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    News & Commentary on ISO Management System Standards

    News and Commentary on ISO Management System Standards

    Dr John FitzGerald

    Director & Founder of deGRANDSON Global. Spent 15 years in the manufacturing industry and 25 years training, consulting & auditing management systems
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    09 Jan 2025

    Why Lab Management and Accreditation to ISO 17025 Matters

    Clearly defined and strictly followed laboratory quality controls are a must when offering laboratory services of any kind. New businesses rarely ponder the benefits of being accredited to ISO 17025 however, even the smallest organization has a lot to gain from an accredited Testing and/or Calibration Laboratory Management System (TCLMS). Startup priorities, and the fact that it takes a minimum ...
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    09 Jan 2025

    Evidence for ISO 27001 Annex A compliance

    Demonstrating compliance with Annex A requirements of Annex A to your Certification Body Using ISO 27001 controls outlined in Annex A alone to address security vulnerabilities is never enough!
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    04 Jan 2025

    ISO 9001 Internal Auditing: DOs and DON'Ts

    Wondering how to approach the requirements of ISO 9001 Clause 2? For whatever MSS you need to conduct internal audits, you have two basic approaches to choose from: Option 1: do the minimum necessary to satisfy the Certification Body (CB) Option 2: take the best advantage of the opportunity the mandatory requirement offers. You may well ask: Is it really worth my while putting time and effort ...
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    04 Jan 2025

    Proper Safety Management Protects Everyone

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    02 Jan 2025

    Why Checking the Competency of ISO Internal Auditors is Essential

    Question: What's the one thing that ISO Auditor Training can't give you? Answer: Competency. ISO Management System Standards require that persons involved in internal auditing be competent, and ISO auditor training is essential to building such competence. This post will consider internal auditing of the two most popular management system standards: ISO 9001, the quality management system ...
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    31 Dec 2024

    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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    29 Dec 2024

    Why ISO 21001 and not ISO 17024 or EXEMPLAR or IRCA Approval?

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    29 Dec 2024

    Internal Audit Reports

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    27 Dec 2024

    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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    26 Dec 2024

    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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