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28 Apr 2026

Correction, Corrective Action and Preventive Action explained

Badly written Corrective Action Clauses in ISO Management System Standards add to the confusion. Correction, Corrective Action, and Preventive Action (CCAPA) are essential management systems components that help organizations identify, address, and prevent issues to ensure ongoing compliance and improvement. And all three expressions are defined and explained in this Post.

27 Nov 2025

ISO 9001 Knowledge Management - DOs & DON'Ts

ISO 9001, ISO Standard Implementation

Practical advice on ISO 9001:2015 Clause 7.1.6 Generally speaking, this requirement in ISO 9001:2015 needs to be addressed more effectively, and, more importantly, the valuable opportunity it provides is often overlooked. Too often, a 'throw-away' statement in a quality manual is used here without any serious consideration of the consequences to the business of the loss of knowledge that ...

27 Mar 2025

Checking the Effectiveness of Corrective Action

ISO Standard Implementation

All ISO Management System Standards require that the effectiveness of Corrective Action be checked. It's rarely done well. Let's take ISO 9001:2015 as an example. Note: The process is identical for all the ISO Management System Standards, ISO 14001, ISO 45001, ISO 13485, etc. ISO 9001:2015 Clause 10.2, Nonconformity and Corrective Action, requires that when a nonconformity occurs, including those ...

News and Commentary on ISO Management System Standards

Correction, Corrective Action and Preventive Action explained

ISO 9001 Knowledge Management - DOs & DON'Ts

Checking the Effectiveness of Corrective Action

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