What Does AS9100 Have in Common With Eyjafjallajökull?When can 10,000 AS9100 certificate holders begin upgrading their certifications to the latest edition?
Mon, 05/17/2010 - 07:00
The billowing cloud of volcanic ash spewing from Iceland may have been a major pain for air travel, but it also had a positive side. It served up a gentle reminder for me to find out what the heck is going on with AS9100 certification.
Faster… A Quality Tool That Doesn’t Cost AnythingFinally!
Mon, 03/29/2010 - 12:28
There’s an important tool for quality professionals that you may have overlooked in your effort to retain customers in this difficult economy. And unlike Six Sigma, ISO 9001 or 9004, lean, and total quality management (TQM), this tool won’t cost… Is an Elephant Hiding Behind ISO 9001 Numbers?Are we seeing a slow-down in the proliferation of certifications?
Wed, 02/17/2010 - 15:13
Some experts could barely hide their disappointment when the total number of ISO 9001 certificates recently failed to break the long-awaited million-certificate mark—as if it isn’t enough to have the world’s most widely used voluntary quality… A New Reason to Get Certified: Save Big MoneyPlanned ISO 50001 standard could help organizations manage energy consumption and reduce greenhouse gases.
Tue, 01/12/2010 - 05:00
If you’re like the vast majority of readers, your company has probably gotten certified to one or more management system standards because someone told you to do so.
While certification is considered to be a cost of doing business these days,… Just in Time for the HolidaysSelf-help quality standard anyone?
Wed, 11/18/2009 - 15:41
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f you’ve been sweating what to get your quality colleagues this holiday season, you might want to pass up that tin of gooey chocolate in favor of a new international self-help standard.
Published on Nov. 1 by the Geneva-based… Tough Economic Times?Consider going nuclear
Wed, 10/21/2009 - 05:00
There’s one class trip that stands out in my mind to this day. It wasn’t so much the thrill of missing a day in our suburban Philadelphia all-boys school—although that was definitely high on my list for wanting to visit Pennsylvania’s state capital… Time to Put Quality in SustainabilityLeading by example—sans quality
Tue, 09/15/2009 - 17:00
Last week a big story was leaked to me.
I learned that the Obama Administration had been circulating a draft replacement to Executive Order 13423 that would require all U.S. government agencies in the massive federal bureaucracy to commit to a…
