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Articles
At Unisys, information security is key
05 Oct 2009
Topics: Information security, ISO/IEC 27001, Quality management, ISO 9001
Unisys, one of the world's leading providers of IT outsourcing services, has achieved certification at its Milton Keynes client centre to ISO/IEC 27001:2005 for Information security management systems (ISMS) from BSI UK.
Three times the standard for Fuji Xerox recycling efforts in China
01 Sep 2009
Topics: Quality management, ISO 9001, Environment, ISO 14001, Health & safety, OHSAS 18001, China
Fuji Xerox's integrated recycling centre in China has achieved simultaneous certification from BSI for ISO 9001 Quality management, ISO 14001 Environmental management and OHSAS 18001 Occupational health and safety. Even more impressive, it achieved certification to these three standards within a year of the facility opening.
KJO Hospital and BSI Egypt achieve a world first
29 May 2009
Topics: Integrated mgt, PAS 99, Quality management, ISO 9001, Environment, ISO 14001, Health & safety, OHSAS 18001, Egypt
Al-Khafji Joint Operations Hospital (KSA), along with its ISO certification partners, BSI Egypt, have together realized a major milestone, becoming the second medical facility and the first hospital in the world to be registered to PAS 99 Integrated Management System Specification.
30 Jan 2009
Topics: Quality management, ISO 9001
In November 2008, ISO published ISO 9001:2008 - the fourth and latest edition of the quality management system requirements standard. How has it changed? Hector Nairn reports.
Tackling 2009: beating the storm
30 Jan 2009
Topics: Quality management, ISO 9001, Integrated mgt, PAS 99, Environment, ISO 14001, Health & safety, OHSAS 18001, Six Sigma, Business continuity, BS 25999, Risk management, BS 31100, Kitemark®
It's official: we're in the midst of what some believe could be a prolonged recession. How should businesses respond? Above all, argues Hector Nairn, don't do nothing - and look to standards for undiscovered opportunities.
BSI in Brazil ISO 9001:2008 event success
19 Dec 2008
Topics: ISO 9001, Quality management, Brazil, Americas
Earlier this month, BSI in Brazil hosted an event to present the principal changes to ISO 9001:2008 Quality management systems, following its recent update. This was Brazil's first International seminar about the changes to the standard.
Office Depot is first in Spain
10 Dec 2008
Topics: ISO 9001, Quality management, Spain
The Spanish arm of Office Depot, one of the largest office retail chains in the world, has become the first company in Spain to obtain certification to the updated ISO 9001:2008 Quality Management System standard, and the first company globally to be audited and certified by BSI to the updated standard.
Image Solutions focuses on quality across the organization
02 Jul 2008
Topics: Quality management, ISO 9001, USA, Americas, China
It seems that the desire to demonstrate that you are embracing quality management practices within your organization can be infectious. That certainly appears to be the case with ISI, which is headquartered in New Jersey, USA.
Cast the certification date in concrete
02 Apr 2008
Topics: Quality management, ISO 9001, Environment, ISO 14001, Health & safety, OHSAS 18001, Integrated mgt, PAS 99, Qatar
In a first for any company in the Middle East, the world's largest operating gas-to-liquids (GTL) company - Oryx GTL, located in Ras Laffan, Qatar - has achieved simultaneous registration to ISO 9001, ISO 14001, OHSAS 18001 and PAS 99 with BSI Management Systems.
17 Mar 2008
Topics: Medical devices, ISO 13485, Healthcare, Quality management, ISO 9001, USA, Americas
Reglera, a regulatory and quality consulting company, has achieved certification to ISO 13485:2003 Medical Devices and ISO 9001:2000 Quality Management Systems by BSI.
Quality control in Cabot Financial
07 Mar 2008
Topics: Quality management, ISO 9001
Cabot Financial Group, market leader in consumer debt purchase in the UK, has achieved certification to the Quality Management Systems (QMS) standard ISO 9001:2000 from BSI.
Santa Clara Valley Water District: The Water's Fine
04 Mar 2008
Topics: Quality management, ISO 9001, Environment, ISO 14001, USA, Americas
Santa Clara Valley Water District (SCVWD) of San Jose California has become the first water district in the US to have been awarded certifications to both ISO 9001:2000 and ISO 14001:2004.
28 Jan 2008
Topics: Quality management, ISO 9001
If you're looking for sustained business success, look no further than ISO 9001 argue the standard's supporters. We review the evidence.
28 Jan 2008
Topics: Healthcare, Quality management, ISO 9001, Medical devices, CE mark, Information security, ISO/IEC 27001
The UK's health services have had some trying times in recent years, from MRSA to patient data mismanagement and quality control issues across the board. What should be done to improve the standard of healthcare in the country? John Lamb asks the experts.
28 Dec 2007
Topics: Quality management, ISO 9001, India
Aiming to expand its reputation as India's fastest growing quality air carrier, Kingfisher Airlines has recently gained certification to ISO 9001, Quality Management from BSI Management Systems.
