Implement ISO Quality

What are the Top 7 ISO Quality Standards? How are they different from other standards, and how can you use them to eliminate variation within your company?

The ISO 9001 2015 standard has a number of document requirements and specifically calls out 7.5.3 Control of Documented information. To understand what documents or a records are required (the new standard does not make a distinction) first let’s clarify what are documents and records.

If you analyze the root causes for company challenges in a constructive light, failure and its causes express itself in a variety of ways. What are the most common root causes of business problems?

A process audit is focused on determining process effectiveness and the ability to achieve planned results. Do you know what questions are used for these?

One of the most typical internal audit findings (nonconformities) is discovering that workers are not following procedures or work instruction. Surprisingly, while ISO 9001 requires you to establish procedures as needed, there is no ISO clause that requires anybody to follow such plans! What ISO 9001 clause is used writing audit findings for not following […]

It may be a lot easier than you think to create a lean ISO quality system, and it will save you an untold amount of work (and grief) later on.

Build a quality management system in 10 practical steps, from process mapping and objectives to competence, measurement, corrective action, and continual improvement.

How much time do you spend on your ISO QMS annually? For planning purposes, a small company of 50 employees might assign about 43 to 47 coordinator days per year to internal audits, audit findings, certification support, nonconformance review, management review, training, supplier quality, calibration, documentation, and improvement projects. That is an illustrative workload, not […]

Phase three if implementing an ISO system is as much about understanding and awareness as it is about creating new processes and documentation.