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    News & Commentary on ISO Management System Standards

    News and Commentary on ISO Management System Standards

    20 Feb 2025

    ISO 9001 vs Other ISO Standards

    Is ISO 9001 always the best choice? Over 90% of all ISO Management System certifications are for ISO 9001, leaving less than 10% to cover the other 50+ ISO Management System Standards. When organizations seek to enhance their management systems, they often get confused about whether to implement ISO 9001 for a broad quality management foundation or to dive directly into a specialized standard ...
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    18 Feb 2025

    ISO 45001 requires Risk Management and Risk-based Thinking

    You'll need OH&S Risk Management Methods & Tools Unlike ISO 9001, the Occupational Health and Safety Management System (OHSMS) Standard requires the application of OH&S Risk Management Methods in Clause 6.1.
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    15 Feb 2025

    Essential Documentation for ISO 17025 Accreditation

    ISO 17025 documentation refers to the set of documents and records required to establish and maintain compliance with ISO/IEC 17025:2017, the international standard for testing and calibration laboratories. This documentation covers all aspects of laboratory operations, such as equipment calibration, sample handling, testing methods, data analysis, and reporting, with the aim of ensuring the ...
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    15 Feb 2025

    How to do an ISO 14001 Gap Analysis

    Always start with a Gap Analysis Whether you are starting from 'scratch' or whether you already have an Environmental Management System, a Gap Analysis is essential to establish the issues and topics that require correction or improvement and which may inform your ISO 14001 EMS Implementation Project.
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    14 Feb 2025

    Documents for Implementing an ISO 45001 Compliant OHSMS

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    13 Feb 2025

    When is a Calibration Certificate NOT a Calibration Certificate

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    13 Feb 2025

    Finding the Right ISO Auditor Courses

    Finding ISO internal auditor and lead auditor training can be discouraging for some individuals and companies. Limited course offerings or content that does not match specific ISO Management System standards can make it difficult to find the right ISO training program.
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    13 Feb 2025

    Combined compliance with GDPR and ISO 27001: the Best Strategy

    May 25th, 2018, struck terror into the hearts of those who had ignored the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). On that date the EU Regulations came into force, carrying eye-watering fines for gross offenders in protecting the sensitive personal data of EU Citizens (see table below).
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    11 Feb 2025

    Essential Documentation for ISO 13485 Certification

    There are 139 (sic) instances in ISO 13485:2016 Standard where documentation is mentioned. In developing your documentation, a careful check must be made to ensure that all applicable mentions of documentation are acted upon. These requirements give regulators tick-box items to check, so external auditors will not want to leave any unchecked instances behind for a subsequent regulatory inspection ...
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    11 Feb 2025

    ISO Internal Audit Program best practice

    Don't waste time and effort on ISO Internal Audits! For many, Internal Audits are a sterile and mandatory drudge, carried out solely to obtain some records to show in an inane internal audit report to the external auditor. Such audits add no value to the organization for the resources applied. Yet, many organizations extract great value from the activity, including monetary value, which will ...
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