Conversion from Auditors to Certified Technical Experts: Where Age Counts
by Peter Holtmann: The audit profession consists of an aging workforce planning for retirement. And…
Risky Business: Twelve Steps to Prepare for ISO 9001:2015
by Lance Coleman: ISO 9001:2015 is replacing preventive action with risk-based thinking, placing a great…
ISO 9000:2015 — What’s Normative, Anyway?
by Paul Palmes: In a recent conversation about ISO 9000:2015 as a fundamental companion to…
Auditability of ISO 9001:2015 — Perceived or Real Challenge?
by Denise Robitaille: With the impending release of ISO 9001:2015, there’s been a lot of…
Auditor Advisory: ISO 9001:2015
Exemplar Global Certification (a division of Exemplar Global Inc.) will be requiring any personnel holding…
Establishing the Internal Audit Program
by Craig Cochran: As with everything else in an organization, the internal audit program starts…
Conducting the Closing Meeting: Sharing the Results Quiz Answers
Below are the answers to the quiz at the end of the Conducting the Closing…
Conducting the Audit Closing Meeting: Sharing the Results
by J.P. Russell: This column is devoted to a review of ISO 19011 topics. In…
Auditor Competence: Stopping the Brain Drain
by Peter Holtmann: This February sees my 10th year at Exemplar Global, defining and developing…
The Risk of Relying on ISO 9001 Studies
by T.D. (“Dan”) Nelson: Studies reporting about the effectiveness of ISO 9001 are not hard…