ISO27001 and ISO9001 Certification success for IT solutions business

ISO 27001 and ISO 9001 Certification success for IT solutions business Over the years, Qudos has helped hundreds of organizations to develop and maintain efficient and effective management systems. That may be for Quality, Information Security, AI, OHS, and Environmental management – or any combination of those. Occasionally, we like to publish an article that…

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Welcome new client Bravo

Welcome new client Bravo Bravo contracting to the Defence marine and commercial industry. Welcome to our new client Bravo! October 2024. Qudos are delighted to welcome Bravo Electrical & HVAC to our growing community of clients. Bravo maintains an IMS certified to the ISO 9001 Quality, ISO 45001 OHS, and ISO 14001 Environmental management standards…

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Supplier management and ethical sourcing

Supplier evaluation and ethical sourcing 24 August 2020 Supplier evaluation / management Few, if any, organizations can do everything in-house. To some degree, most of us rely on external parties to provide something included in our product or service. It is therefore, not surprising that all the main ISO management system standards include requirements relating…

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Quality in a complex world – where to from here?

Quality in a complex world – where to from here? The AOQ (Australian Organisation for Quality) has just held Qualcon2018 – a very successful annual conference in Brisbane this week on the theme of Quality in a Complex World. Keynote speeches and sessions included a look back over the past 50 years of Quality (its…

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Communicating about your management system

  Communicating about your management system   At the time of writing, we have reached the end of the transition period from previous versions of ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 to the 2015 edition. You have completed your transition, haven’t you? During that time the greatest emphasis has of course been on the headline changes…

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Its time to transition your QMS (Quality Management System) to ISO9001:2015

Its time to transition your QMS (Quality Management System) to ISO9001:2015 When the latest ISO9001 quality management standard was released in September 2015, ISO set out a 3-year period for organizations to transition for certification purposes. If your organization has not yet transitioned its QMS, this PDF article will give you the heads-up on the…

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Planning for change – ISO transition article relating to ISO 9001 clause 6.3

This article is particularly relevant to organizations seeking to develop or transition a quality management system to the ISO 9001:2015 standard. There has been much ballyhoo about the latest ISO 9001 standard placing more emphasis on risk and no longer mandating requirements for a quality manual and documented procedures. In the meantime, certain other new or…

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From commitment to leadership – ISO transition article relating to clause 5 in various ISO management system standards

From commitment to leadership  ISO transition article relating to clause 5 in various ISO management system standards This article is particularly relevant to organizations seeking to transition a quality, environmental, OHS, or information security management system to the latest standards. For a management system to be really successful, it needs to be inspired and led…

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Understanding the context of your organization – ISO transition article relating to clause 4 in various ISO management system standards

Understanding the context of your organization ISO transition article relating to clause 4 in various ISO management system standards   This article is particularly relevant to organizations seeking to transition a quality, environmental, OHS, or information security management system to the latest standards. In risk management, the first step has always been to establish the…

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