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Third-Party Food Safety Certification Auditing

Food Safety Management, ISO 22000:2018, ISO Audit

Third-Party Food Safety Certification Auditing Marie-Claude Quentin, Senior Technical Manager at the Global Food Safety Initiative, explains how it is troubleshooting issues of trust in auditing and certification processes.  With sudden and significant disruptions in the audit processes during the pandemic, third-party food safety certification has faced one of its most challenging times. However, this period of disruption has served to highlight the significant and increasing threats that […]

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Effective Audit Management Through Cloud Based System

Audit Document Management, ISO Audit, Risk Management

Effective Audit Management Through Cloud Based System Improvement, Innovation and Effectiveness Lead Tracey Brailsford at Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust explains how a cloud-based system is helping senior leadership and frontline staff learn from performance and continually improve services for patients.  When Tracey Brailsford joined Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust in 2015, the organisation’s clinical

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Remote ISO Audit During The Covid 19 Pandemic

Audit Document Management, ISO Document Management, Remote Audit

Remote ISO Audit During The Covid 19 Pandemic Gordon McNeil, IRCA Principal Auditor, has conducted audits globally in a variety of industries, including nuclear, defence, aerospace and civil aviation. He shares his experience and advice on how remote audits can continue to be conducted during the Covid-19 pandemic. Many organisations, including national and international certification

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Handling of Incorrect Data During Auditing

Corrective Action and Preventive Action, Digital Document Management, ISO 9001:2015, Remote Audit

Handling of Incorrect Data During Auditing In our latest dilemma, find out what to do when a company appears to have supplied duplicate testing images in order to meet the delivery requirement. Dilemma A customer quality engineer is conducting a release inspection at a manufacturer of high-pressure ball valves. The valves are for a pipeline project in northern Alaska. The contract requires full radiographic non-destructive testing of the welds for the flange

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Conducting Safe On-Site Audit During Pandemic

Audit Document Management, Auditing Integrated Management System, ISO 45006, ISO Quality Management, NIIX ISO Document Management

Safe On-Site Audit During Pandemic Sharjeel Farooq, IRCA Principal Auditor, and Director of Advanced Certifications Pvt Limited in Pakistan, shares his experience and advice on how to hold a safe on-site audit during the Covid-19 pandemic. The Covid-19 pandemic has introduced new challenges to most organisation’s management systems. For compliance with conformity and assessment requirements,

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Effective Approach and Interaction Determined a Successful Audit

Audit Document Management, ISO Document Management, ISO Quality Management

Effective Approach and Interaction Determined a Successful Audit Stanley O’Donnell IRCA Principal Auditor, has conducted audits globally in a variety of industries including aerospace, medical, oil and gas, to name a few. He has experienced many pitfalls when auditing and shares some of the obstacle’s auditors should avoid. When auditing any internationally recognised management system

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Essential of Using Right Approach in Problem Solving

Audit Document Management, ISO 14001, ISO 9001:2015, ISO Document Management, ISO Quality Management

Using Right Approach in Problem Solving Derek Scott, CQP FCQI, Quality Manager at Rubberatkins, Scotland, takes a look at models and strategies for problem-solving. Quality professionals are frequently required to engage in two areas that are as certain as death and taxes. The first is involvement in activities intended to result in continuous improvement, and

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Nonconformity and Corrective Action in ISO 9001

ISO 9001:2015, ISO Document Management, ISO Quality Management

Nonconformity and Corrective Action in ISO 9001 Ravindiran Gurusamy, IRCA Certificated Associate Auditor, offers an overview of nonconformance and the corrective action process for management system standards. Management system standards (MSS) will prevent nonconformities using the process approach, the plan, do, check, act (PDCA) cycle and by utilising risk-based thinking. The process-based approach, which could

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Appreciative Inquiry and Future-Focused ISO Audit

Audit Document Management, Auditing Integrated Management System, ISO Quality Management, NIIX ISO Document Management

Future-Focused ISO Audit Jessen Yeoh, CQP, MCQI, IRCA QMS/EMS/OHS Principal Auditor, Principal Advisor, P Excel Advisory Pty Ltd, explains the benefits of the Appreciative Inquiry approach in auditing. The motivation and ultimate intention of audit is to check conformance and determine whether audit criteria are fulfilled. Audit should not be a “non-conformance focus” process, concentrating on identifying non-conformances and problem-solving, or even

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ISO/IEC 27022 Incorporation with Process Approach in Information Security Management System

Information Security Management System, ISO 9001:2015, ISO Document Management, ISO/IEC TS 27022:2021, Quality Control Management System

ISO/IEC 27022 Incorporation with Process Approach Richard Green, CQP FCQI, Managing Director of Kingsford Consultancy Services, UK, outlines the newest guidance on information security implementation and operation. In the early days of management systems, a high degree of emphasis was placed on operating in accordance with specific, designated procedures. Management system standards were highly prescriptive,

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