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The ISO Show: ISO 9001 – Why All The Unnecessary Things?

10 Jun 2020 Posted by Oscar Combs in Aerospace, Alloys and Metals, Automotive, Blog, Chemical, Construction, Distribution, Food and Beverage, Home Page, Laboratories, Logistics, Manufacturing, Medical, Oil and Gas, Public Agencies, Technology, Videos
A client asked us why ISO 9001, the most popular quality management system standard in the world, requires them to do unnecessary things. It depends on what you consider unnecessary. Typically, organizations that complain about management system requirements, such as API Spec Q1/Q2, ISO 14001...

Management System Tip – Why Are You Implementing Management Systems?

21 Feb 2020 Posted by Oscar Combs in Aerospace, Alloys and Metals, Automotive, Blog, Chemical, Construction, Distribution, Food and Beverage, Home Page, Laboratories, Logistics, Manufacturing, Medical, Oil and Gas, Public Agencies, Technology, Videos
Many times, clients engage us initially because their customers want them to achieve certification to ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001 or similar management system standards. In many cases, they feel that management systems are about paperwork. They fail to realize why they need to...

Management System Tip – How Often Should We Conduct a Management Review Meeting?

22 Jan 2020 Posted by Oscar Combs in Aerospace, Alloys and Metals, Automotive, Blog, Chemical, Construction, Distribution, Food and Beverage, Home Page, Laboratories, Logistics, Manufacturing, Medical, Oil and Gas, Public Agencies, Technology, Videos
In this management system tip episode, Oscar Combs, Sr. Consultant of The ISO 9001 Group, answers common questions about management review meetings, including: What is a management review meeting? What is the purpose of conducting management reviews? How often should a company conduct a management...

What is a Controlled Document?

20 Sep 2019 Posted by Oscar Combs in Blog, Videos
What documents do you need to control within your organization? This is a common question for many organizations. With so many documents from timesheets to contracts, its very understandable why controlling documents is such a major issue for organizations. Do you have to control every...

All About Standard Operating Procedures

10 Sep 2019 Posted by Oscar Combs in Blog, Home Page, Videos
Standard operating procedures (SOPs) serve as the foundation for any organization's operations. Watch this episode of ISO Wake Up Call to learn more about standard operating procedures, the benefits of establishing SOPs for organizational processes and resources your organization can utilize to kick start the...

Complimentary Webinar: Context of Your Organization

13 Dec 2018 Posted by Oscar Combs in Aerospace, Alloys and Metals, Automotive, Blog, Chemical, Construction, Distribution, Food and Beverage, Laboratories, Logistics, Manufacturing, Medical, Oil and Gas, Public Agencies, Technology, Videos
You can’t fully assess your organization’s risks if you don’t first fully understand the context of your organization. Understanding your organization and its context is a requirement of ISO 9001:2015, but do organizations really understand what this really means? Have you identified and assessed the...

Management System Tip – Establishing Key Performance Indicators for Processes

10 Dec 2018 Posted by Oscar Combs in Aerospace, Alloys and Metals, Automotive, Blog, Chemical, Construction, Distribution, Food and Beverage, Laboratories, Logistics, Manufacturing, Medical, Oil and Gas, Public Agencies, Technology, Videos
All processes in your organization must be controlled and measured. Since processes are based upon inputs and outputs, the performance of any process within your organization can be measured based upon its output results. In this episode, we will provide a tip on how to effectively identify...

Holding Effective Meetings

12 Jun 2018 Posted by Oscar Combs in Blog, Videos
Holding Effective Meetings! Meetings are an effective way to communicate, and share important information within our organizations. When meetings are not effective or used wisely, they could be perceived as a waste of time. In this episode of Management System Tips, The ISO 9001 Group provides...

Complimentary Webinar – Moving Beyond Product Nonconformities

06 Jun 2018 Posted by Oscar Combs in Blog, Videos
Many times product nonconformities, stem from non-product nonconformities.   For many years organizations have focused on product nonconformities that occur during production or service provision, but have often neglected to focus on non-product nonconformities.  For example, what if Sales enters the order incorrectly?  Purchasing purchases the...

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...