The ISO 9001 Auditing Practices Group (APG), an informal group of quality management system experts, auditors, and practitioners drawn from the International Accreditation Forum (IAF) and ISO Technical Committee 176 (the ISO committee responsible for developing and maintaining quality management standards), has revised its guidance...

The Baldrige Performance Excellence Program, which administers the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, has decided not to run the award program in 2022. According to a bulletin issued by the program, the program has been put on hold pending a review of the program...

The United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) has announced that it will soon launch UKAS CertCheck, a new tool which can verify UKAS accredited management system certifications. UKAS CertCheck is an online database containing information about the status of certification issued by UKAS accredited certification bodies. The...

The ISO technical committee responsible for developing, managing, and updating the ISO 9000 standards series has decided to develop a design specification for a future revision to ISO 9001. The ISO/TC 176/SC2 Strategic Planning and Operations Task Group directed TG5 to develop the design specification. The...

By Stephen M. Baysinger Clause 4.0 of ISO 9001:2015 is chock-full of requirements; however, as a third-party auditor I’ve discovered that one of the most significant clauses most auditees brush-over (or outright ignore) is clause 4.4.1, Process interactions. The “shalls” in 4.4.1 are basic and...

by Amanda Evans-Lara There is vast amount of information out there on the do’s and don’ts of formulating your HACCP plan. Some aspects have been passed down from generation to generation, some are written in law and some are just plain old personal misunderstandings. Whatever...

by Steven Severt Producing nonconforming product is costly. Your organization has paid for labor to produce the nonconforming product and expended available equipment time and resources only to have to scrap or rework the product. There’s also the cost of additional labor to make the...

by Steven Severt When you think of your quality management system (QMS), do you instantly think of document control, as if the two terms are synonymous? Do you have designated staff within your organization who are responsible for document control and who are handling all QMS...

A joint IAF-ILAC-ISO survey of more than 4,000 participants reveals that a large majority of respondents prefer remote or blended audits, assessments, and evaluations, feel that remote activities provide as much confidence as on-site, and would like to see continued or increased use of...

The American Society for Quality's (ASQ) Government Division has created the Center for Electoral Quality and Integrity (CEQI) to serve as a resource for government leaders and citizens to turn to regarding the standardization of election processes that ensure the highest possible quality and...