Remember, auditors need to be competent not necessarily qualified

So you need to do some internal audits for 9001 – but can you just be ‘competent’ as it states in the standard or is it worth going the whole hog and becoming ‘qualified’?  Certainly those of you who want to make a career of auditing are advised to take those few days away from [...]

How to make your Audit Report a good read

Travelling round a variety of businesses as I do I come across a wide range of, how should I put this, well styles of audits reports I guess.  However, there is still a tendancy for an audit report to be written like a story.  You know paragraph after paragraph with no obvious breaks or sections. [...]

Ever wondered what soft skills you need for that QMS?

Once you are in the driving seat of that QMS you soon start to realise that there is more to running that 9001 system than just knowing the standard inside out and being qualified to do the internal audits. You are the key person in your organisation and to be effective you will need to [...]

“9001 – The Collection” if you want to learn cool stuff in a hurry

Recognising that businesses need information as quickly as possible in order to implement it and gain benefits,  I am now offering the full set of ISO 9001 Training Guide videos under the banner “9001 – The Collection”.  Rather than work through the free series each fortnight for six months you can be in total control [...]