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    ISO 26262 – The 10 Clauses (Parts)

    By on Monday, January 9th, 2012 | No Comments

    According to the released standard, ISO 26262 is intended to be applied to safety-related systems that include one or more E/E (Electrical/Electronic) systems installed in production passenger cars with a maximum gross weight of 3 500 kg. ISO 26262 does not address unique E/E systems in special purpose vehicles such as vehicles designed for drivers with disabilities. ISO [...]

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    Evaluating Internal Auditor Training

    By on Saturday, September 10th, 2011 | Comments Off

    Evaluating Internal Auditor Training for ISO 9001:2000 (2008) ISO 14,000, TS 16949, etc. So you need to get some of your employees trained to be internal auditors. There are lots of companies out there ready and willing to provide that training at a great variety of prices. But how do you know that the training [...]

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    Auditing the Organization’s Story

    By on Tuesday, June 14th, 2011 | Comments Off

      Auditing has no purpose if it is not going to assess the systems in relation to current risks.  Organizations like individuals have good times, slow times, struggles, growth times, unexpected windfalls, and unexpected trials and tribulations.  Each of these conditions imposes itself on the management systems of the organization and each creates conditions that [...]

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    ISO Training

    By on Friday, May 27th, 2011 | Comments Off

    Looking for iso training that will give you an effective and efficient quality management system, a system that will make money for your organization, a system that will make you the first choice of your customers?  Don’t follow the path of your predecessors.  Typically their process has been to have a ½ hour to two [...]

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    What is a System Audit?

    By on Wednesday, May 18th, 2011 | Comments Off

    What is a system audit.  The TS 16949 standard describes three types on internal audits, Management System Audits, Manufacturing Process Audits and Product Audits.  Unfortunately too many people refer to them as System, Process and Product audits.  Because with modern quality management systems we stress process auditing, those that short form the requirements get confused.  [...]

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    TS 16949 Auditing

    By on Monday, March 23rd, 2009 | Comments Off

    If you spend your time in the automotive sector and are even marginally involved in TS 16949 internal auditing you have heard people talk about System, Process and Product audits. Many organizations tie themselves into knots trying to distinguish between system and process audits.  We know what process auditing is supposed to be.  The automotive [...]

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    The Four Secrets of Successful Auditing

    By on Monday, March 9th, 2009 | Comments Off

    Any auditor training that I have ever seen, has a portion of the course allocated to handling problem audits.  It has always been my position, that in the vast majority of cases, if an audit goes bad, it is the auditor, who must take the responsibility.  If during audits or at closing meetings the auditor [...]

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