Is integrating ISO 9001 and OHSAS 18001 that hard?
Andrea Aulisi
The advantages of integration between multiple management systems are known to everybody, but I have never heard about quantitative measures...
The advantages of integration between multiple management systems are known to everybody, but I have never heard about quantitative measures (or at least estimates!) of the benefit of integrating. According to my data, based on...
Does a QMS ensure 100% quality?
Mark Hammar
Every year we hear about product recalls and consumer alerts about manufactured goods that have major problems, and need to...
Every year we hear about product recalls and consumer alerts about manufactured goods that have major problems, and need to be returned to the company for replacement or refund. In this past year of 2014,...
Similarities and differences between ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 13485:2016
Note: This article was updated according to the ISO 13485:2016 revision. ISO 13485 is the international standard requirement for a...
Note: This article was updated according to the ISO 13485:2016 revision. ISO 13485 is the international standard requirement for a medical device quality management system. Like many other quality management system requirements for special purposes...
ISO 9001 vs. Baldrige National Quality Award (BNQA)
If you are a company in the United States of America you will probably have heard of the Baldrige National...
If you are a company in the United States of America you will probably have heard of the Baldrige National Quality Award; however, international companies outside of the USA may not know about this award...
Improving quality through effective training
Ana Meskovska
Very often when people talk about managing quality, at one point they start talking about training. However, that is not...
Very often when people talk about managing quality, at one point they start talking about training. However, that is not because clause 6.2.2 from ISO 9001 refers to competencies and training, relating it to quality...
