2018: A year of ISO standards revisions and transitions by Ashleigh Cunningham – Wednesday, 14 February 2018 The ISO industry can expect several interesting changes and challenges, during the course of 2018. There are a number of standards that have been revised and are impending release in months to come; there are also deadlines for … Read more
Corporate Governance: How to build organisations and nations with ISO standards by Ashleigh Cunningham – Wednesday, 6 December 2017 Governance, economic stability, basic infrastructure, health, education and security – these are all factors that, when positively embraced, allow for successfully building organisations and nations. With the world becoming increasingly interconnected, through modern information, communications and … Read more
How to be a Better Leader in Quality: Guiding and Influencing Top Management by Ashleigh Cunningham – Thursday, 2 November 2017 Leadership within the context of ISO Leadership is one of the seven principles on which ISO 9001:2015 is built. ISO 9000:2015 states the terms, principles, definitions etc. used within the ISO 9001 standard. To … Read more
World Standards Day 2017: ISO Standards Make Cities Smarter by Ashleigh Cunningham – Wednesday, 3 October 2017 World Standards Day takes place on the 14th of October each year – 2017’s theme is titled: “Standards make cities smarter.” Cities across the globe face challenges that are unique to each of them and that require a … Read more
ISO 26000 and the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals by Ashleigh Cunningham – Wednesday, 6 September 2017 Businesses and organisations have an important relationship with society and the environment in which they exist. Whilst some don’t realise this relationship exists, others strive to ensure that the delicate balance of the relationship is maintained. Without doing so, … Read more
Water plays an important role in sustainable futures. by Ashleigh Cunningham – Wednesday, 16 August 2017 “Water is life. Water is health. Water is dignity. Water is a human right” – UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon Water is an international commodity and essential for life. It is at the centre of creating a sustainable future – … Read more
Why is ISO 22000 FSSC important? by Ashleigh Cunningham – Friday, 7 July 2017 Over the past months, there has been great turbulence in the Global Poultry Industry, as unanticipated challenges and risks have arisen. These have arrived in the form of controversy surrounding poultry imports and exports, as well as recent outbreaks of Avian … Read more
5 Steps to Organisational Knowledge Management by Tony Cunningham – Tuesday, 20 June 2017 What is Organisational Knowledge? One of the new requirements of ISO 9001:2015 includes the need for management of Organisational Knowledge (Clause 7.1.6). The challenge with this need is that most companies find the requirement rather ambiguous. Organisational Knowledge is not defined … Read more
Revision of ISO 17025: What you need to know by Tony Cunningham – Tuesday, 20 June 2017 Like so many other ISO standards, ISO 17025 is under revision to accommodate the new high-level structure published in ISO Directive 1 Annex SL and considerations from the revised ISO 9001:2015. Publication is expected late 2016 or early … Read more