 is set to be published in the next few months. From the date of publish, current 9001:2000 certificate holders have 24 months to convert to the newer version. Companies whose three-year certificate cycle expires once 9001:2008 is published will only have the option of getting certified against the new version.
Steve Williams, Technical Manager, Certification at Lloyd’s Register Quality Assurance (LRQA) stated, “ISO and the IAF have agreed an implementation plan to ensure a smooth migration of accredited certification to ISO 9001:2008. They have stated that ISO 9001:2008 does not contain any new requirements. ISO 9001:2008 only introduces clarifications to the existing requirements of ISO 9001:2000 based on eight years of experience of implementing the standard. It also introduces changes intended to improve consistency with ISO14001:2004.”
8th Jul 2008 by Alex Briggs
This Retail Bulletin article discusses the results of a recently published survey on supply chain issues. According to the 100 UK supply chain professionals surveyed, supply chain managers spend up to 52 days a year keeping abreast of, and complying with regulation and legislation relating to the supply chain.
The research found 84 per cent spend up to 52 days a year on compliance while 16 per cent claim even more time. More than half (58 per cent) claim to be either concerned or very concerned about operating in an increasingly regulated environment.
27th May 2008
This is a four piece article written by Bretta Kelly, President CIS WWSG, that describes a common sense approach of how to implement or revise an ISO 9001:2000 management system.
28th Feb 2008
“In today’s Quality Management systems, the ability to control and correct processes is key to maintaining a high level of compliance within an organization”, says pharmaceuticalonline.com.
23rd Jul 2007
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