26 Oct 2007
Topics: Quality management, ISO 9001
ISO 9001 is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. We find out what a difference two decades can make.
Poland's Showcase Housing Co-op
20 Mar 2007
Topics: Quality management, ISO 9001, Poland
The medieval town of Torun, Northern Poland, is already famous as a UNESCO World Heritage Site and birthplace of the astronomer Copernicus. Now the provincial capital's 200,000 residents have something modern to be proud of ? the quality award-winning housing co-operative called "Spoldzielnia Mieszkaniowa na Skarpie".
In Brief
Sapphire earns a standards hat-trick
30 Nov 2009
Topics: Quality management, ISO 9001, Environment, ISO 14001, Health & safety, OHSAS 18001
Sapphire Energy Recovery, the waste processing and resource recovery business owned by Lafarge Cement, has achieved certification to three management systems standards (ISO 9001 Quality management, ISO 14001 Environmental management and BS OHSAS 18001 Health and safety management) from BSI. Sapphire is the UK's leading processor of used tyres, and sources and manages the logistics of a range of waste-derived fuels and raw materials for the cement industry.
30 Nov 2009
Topics: Quality management, ISO 9001, Environment, ISO 14001, Health & safety, OHSAS 18001
OCS, an international facilities services group based in the UK, has achieved triple certification to ISO 9001 Quality management, ISO 14001 Environmental management/ and BS OHSAS 18001 Health and safety management with BSI.
ISO 9004: dispatches from Tokyo
02 Jun 2009
Topics: Quality management, ISO 9001
In February 2009, the 26th meeting of ISO/TC 176 was held at the Tokyo International Forum in Tokyo, Japan.
On the agenda was the revision of ISO 9004, which provides guidance on how organizations can continually improve their quality management system. The standard, which is now titled Managing for the sustained success of an organization - A quality management approach, is nearing completion and many comments were reviewed during the meeting.
Mace Living: certified ISO 9001 compliant
30 Jan 2009
Topics: Quality management, ISO 9001
Mace Living, part of the Mace Group and a specialist contractor with core strengths in social housing, hotels, private apartments, mixed use and student accommodation, has achieved certification to ISO 9001:2000 by BSI Management Systems UK.
21 Oct 2008
Topics: Quality management, ISO 9001
A new edition of ISO 9001, the quality management system standard, is being introduced in Autumn 2008. This will be the fourth edition of the standard, first published in 1987.
21 Oct 2008
Topics: Quality management, ISO 9001
Given the forthcoming revision to ISO 9001 Quality management systems, it's a good time to remind everyone that 13 November 2008 is World Quality Day.
Reducing risk to the environment
29 May 2008
Topics: Environment, ISO 14001, Health & safety, OHSAS 18001, Quality management, ISO 9001, Entropy Software
Norfolk Environmental Waste Services (NEWS), a waste management company in East Anglia, has achieved certification to ISO 14001, OHSAS 18001 and ISO 9001.
29 May 2008
Topics: Quality management, ISO 9001
The Live Group plc, the communications and event management company, along with all its subsidiary companies, business units and central departments, have now been awarded full certification to ISO 9001.
28 Jan 2008
Topics: Quality management, ISO 9001, Awards
On World Standards Day, 17 October 2007, Tarmac Topfloor collected an award for holding the first ISO 9001 certificate ever issued by BSI, back in 1987. The award was part of an event celebrating the 20th anniversary of ISO 9001.
29 Oct 2007
Topics: Quality management, ISO 9001, Mexico, Americas
Wal-Mart de México has been certified by BSI Mexico to ISO 9001:2000 in its Treasury and Investments division.
29 Oct 2007
Topics: Quality management, ISO 9001
Lin Dickens, founder of design agency 'Aricot Vert (www.aricotvert.co.uk), has substantially increased the profits at her £ 1.2m turnover business through the application of a BSI-based review of her management systems.
Looking forward:
ISO 9001:2008
25 Oct 2007
Topics: Quality management, ISO 9001
ISO 9001:2000 is due for an update in 2008. It is at Draft International Standard (DIS) stage and is likely to be published in the autumn of 2008.
14 Feb 2007
Topics: Quality management, ISO 9001
The Football Association (FA) in England has gained registration to ISO 9001 from BSI, with specific focus on its Disciplinary Department.
14 Feb 2007
Topics: Quality management, ISO 9001, Germany
Eurofighter GmbH - the consortium based in Germany set up to manage the development and production of the Eurofighter Typhoon weapon system - has been certified by BSI (NIS ZERT) to ISO 9001:2000.
14 Feb 2007
Topics: Quality management, ISO 9001, Awards
Silverdell (UK) Ltd, one of the UK's leading specialist asbestos management and removal contractors, wanted to ensure consistency in quality assurance, achieve a benchmark for service and improve productivity and health and safety performance.
Question: Do companies need to verify their carbon footprint?
Unless a business is regulated by some form of greenhouse gas (GHG) reporting and/or cap-and-trade regulation (as is the case for some 12,000 installations in Europe), rarely is there the need to either calculate or verify the accuracy of a carbon footprint.
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