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Calibration: What You Need to Know

Calibration, certification and accreditation are terms that are sometimes used interchangeably, but they are actually not the same.

Patrick Nugent

George Schuetz

November 1, 2016

Calibration is not just about having stickers on your equipment with dates that say everything is okay.

Standards Are Evolving to Align with ISO 9001 Principles

The ISO 9001 Standards Series has Seven Guiding Principles

Walt Murray

October 1, 2016

ISO 9001:2015 was created as a High Level System (HLS). By virtue of being a HLS, the design of the new standard is for other standards to align themselves accordingly by integrating the elements and changes within the context of the principles required in the elements for 9001.

Medical Devices

ISO 13485 places new emphasis on risk management.

Edward McMenamin

October 1, 2016

New changes to ISO 13485, published this spring as EN ISO 13485:2016, mean U.S. medical device companies that sell in Europe will need to integrate risk-based approaches throughout their quality management systems. The emphasis on risk management is the biggest of several changes in the third version of ISO 13485.

How to Get Leadership Support

Without it, good initiatives are doomed from the start.

Jim L. Smith

July 22, 2016

During my courses preparing quality professionals to successfully take certification exams offered by American Society for Quality (ASQ), one topic that constantly comes up is the challenge of getting organizational management to support quality initiatives.

AS9100 Certification Opens Doors to Aerospace Business

Exact metrology shares its experience earning the certification, plus an expert describes what's new in the updated standard.

Edward McMenamin

July 1, 2016

When Exact Metrology bought an industrial computed tomography scanner, it opened the door to inspection services for the aerospace industry.

Management Trends

ISO 9001:2015 update brings quality management to the boardroom.

Edward McMenamin

December 2, 2015

Quality management professionals focused their eyes on the big update to ISO 9001 in September, and changes in the standard will require top leadership to do the same moving into the new year and beyond.