by John Marsden | Mar 19, 2020 | Auditing
We’ve quickly entered a new phase of the virus pandemic within Europe and the UK. Now that governments and people have at last understood the implications of this terrible situation, we now need to work within new boundaries and constraints. Remote audits and COVID 19...
by John Marsden | Dec 6, 2017 | Auditing
Is the certification auditor doing an audit to look for findings or nonconformities against the elements of the standard? Is there an additional scope that is frequently missed out as the auditor busily works to assess conformance or otherwise? The Ecolabel standard...
by John Marsden | Nov 2, 2017 | Management Systems
Sometimes one wonders how such things happen. As a regular auditor to this particular site, sometimes issues can slip through the net – after all an audit is a sample of elements of a management system that apply within the area under scrutiny. The site is a medium...
by John Marsden | Aug 10, 2017 | Auditing
A review of recently marked audit reports arising from our online course has prompted me to comment on the way in which some these findings are presented. The comments outlined here may also ring true for audits conducted annually throughout the world against the ISO...
by John Marsden | Mar 29, 2017 | Management Systems
This is something I come across sometimes when I audit smaller companies. For example, last week I visited a shipping consultancy that has about 8 people working for them. Here’s the workflow – a phone call from someone somewhere in the UK, Europe or the world from a...