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Certifying Large Companies Requires A Different Approach
A question raised by Kyle Chambers during a podcast prompted Michael Mills to explain how large, complex organizations can be certified to standards like ISO 9001, pointing to the need to carefully define the scope of certification.
Five Early Signs That Reveal How a QA Audit Will Unfold
Early signs can show how a QA audit will unfold, and experienced auditors know how to read them.
Too Messy Or Just More Useful? Rethinking QM Documentation Formats
Stephan Joseph, founder of Joseph Beratung, challenges a familiar concern in an opinion piece:
Thinking Like An Auditor Starts With Questions Not Checklists
Carlos Manuel Pereira da Cruz, a consultant, auditor, trainer, author, and ISO 9001 expert, explains in a video lesson that effective audits begin with the right questions rather than clauses or checklists.
Why Quality Fails in Manufacturing Despite More Inspection And Supervision
Focusing on inspection instead of preventing problems before they occur allows defects to keep coming back in manufacturing,
Systems, Not People, Determine Results: Deming’s Red Bead Lesson Still Ignored
Most performance problems come from the system that produces results, not from the people working within it,
When Written Procedures Do Not Match Daily Work, Certified Systems Fail
Many companies obtain ISO certification expecting business benefits, but real-world experience shows that written procedures often do not match daily work, limiting the value of the system.
Quality Managers, Stop Absorbing Dysfunction And Reclaim Your Role
Many quality managers stay too long in environments that do not support strong quality practices, gradually adapting to issues they should be challenging.
Mentoring Could Solve The Auditor Pipeline Problem
The ISO auditing field faces a growing talent pipeline problem as demand for certification rises while fewer new auditors enter the profession.
AI Is Not Just A Tool As It Redefines The Role Of Quality
AI is no longer just a support tool in quality work, as it begins to redefine which tasks matter and what roles are built around.
As Geopolitical Risks Rise, ISO 28000 and CTPAT Support Supply Chain Security Governance
Rising tensions in the Middle East are increasing global supply chain risks, exposing vulnerabilities in energy supply, shipping routes, and cross-border trade,
How CASCO Toolbox Helps Structure Global Conformity Assessment
The CASCO toolbox is a set of international standards and guides that regulators use to structure conformity assessment across sectors, covering activities such as testing, inspection, and certification.
Experience Alone Is Not Proof Of Auditor Competence
Years of work experience may not reliably measure auditor competence, challenging long-standing assumptions in auditor qualification, according to Jörg Westphal, Managing Partner at Hellmund Personalberatung.
Lean Tools Without The Right Culture Create Costly Improvement Theater
When Lean tools are used without the right culture behind them, they can create “improvement theater”, where the appearance of progress hides defects that continue to accumulate and become more expensive to fix downstream.
When Auditors Accept A Reduced Role For QMS Real Value Disappears
Quality management systems often bring little real value when their role in organizations is reduced to documentation and formal checks.
Without Process Ownership Quality Teams End Up Solving Every Problem
Quality teams often become overloaded when organizations fail to define clear process ownership.
Cause vs Root Cause: Treating Symptoms Or Fixing The Real Problem
ISO management system standards require organizations to determine the cause of problems and eliminate it, yet auditors often ask for a root cause to ensure the underlying issue has been addressed.
Quality Managers Should Never Make These Mistakes Yet Often Still Do
There are things quality managers should never do in a Management Review, yet they still happen regularly, says Ekaterina Potemkina, who openly admits she has made some of the same mistakes herself.
Start With People, Not Procedures When Building Quality Management Systems
Many organizations begin building or restructuring a quality management system by writing procedures, but there could be a stronger approach: starting with people.
Is DAkkS Applying Auditor Competence Rules Too Strictly?
Certification expert Jörg Roggensack has criticized how the German accreditation body DAkkS interprets competence requirements for management system auditors, warning that the approach could lead some auditors to lose their ability to work in certain sectors.
New Normal In Quality Shifts Focus From Order To Organizational Resilience
Quality is entering a “new normal” where traditional approaches no longer match the complexity of modern organizations.
Could Today’s Quality Professionals Pass This 1987 QA Exam?
A decades-old professional exam for quality managers has drawn attention after resurfacing online, raising the question of whether today’s professionals could still answer its questions.
QA Managers Often Leave Their Roles Early But Companies Can Change That
Quality managers are often unhappy in their roles, writes Bruce Hutain, a quality assurance professional with over two decades of experience in such roles.
