We’ve all heard it before: Change is the only constant. This isn’t just cliché but a truth that all companies will come to recognize. Change is the driving force behind improvement. And all of the changes that take place within an organization, whether to products, processes, or regulations, aren’t isolated. Each has an impact on the other.
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When combined, these factors result in a complex process—a delicate balance that must be handled carefully and deliberately to bring about a successful process. An organization also must ensure that quality and compliance are met when rolling out new products and processes. This, combined with the rapid pace of product life cycles, means that you must move at warp speed to keep up.
That’s where automated risk management tools come in to streamline the process.
A high-level look at risk management
The risk management process starts with identifying risk. You must look at your business operations and determine hazards and the risk that those hazards will occur. A risk team is critical in identifying these risks throughout an organization.
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Except ISO 9001:2015 Doesn't Require Risk Management
ISO 9001:2015 -- as well as TC 176 -- have specifically tried to tell people that risk-based thinking does not require "risk management." The standard, from Appendix A.4 is explicit on this point:
I'm not sure how these articles keep getting published, while those pointing out the facts of risk-based thinking can't get a whisper. Companies will spend tens of thousands of dollars implementing wasteful, costly and time-sucking risk management programs to comply with ISO 9001, which clearly says they didn't need to do a bit of it.
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