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Management review is required by many different ISO standards, including ISO/IEC 17025, as well as the quality management standard ISO 9001. While the standards relate to different types of organizations, the main requirements for management review are generally the same. Organizations accredited or certified to ISO standards must conduct management reviews to ensure the continuing…

WEBINAR Revision of ISO/IEC 17020: A Status Update Inspection is a widely practiced conformity assessment activity and has been in use for hundreds of years (see for example the Tobacco Inspection Act of 1730).  ISO has been developing guidance and requirements for inspection bodies for 40 years.  In 2022, ISO voted to revise ISO/IEC 17020:2012 Conformity Assessment – Requirements for…

Internal Audits are essential tools in the maintenance of Quality Systems and are used to measure our progress and compliance with those systems on at least and annual basis. A Gap Analysis is used to measure where your quality system may not be completely meeting the Standards that you are trying to be or are…

A Comparison of ANSI/NCSL Z540-1/3-1994 and ISO/IEC 17025:2017 Understanding ANSI/NCSL Z540-1/3-1994 and ISO/IEC 17025:2017 are key to your organization if you are performing calibrations supporting military contracts. Z540-1 has been an American National Standard since 1994. Part I of Z540-1 is based on the ISO/IEC Guide 25. Part II of Z540-1 is based on MIL-STD…

An integral part of a successful management system is an effective audit program that includes trained and competent auditors. Auditors need to possess sufficient auditing skills, both hard and soft skills, and abilities that allow the auditor to collect, verify and record sufficient objective evidence to support the audit findings. The hard skills or technical…

The 2023 edition of ISO/IEC 17043 was published May 8, 2023. The review process for the standard began in 2020 with the final voting beginning in January of this year. Once published this edition will be the second edition of the standard and will replace the first edition, ISO/IEC 17043:2010. The main changes to the…

What do I do with this checklist? Checklists are a useful tool for completing audits and assessments. Checklists can be internally designed by organizations or provided by an accreditation body. They can work as a “one stop shop” for requirements, as well as objective evidence and comments on conformance to requirements. However, checklists can also…

This Webinar is intended for anyone who wants to understand the Global System for Accreditation This presentation will explore the international organizations, systems, and standards that create a framework for global acceptance of accredited conformity assessment results. The complex interrelationships will be explained starting with conformity assessment bodies through the national, regional, and global levels,…

This Webinar is intended for anyone who wants to understand the effect of the Conformity Assessment Paradigm A short webinar where you will see there are universal concepts of conformity assessment; what ANAB calls the 4-3-3 Conformity Assessment ParadigmTM. With it you can navigate the entire field of conformity assessment, quickly understand new conformity assessment…

Learn about preparing for remote assessments at this one-hour webinar on May 21, 2020. The increased use of remote (or virtual) assessment techniques by accreditation bodies has changed the way assessments typically have been performed. Thus, the expectations of organizations being assessed also have changed. An organization’s ability to use technology and work effectively in…