Tuesday, April 18, 2017

EMS and QMS integration: Risk management

Can we merge Risk Management for QMS and EMS? If yes what is the common criteria?
Find out in our new blog post Risk Management for QMS and EMS.

Monday, April 3, 2017

ISO 9001:2015 Quality manual tips

ISO 9001:2008 had a requirement to include Organizational structure into the Quality Manual.
What are the changes in requirements imposed by the new ISO 9001:2015 version?
Find out in our recent blog post: Organizational structure in ISO 9001:2015 Quality manual

Thursday, March 30, 2017

Integration of standard management systems

Integration of standard management systems, including 9001 and 14001 is not only possible, but also necessary! While integrating, ‘including EMS as one of QMS processes’ is not the best approach. It is better to build one system describing both standards.
Find out best practices and implementation tips in our blog post Implementing 14001 within existing 9001.

Saturday, March 4, 2017

ISO 9001:2015 QMS transition good practices

Our experience in consulting the transition of the organizations to the new version of ISO 9001:2015 showed that the main «new things that were previously ignored» are the following four:

1. System-level analysis of internal and external context of the Organization.
2. Actions to address risks and opportunities.
3. Analysis of needs and expectations of interested parties (other than consumers and suppliers).
4. Viewing Organizational knowledge as an important resource.

Look for transition tips, good practices and useful links in our new blog post What did ISO 9001:2015 teach you?