Category Archives: ISO9001:2015@Risk™ – Greg Hutchins

#14 – KEY RISK QUESTIONS FOR ALL ISO REGISTERED COMPANIES – ISO 9001 (2015)@ RISK – GREG HUTCHINS

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Greg Hutchins pixThis is huge.  More than 1,100,000 companies world wide will be impacted. But, a lot of questions exist.

The working draft of the ISO 9001 (2015) has been circulating.  It is a paradigm shift and will be a challenge for many registered companies.

As result of several CERM Risk Insights articles, we’ve been asked to address the risk challenges and opportunities in the transition with articles and videos (Vlogs) on Youtube.  We’ll be addressing our hard lessons learned as we moved from a 100% quality consultancy to a 100% risk consultancy.

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#12 – RISK MANAGEMENT: TODAY’S QUALITY MANAGEMENT PARADIGM – GREG HUTCHINS

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Greg Hutchins pixThe quality profession has been very successful over the last 15 years.  .  American Society of Quality (ASQ) surged in membership, national prominence, and public policy influence.  Quality and six sigma became synonymous with competitiveness and flawless execution.  More than 1,000,000 companies are registered to ISO 9001.

All of this success came at a significant cost and now begs the question: “What’s the role of a quality professional, when everyone is responsible for the quality of his or her efforts.  Today, there is much soul searching what it means to be a quality professional and even where quality management is going. Continue reading →

#11 – QUALITY FUTURES: MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS INTEGRATION – DENNIS ARTER

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Saturday BreakfastManagement systems are evolving as part of a larger trend toward risk management and sustainability. We are entering the fourth era of organization management. First came the control era, where the focus was on defining and controlling characteristics, conditions, and contaminants. This period roughly ran from 1925 to 1975. Then came the assurance era, where the focus was on defining and following processes. This period lasted about half as long as the first: 1975-2000. Recently, we entered the management era, where separate systems were established and often certified. Continue reading →

ISO 31000 Risk Management Standard Press Release

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Press Release – March 21, 2013

WHAT is the ISO 31000 risk management standard ?

ISO 31000 is the only internationally-recognized ISO standard in risk management.

WHO has developed it ?

Up to 60 experts from different sectors (industry, health & safety, quality management, banking & finance, etc.), representing 30 countries, worked within an ISO international working group called the ISO TC 262 committee – see : http://www.iso.org/iso/iso_technical_committee?commid=629121 Continue reading →

#10 – VALUE ADDED AUDITING® – GREG HUTCHINS

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What value are you offering these days?

Greg Hutchins pixThis is probably the most important question management is asking these days.  Functions and activities that don’t add value are outsourced. Quality, operational, internal, and financial audits are outsourced if they don’t add real operational and managerial value. 

Value means different things to different people.  What is important to one organization may be different to another.  One company’s best practice may be another company’s standard operating procedure. Continue reading →