Quality auditors already conduct value added audits. Examples of value added audits include:
David Hoyle, the author of the best selling ISO 9001 Quality Systems Handbook and other management systems books, offers his unique observations on ISO 9001:2015 Committee Draft (CD). The second part of his observations will be published in the second issue. Continue reading Internal control is the foundation of good corporate governance.This is the age of risk. Executives want a better way to control the risks within their enterprise as well as the extended enterprise of the supply chain.
How should this be done? The development of internal and external controls is becoming the preferred method to achieve continued profitability as well as manage risks. Continue reading
ISO 9001 (Quality Management) and ISO 14001 (Environmental Management) are scheduled for major revisions by the end of 2015. I recently attended a meeting of the US Technical Advisory Groups for these standards. Although there were many changes proposed, this article will focus on risk management and items left out of the Committee Draft (CD). The CD will form the basis of ISO 9001:2015. I will not discuss ISO 14001 since I am not on the technical committee. Continue reading
ISO 9001 (2015) Committee Draft (CD) came out a few months ago. For giggles, I decided to take a look at it because I heard that it had risk in it. I was really surprised!
My thinking ran the gamut. It was a revelation. It was scary. It was an opportunity (OK multiple opportunities). Continue reading