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Understanding Accreditation
Based on insightful answers by Peter Unger Co-Founder – Executive Director ofInternational Quality Excellence in Infrastructure Systems, LLP (https://www.iqeis.com/) and Former CEO-A2LA (https://a2la.org/) / ILAC Chair 2011- 2016 (marked in...
Driving Climate Change Action: The Crucial Role of the Conformity Assessment Industry
Gigabytes and gigabytes of ‘Information’ and ‘Ideas’ are all over defining all that businesses and individuals are convinced about. The Conference of Parties (https://www.cop28.com/) number 28 happening here in Dubai,...
Concepts of Functional Safety
Functional safety (FS) is a critical safety concept that is applicable across all Global industry sectors. It is fundamental to the enabling of complex technical systems used for safety related...
Regulatory Complications with Spare Parts
In the world of Electrical and Electronic Equipment (EEE), regulatory requirements are complicated, confusing and seemingly ever changing. For this article, I will be explaining requirements for laboratory equipment, industrial...
Is your ISO 9001 certificate authentic
ISO 9001 for quality management systems is arguably the most popular standard globally with nearly 885000 certificates worldwide as per ISO Survey 2019. Published in 1987 and touted as a...
Translating Safety Critical Information for Global Compliance
As a regulatory subject matter expert, on Electronic and Electrical Equipment, I have seen an increase in confusion over global translations for various product information. This includes, but is not...
Not Always What It Seems
The difference between IEC Reports and CB Scheme Reports/Certificates With this new drive towards leading edge electrical laboratory and medical solutions, manufacturers must maintain high quality Technical files on each...
Quality and Leadership
World Quality Day is celebrated on 14th November and this year is special as it marks 100 years of ‘Quality’. Well, what I mean is, it was in 1919 at...
Global Distribution – Electrical Equipment Compliance Responsibilities
“We simply ship someone else’s product. It’s not our responsibility to make sure the product is in compliance.“ This thought process comes up quite often when talking about electrical equipment...
Leveraging data for improved safety and compliance
We live in a world where “data is the new oil” or “data is capital” and many other variations on the theme that data is a valuable commodity. I agree...