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Thanks to the Web world, now every entrepreneur or senior management is well aware of the fact that ISO 9001 is open to all businesses, regardless of their accountability and functionality. Sometimes, this perception makes people a bit confused about ISO 9001 and AS 9100. Most of the people think that AS 9100 and ISO 9001 do not any difference. If you have been fostering this concept (I should say misconception) for years, this is the high time you should realize the truth. There are certain basic differences between these two standards. Before going to the ISO certification services for ISO 9001 or AS 9100 consultation, let’s explore the basic differences between these two ISO standards. Before making your way to the difference, let me give you a brief account of each of these two standards so that you can develop a clear understanding of how they resemble each other and how they differ from each other. ISO 9001 Standard The International Organization for Standardizat...

ISO 9001 provides a clear insight into an ideal quality management system. It insists on the vitality of ensuring the high-quality products and services to the clients. On the other hand, an organisation needs to ensure the security of the information system as well. ISO 27001 is required for meeting this security goal. It provides an organized approach to secure the confidential data of an enterprise by filling the gaps in the existing management system. These gaps can lead an organisation to data loss or data breach. In this modern era, an enterprise needs both ISO 9001 certification and ISO 27001. Well, the quality assurance certification requires implementation of a Quality Management System or QMS while ISO 27001 requires implementation of an Information Security Management System or ISMS. How should an enterprise integrate both of these two systems within the existing business framework? This is the question that is floating around your mind now, right? I am going to giv...

When you have already decided to adopt ISO 17025 standard, you should not take it lightly. You need to do some initial groundwork to ensure the ISO 17025 certification. It is important to have an accurate picture of the present state of your quality management system or QMS. Whenever you are thinking of a QMS for a calibration laboratory, you need to understand that the requirements of the calibration industry are different from other industries. The main of ISO 17025 is to enable the calibration laboratories to deliver the high-quality products continuously. Since quality improvement has emerged as a key business strategy, most of the laboratories are using QMS as a means of a marketing tool as well. In this blog, we are going to share with you three tips that can help you implement a QMS as per the guidelines of ISO 17025 accreditation in an effective way. 1. Make sure that your Management has a Clear Understanding of the Existing System and the ISO 17025 Requirements When...

Many organizations belonging to diverse industries are casting a look of admiration to ISO 9001. This international standard has been considered as a method of ensuring customer satisfaction and controlling tool. It is appreciated by all the organizations, from the bigwigs to the SMEs (small and mid-level enterprises). It would be wrong if you think that the ISO 9001 standard is meant only for ensuring the improvement. This accreditation should be considered itself as an assurance of the integrity of several manufacturing systems within an organization. It has a positive impact on the brand reputation of an organization in the national as well as international market. It implies that the ISO Quality assurance Certification can increase an organization’s brand value even in the international market. Well, we all know that any business can implement the quality management standard introduced by ISO, be it a manufacturing company or a service provider. However, in this blog, we wil...

Many entrepreneurs consider the required process for the internal audit as an evil from which no one can escape. Businesses need to endure this painstaking process of internal assessment to maintain the registration of their ISO certification. What’s most striking is the fact that most of the businesses believe that it’s only a duplicate effort of the registrar. These entrepreneurs do not realize that internal audit is not a mere audit, it is more than that. It examines the process more minutely than the registrar could ever do. If you run a business, you must appreciate the efforts of an internal auditor as he/she protects your organization against outright misleading with false information. Internal audit is the best way of having a critical look at the process that can help you identify the gaps or loopholes exited in your business management system. It can help you streamline the process so that you can operate it better, faster, and more effectively. You can assign your inte...

With the emergence of ISO certification and the dominance of the cutting-edge competition, every business is required to conduct an internal audit. Some companies have already built an in-house department for an audit while others depend on the outsourced services. What is this internal audit, what are the purposes of this assessment? How should an organization determine that they are doing it right? Well, this blog is ready to address all of your curiosities. Let us start with the basics-definition. What is Internal Audit? Internal audit refers to the internal controls or management control of an organization. These controls may include its corporate governance along with the accounting processes. Only a few companies have an in-house team for conducting audit while most of the companies prefer hiring independent internal audit services . What are the Purposes of this Audit? These days, most of the businesses are inclining towards ISO certifications for which int...

Most of the entrepreneurs are aware of the existence of the latest version of ISO 9001 that was published in 2015. The TL Requirement Handbook or RHB contains all the ISO 9001 requirements. As per the experts, the latest version of the quality assurance standard will drive a new RHB Release 6.0. The International Organization for Standardization has already declared that the pair of the new RHB R6 and the existing measurement handbook R5.0 is going to be known as TL 9000:2016. There are many ISO consultancies that are offering premium consulting services to ensure this certification. These services also define the standard and its requirements to their clients so that they can understand how to proceed further. TL9000 is a company level certification that is centered round TL9000 Quality Management System Handbook designed by the Quest Forum. Though this Handbook includes all clauses stated in ISO9001, it has been developed for communication industry, in particular. It highlight...