You may be thinking this can’t be right. ISO 31000 is a guideline document. ISO 31000 – 2019 explicitly states that it is NOT for certification.
Well things change.
AENOR offers an ISO 31000 certification.
AENOR is the Spanish Association for Standardization. It is global Certification Body. It has 20 offices in Spain, almost 600 employees and almost 19,000 management system certificates.[1]
In William Shakespeare’s “The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark” (usually referred to simply as “Hamlet”), the main character, Hamlet, uses the phrase “undiscovered country” to refer to what lies beyond the grave – the afterlife – and our lack of knowledge of it, and our fear of it. As it is with death, so is it with “Artificial Intelligence”, or “AI”. Continue reading
Do you know what risks your organization faces, but have trouble gaining top leadership attention?
Consider this: all managers have an unwritten duty to reduce risk for their organization. It falls under “other duties as assigned” in job descriptions. You may have determined what these risks are and started to work on them, or you may be trying to ignore them as risks. Continue reading
1. What is lean?
If you google “lean” you will probably find many definitions of lean. The definition that I prefer is “an initiative focus on eliminating all waste in manufacturing processes”. This definition is taken from the American Society for Quality (ASQ) Quality Progress magazine. In this article I want to highlight a lean initiative related to Inspection and Test (I&T) Requirements. Continue reading
Organizations need controls to ensure objectives are achieved. Management’s job is to establish, implement and monitor controls, and the auditor’s job is to determine whether they are adequate.
In some cases, organizations adopt standards that require controls. Many performance standards call for control of an activity, process, function, department or system. Continue reading