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Firms urged to take care over accredited certification
Saturday, December 3rd, 2011Britcar Racing
Thursday, October 6th, 2011Clark Quality is proud to sponsor Jensen Lunn, General Manager at Purvers International.
Benefits of ISO14001
Thursday, October 6th, 2011Over 80% of organisations in the UK believe that the ISO14001 environmental management system has improved their reputation, according to a BSI survey. Continue reading “Benefits of ISO14001” »
UKAS Accreditation Awareness Campaign
Monday, September 26th, 2011The UKAS accreditation awareness campaign is aimed at driving up levels of awareness across Government and all sectors of the economy as a result of continued support from BIS, greater engagement by accredited organisations and stakeholders, and additional internal UKAS resource. Continue reading “UKAS Accreditation Awareness Campaign” »
Health & Safety and Environmental Compliance Climb the Corporate Agenda
Monday, September 26th, 2011Health & Safety Managers are increasingly seeing Environmental Management (EM) duties becoming a part of their role. Continue reading “Health & Safety and Environmental Compliance Climb the Corporate Agenda” »
ISO standards and World Environment Day
Sunday, June 5th, 2011International Organisation for Standardisation….
Many ISO International Standards support the objectives of World Environment Day, held every year on 5 June by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), which itself participates in developing ISO standards, notably the ISO 14000 family for environmental management. Continue reading “ISO standards and World Environment Day” »
ISO9001 Certifications top one million
Monday, December 6th, 2010More than one million ISO9001 certifications have been awarded to organisations all over the world according to the latest figures from the International Organisation for Standardisation. Continue reading “ISO9001 Certifications top one million” »
SMEs need more support to go green
Wednesday, May 12th, 2010Chartered Quality Institute
Smaller companies are calling on the UK government to provide better support and information to help them go green, according to research. Continue reading “SMEs need more support to go green” »
Conservatives best understand quality
Wednesday, May 12th, 2010Quality professionals have voted the Conservatives as the political party with the greatest appreciation of quality principles in the run up to the UK’s general election closely followed by the Liberal Democrats.
A third of quality professionals agreed that the Tory party had the policies that most reflected an understanding of quality in a OW Express poll following the release of the main party manifestos.
The Liberal Democrats, seeming to
benefit from Nick Clegg’s performance
in the first televised leadership debate.
were backed by 27% of those who
responded, leaving the Labour party
trailing in third place with just 16.4% quality professionals supporting them, despite promises to “spread excellence” in their manifesto.
One respondent backing the Conservative party which has pledged to cut “wasteful spending” by £6bn. said, “None of the other parties have a clue about lean management” At the same time. however, a Liberal Democrat supporter argued, “The Tories criticism of targets indicates that they do not understand the basic quality principle of plan-do-check-act.”
More worrying was the number of respondents that believed none of the parties truly understood quality. One said, “Political parties espouse quality principles but that is not reflected by an understanding of proper implementation. Most instances are knee jerk reactions to failure, never from promotion of best practice or excellence.”
Another said, “One important are that the Conservatives do seem to understand is removing the Whitehall staff paid huge salaries to tell the public sector what to do. Getting rid of these people will save the country millions of pounds in salaries and result in bigger savings when public sector managers no longer have to comply with bad ideas.”
Chartered Quality Institute
Quality professionals have voted the Conservatives as the political party with the greatest appreciation of quality principles Continue reading “Conservatives best understand quality” »
UKAS Appointed as National Accreditation Body for the UK
Wednesday, March 17th, 2010
UKAS
The United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) has been formally appointed as the National Accreditation Body for the United Kingdom, under a new EU Regulation. Continue reading “UKAS Appointed as National Accreditation Body for the UK” »
New edition of ISO 9004 maps out the path forward to “sustained success”
Saturday, November 14th, 2009ISO
The just-published new edition of ISO 9004 provides organizations with a model for “sustained success” Continue reading “New edition of ISO 9004 maps out the path forward to “sustained success”” »
Certification helps SMEs to survive recession
Saturday, October 10th, 2009NQA
Small businesses with certification against management systems standards are better placed to survive the recession, according to research from certification body NQA. Continue reading “Certification helps SMEs to survive recession” »
ISO9004:2009
Monday, October 5th, 2009ISO technical committee TC176 is developing a new release of ISO9004 – “Managing for the sustained success of an organization — A quality management approach”. Continue reading “ISO9004:2009” »
New edition of ISO/TS 16949 quality specification for automotive industry supply chain
Thursday, July 2nd, 2009ISO
ISO has just published a new edition of ISO/TS 16949:2009, which specifies quality system requirements for suppliers in the automotive sector.
ISO/TS 16949:2009 replaces the 2002 edition which has been used by the major automotive manufacturers to approve more than 35,000 organisations worldwide that produce and supply parts for the sector. Continue reading “New edition of ISO/TS 16949 quality specification for automotive industry supply chain” »
The value of UKAS accredited certification
Friday, May 15th, 2009UKAS
In these economic conditions, certification is recognised as being a differentiator as well as demonstrating regulatory compliance. An increasing number of both public and private sector organisations are specifying certification by a UKAS accredited body in many of their contracts. In addition, a growing number of regulators are rewarding businesses with accredited certification through regulatory relief. Continue reading “The value of UKAS accredited certification” »