For many years ISO/IEC 17067 has provided valuable guidance to the product, process, service certification community around the world about the certification schemes such bodies utilize.  This guidance was developed when the concept of a “scheme” was prominently featured in ISO/IEC 17065 Conformity assessment – Requirements for bodies certifying products, processes, and services.  Since then,...

The Webinar on Water Stewardship is an overview of the best practices in the application of water stewardship when applied across an enterprise or at a specific site. Practical concepts, such as understanding and baselining water use and impacts, assessing risk, building a business case for water actions and adding water aspects to current environmental...

When used effectively, internal audits are a powerful tool for process improvement within an organization. Internal audits evaluate conformity to specified requirements, such as management system requirements and the organization’s own requirements. With defined audit criteria and scope, organizations can leverage internal audits to identify opportunities for improvement and potential actions to address those opportunities....

Internal auditing is an essential tool for the Forensic Service Provider (FSP) to continually improve the management system and technical operations.  For the accredited FSP, and the FSPs seeking accreditation,...

Have you ever considered what metrology is?  What a metrologist does?  How metrology affects your laboratory or business?   Metrology is so much more than “calibration” or “metrological traceability”.  Join us...

In 2019, the International Accreditation Forum (IAF) and the International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC) voted to form a new, single organization. The Global Accreditation Cooperation Incorporated was established as a...