Key Health and Safety Rules and Guidance in ISO 9001 Bob Marshall, CQP MCQI, Secretary of the CQI Yorkshire branch, explains how health and safety must be considered when determining the needs and expectations of interested parties and providing a suitable working environment. ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management Systems does not specifically mention safety, but to…
Implement Lean Six Sigma in Manufacturing Industry Husain Al-Omani, Master Black Belt, Board Member of the AACE (Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering) International Marketing Board, highlights the importance of the Six Sigma approach and why more businesses should adopt this quality management methodology. Over the past 50 years, there has been an increasing…
Importance of Integrating Risk Into QMS Abdullah Shaiban, Project Inspection Supervisor at Saudi Aramco – a multinational petroleum and natural gas company – highlights the importance of integrating risk into a quality management system. ISO 9001:2015 provides a framework which organizations can apply to their quality management system (QMS) to deliver sustainable development solutions and…
Top Management in QMS In our latest dilemma, Chris Achillea, UK Head of Compliance at Integral, UK, explains how the quality managers can encourage senior teams to take the ownership and more responsibility for their management system(s). Dilemma The QMS manager for a national service delivery organisation has scheduled a formal quarterly management review meeting…
Strategic To Improve Audit Quality Hadi El Cheikh, Quality Health and Safety Executive at Veolia Water Technologies, Middle East, explains how a strategic approach can lead to a more successful audit on the assessment day. Most of us will still remember the times when the third-party auditor(s) came and met the quality management representative to…
David Finney, CQP MCQI, founder of The Energy of Conversation and trainer in coaching and auditing, shares his top tips for problem solving, while meeting the requirements for ISO 9001:2015. I’ve been training professionals in coaching and auditing skills for many years. When I discuss internal issues arising in business I constantly come across the…
Challenges And Benefits of ISO 9001 Antonis Louloudis, CQP MCQI, head of SWISS APPROVAL/TUV Rheinland-North Hellas Branch, Greece, tells Andrew Holt that effective ISO 9001:2015 transition is about embracing the standard’s philosophy. Antonis Louloudis, CQP MCQI, is head of SWISS APPROVAL TECHNISCHE BEWERTUNG SA/TUV Rheinland representative office at the North Hellas Branch in Thessaloniki, Greece,…
Transition ISO 9001:2015 CQI interim head of membership services Richard Green explains why ISO 9001:2015 transition is important for quality professionals. ISO standards are the result of international, expert consensus and the CQI contributes towards the revision process in a detailed way. As a result, the standards offer the benefit of global management experience and good practice. These…
Context of Organization in ISO 9001 And ISO 14001 John Hartill looks at how quality professionals should address the organisational context requirements of ISO 9001 and ISO 14001. Understanding the organisation and its context is a new requirement within Annex SL-based revisions to ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 14001:2015. This is a ‘shall determine’ requirement, indicating…
Quality Policy for Effective Auditing in ISO 9001:2015 Andrew Holt examines how ISO 9001:2015 sets out the development and communication of the quality policy and what this means for auditors. It is in sub-clause 5.2.1 of ISO 9001:2015 that sets out the requirements of top management in respect of the organisation’s quality policy. Top management…
