ISO 9001:2015 Clause 6: Planning The current version of ISO 9001 has some important requirements for managing change. This is no surprise, and we are wise to remember that change introduces risk into our organizations. So when you’re planning a change…

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Take me to your leader! ISO 9001:2015 Clause 5 – Leadership – the ‘make it or break it’ component of any management system. Leadership is one of the 8 Management Principles we’ve used for years as the guiding lights for…

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ISO 9001:2015 Clause 4 –  “Context of the Organization” This is a valuable requirement to spend some time on. The better we understand our ‘Context’, the stronger Management System we will design. It will result in more resilience for our organization….

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Well I’ve had some terrific feedback from people wanting to learn about the new ISO 9001:2015 standard. It’s coming up very quickly, with the next draft due out at the end of this month. We anticipate that this next draft…

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I’ve been a big fan of Edward de Bono for about 30 years. Over that period of time he has given us hundreds of ideas about Creative Thinking. In fact, if you’ve ever heard the term ‘lateral thinking’, according to…

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I’ve been over these topics more times than I care to remember. This time around, I saw something in the latest version (ISO 9001:2015) of this Standard that hadn’t connected for me before. The introduction sections have connected the dots…

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September 23rd, 2015 ISO 9001 was released. Here we go… Let’s start with the Introduction 0.1 General There are some upgrades from 2008, but, in  a nutshell, you’re on pretty even ground here. There are no quantum leaps from ISO 9001:2008, but…

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Just finished a 4 day QMS audit of an organization and focused the closing meeting around their Quality Policy and Objectives. I held the policy up and pointed to it during the presentation suggesting that they could use their policy…

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Preventing recurrence in the past has always been about ‘eliminating the cause of the non-conformance. This always pays off, not just in improving profits, but improving morale as well. Nobody feels good at work waiting for the same problem to…

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The Joy of Integration A number of organizations are looking into integrating two or more management systems. The systems most often considered are ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001. The benefits of integration are worth the investment, in my…

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6 Comments

  1. Wayne Midgley on June 8, 2015 at 1:10 am

    Trying to sign up for your iso tips Jim but cannot find where to.



  2. Jim Moran on June 8, 2015 at 1:32 am

    I’ll have to add that option, Wayne. What we have now is a ‘Contact us’ button at the bottom, and people send the request there.

    I’ll add you to the list. We’ll be sending out a new round after the FDIS comes out – should be next month – we’ll make sure you get the next ones.

    In the meantime, feel free to glance through the previous tips: https://simplifyiso.com/iso-tips

    Comments welcome!

    Jim



  3. tony santos on January 17, 2020 at 12:10 am

    your lessons are clear and helpful. Thanks



    • Jim Moran on January 20, 2020 at 3:11 pm

      You’re welcome, Tony – thanks for leaving a note. Hope 2020 works out for you!
      Jim



  4. ISO 9001 Certification USA on February 4, 2022 at 2:48 am

    Hello Dude! Thank you so much for sharing the Informative Blog, It is really helpful for readers. Keep it up.



    • Jim Moran MA Ed. MSP on July 17, 2022 at 11:39 pm

      You’re welcome, and thanks for the comment. You may enjoy some of our free courses at the International Management System Institute: https://imsipro.org/