Enterprise Risk Management Report Template & ISO 31000:2018 Checklist
What is a risk report? A risk report is a summary that describes the potential risks a company may face. They address critical risks, which have the potential for severe consequences, and emerging risks that may become problematic in the future if someone doesn’t monitor them closely. A report also explores possibilities for addressing risks […]
What is the difference between HACCP and ISO 22000?
The main difference between ISO 22000 and HACCP is that ISO 22000 focuses and analyzes all the risks and structure from a business perspective to identify all the food safety procedures that a company should take. On the other hand, HACCP only and only focuses on food safety matters. What is HACCP? HACCP, or Hazard […]
Risk Management System / ISO 31000:2018 Explained – Risk Based Problem Solving (RBPS) and Risk Based Decision Making (RBDM)
ISO 31000:2018 consists of risk management principles, framework and process that have been adopted as a national risk management standard by more than 60 countries What Is The Key Idea In This Blog ? The key idea in this blog is that ISO 31000:2018 is a standard that certified companies, consultants, and management system auditors […]
How to conduct a SWOT analysis for your ISO Management System?
The SWOT analysis is an extremely effective business tool that is commonly used for its productive outcomes. A SWOT analysis is a simple strategic tool for identifying and documenting internal strengths , weakness of the organization and external opportunities and threats. SWOT stands for S-strength, W-weakness, O-opportunities, T-threats The output of SWOT analysis will support […]
How To Identify Environmental Aspects & Impacts ? – ISO 14001:2015
I. Purpose The purpose of this procedure is to provide guidance for evaluating the environmental aspects and impacts of your organization’s activities, services, and products. The evaluation should result in a determination of whether or not a particular aspect has any significant environmental impacts and if so, whether or not the organization can control or […]
12 Mistakes to Avoid When Conducting ISO Management System Audits
There are many traps that await the unwary auditor in the rush to complete the full scope of an audit. Here are some tips for avoiding common auditing pitfalls: Don’t pass judgment until you are reasonably sure of your facts. When you do reach a conclusion, fly it by the auditee in a debriefing session […]
Occupational Health & Safety – ISO 45001:2018 Internal Auditing Procedure Part 1/2
Requirements Arrangements including documented procedures to conduct periodic audits shall be established in order to determine whether the OSHMS and its elements are in place, adequate, and effective in protecting the safety and health of employees and preventing incidents. An audit program shall be developed, which includes a designation of auditor competency, the audit scope, […]
How To Deal With Non Conformance in ISO 9001:2015 ? – Part 2/2
An effective Corrective Action should follow the 5 steps below. Problem definition Once you open a corrective action, you know the issue is but you will need to define the problem without adding any color commentaries. When you define a problem it should answer the: what, who, when & how the issue happened? Let’s bring […]
What is Lean Six Sigma & How Does it Work? – Part 3/3
Six Sigma has been applied successfully to virtually any industry. Key elements of Six Sigma There are three key elements of Six Sigma Process Improvement: Customers Processes Employees THE CUSTOMERS Customers define quality. They expect performance, reliability, competitive prices, on-time delivery, service, clear and correct transaction processing and more. This means it is important to […]
Lean Six Sigma – DMAIC Case Study
Six Sigma is a method that provides organizations tools to improve the capability of their business processes. This increase in performance and decrease in process variation helps lead to defect reduction and improvement in profits, employee morale, and quality of products or services. Lean Six Sigma DMAIC Case Study The quality team at a commercial […]