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Governance, Risk & ComplianceISO 37000 – Strategy
The new ISO 37000 Standard for governance of organisations examines the area of strategy in relation to the value generation model. Most organisations will be appraised of strategy and its concepts. The new ISO 37000 Standard suggests that strategy should follow: Set...
ISO 37000 – Value Generation
Once of the key principles of ISO 37000 is value generation. This requires that an organisation seeks to ensure that core values are both defined and fulfilled in relation to the purpose of the business. The rationale for this is that all enterprises should aim to...
Quality Consultant – Customer focus
The customer focus section within ISO9001: 2015 5.1.2 aims to address the needs of the customer of consumer purchasing goods or services. In the older versions of 9001 this important area was sadly missing, and the Standard was inherently...
Quality Consultant – Competence
The Standard section 7.2 relating to competence is relatively straightforward. In simple terms the organisation should determine the skills and knowledge for staff that have a bearing on the key activities of the organisation. The Standard is not...
Quality Consultant – Changes
Section 6.3 of ISO9001: 2015 requires the organisation to consider changes in a broader sense. In previous iterations of the 9001 series, changes would traditionally have been thought of as document and version control. In this clause the...
Quality Consultant – Understanding the organisation & context
Understanding the organisation and its context arises from the Annex SL model to simplify the use of management standards. Previous versions of the Standard were not easily relatable to most organisations and did not assist with integration with other management...