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Stronger Supply Chain with API Spec Q1 Addendum 2

09 Jul 2019 Posted by Oscar Combs in Blog, Home Page
Introduction In June 2018, the American Petroleum Institute (API), issued Addendum 2 for API Spec Q1, Quality Management System Requirements for Manufacturing Organizations for the Petroleum and Natural Gas Industries, Ninth Edition. Addendum 2 went into full effect on June 1, 2019. Addendum 2 is...

Watch Contagious Customer Service

13 May 2019 Posted by Oscar Combs in Blog, Home Page
Is your customer service contagious for your customers? Organizations spend a lot of time and money to acquire their customers. Once customers decide to give the organization an opportunity, the organization’s customer service should be so contagious that customers look for opportunities to do business...

Planning and Achieving Quality Objectives

09 May 2018 Posted by Oscar Combs in Blog, Home Page, Videos
Planning and Achieving Quality Objectives A requirement of ISO 9001:2015,  clause 6.2 is for organizations to establish quality objectives at relevant functions, levels and processes needed for their quality management systems.   The ISO 9001:2015 standard and other recently revised standards such as, ISO 14001, ISO...

How To Stay Audit Ready

14 Mar 2018 Posted by Oscar Combs in Blog, Home Page, Videos
How To Stay Audit Ready! Keeping your organization audit ready is an important step in running your management system smoothly. The ISO 9001 Group wants to show your organization how to stay audit ready. Our new video blog details four tips that will keep you proactive...

Demonstrating Leadership Within Your Quality Management System

30 Jan 2018 Posted by Oscar Combs in Blog, Home Page, Videos
A major requirement of ISO 9001:2015 is that top management demonstrates leadership within the quality management system. Does your organization's top management struggle to meet the ISO 9001:2015 leadership requirement? Watch our video now to learn valuable tips on demonstrating leadership within your quality management system! Click here to contact The...

Five Why Technique – Getting to the Root Cause

19 Jan 2018 Posted by Oscar Combs in Blog, Home Page, Videos
Getting to the root cause of nonconformities, is a major challenge for many organizations. Does your organization repeatedly deal with the same problems or nonconformities over and over? You've implemented corrective actions, but here you are dealing with the same issue again, on a different project, order...

Process Oriented Internal Auditing

20 Nov 2017 Posted by Oscar Combs in Blog, Home Page, Videos
Conducting internal audits is one of the most important requirements of your management system. Oscar provides several tips to help your organization perform process oriented audits! Contact The ISO 9001 Group to learn more about how we can help your organization manage its risks and...

Case Study: Benefits of Getting ISO 9001 Certified

16 Sep 2016 Posted by Oscar Combs in Home Page
Overview Many organizations often struggle to understand the benefits and return on investment of getting ISO 9001 certified.  Similarly, organizations have the some struggles with other quality and environmental management system standards such as: IATF 16949, ISO 17025, ISO 14001, API Spec Q1 and API...

Top 10 Benefits of a Quality Management System

19 Nov 2014 Posted by Oscar Combs in Blog, Home Page
A Quality Management System (QMS) isn't just for manufacturing organizations. There are many business benefits that any type of organization can experience due to having a QMS. Quality is needed in all types of organizations, from manufacturing to service and even education. Here are the...