Posts Tagged ‘Quality Management System’
Understanding ISO: Noncormity and Corrective Action
Understanding ISO: Nonconformity and Corrective Action Qudos Management 3 December 2025 The ISO Management System Standards provide frameworks that can help organizations to do things better. Depending on the topic, doing things better could mean being more productive, more secure, safer, more sustainable and so on. Achieving such improvements will help make an organization…
Read MoreUnderstanding ISO: The MOST IMPORTANT concept!
Understanding ISO: The MOST IMPORTANT concept in ISO management system standards Qudos Management 18 November 2025 The ISO Management System Standards provide frameworks that can help organizations to do things better. Depending on the topic, doing things better could mean being more productive, more secure, safer, more sustainable and so on. Achieving such improvements…
Read MoreDoes your business still need a Quality Manual?
Does your business still need a Quality Manual? Does your business still need a Quality Manual? By Alan M. Jones, CEO, Qudos Management Pty Ltd. February 2024. Back in the day, every organization with a quality system had a quality manual. There was no alternative. A documented Quality manual was a mandatory requirement of…
Read MorePreventing human error and omissions
Preventing human error 11 July 2019 The latest version of ISO 9001 included many significant changes, and the headline acts were probably the change in focus from documentation to risk management, the enhanced process requirements, and the adoption of ISO’s common structure and terminology. However, there were a few requirements that slid in without much…
Read MoreA blast from the past
A blast from the past…and into the future 16 April 2019 A Blast from the past! We had a very pleasant surprise last week, when a long-standing client Didier Dejean of Valvoline sent us some photographs of early Qudos software products. These date back from the late 1990’s and had come to light when…
Read MoreOur March 2019 Newsletter
Our March 2019 Newsletter 21 March 2018 What evidence would an auditor look for as compliance to ISO 9001:2015 clause 7.1.4 Environment for the operation of processes? First aid – internal audit template 10 FAQs about obtaining ISO 27001 Information Security Certification Welcome to our newest Re-seller 50 sample objectives for your management system New ISO…
Read MoreAre you getting to the root of the problem?
Are you getting to the root of the problem? 20 March 2019 When problems occur in organisations, it is generally easiest to deal with the symptoms – for they are the immediately obvious manifestation of the problem and dealing with them is what gets recognition. So that’s exactly what we tend to do. Something goes…
Read MoreWelcome to Camilage – our newest Re-seller!
Welcome to Camalige – our newest re-seller! 30 November 2018 Qudos is delighted to welcome our newest software re-seller Geoff Manu from Camalige. Camalige Consulting Pty Ltd is committed to making a positive impact on communities. Geoff and his team provide customised management services, create ground-breaking programs for the community services, and help to establish the best…
Read MoreThinking about AI (Artificial Intelligence) and Management Systems
Thinking about AI (Artificial Intelligence) and management systems By Alan M. Jones | 2 November 2018 I have just been reading the international bestseller Life 3.0 – Being human in the age of artificial intelligence. In it, the author Max Tegmark considers the implications of rapidly evolving AI (Artificial Intelligence) for us humans. This thought-provoking…
Read MoreCommunicating 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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