Courtesy: ISO 17025 ISO/IEC 17025 is an International Organization for Standardization (ISO) standard used by testing and calibration laboratories to provide a basis for accreditation of laboratory quality systems. There are many commonalities with the ISO 9000 family of standards, but ISO/IEC 17025 adds in the concept of competence to the equation, applying directly to those organizations that produce testing […]
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Courtesy: ISO 17025 Some national systems (e.g. UKAS M10 in the UK) were the forerunners of ISO/IEC 17025:1999 but could also be exceedingly prescriptive. ISO/IEC 17025 allows laboratories to carry out procedures in their own ways, but require the laboratory to justify using a particular method. In common with other ISO quality standards, ISO/IEC 17025 requires continual […]
Courtesy: ISO 17025 ISO/IEC 17025 General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories is the main ISO/IEC standard used by testing and calibration laboratories. In most countries, ISO/IEC 17025 is the standard for which most labs must hold accreditation in order to be deemed technically competent. In many cases, suppliers and regulatory authorities will not accept test […]
A screw thread, often shortened to thread, is a helical structure used to convert between rotational and linear movement or force. A screw thread is a ridge wrapped around a cylinder or cone in the form of a helix, with the former being called a straight thread and the latter called a tapered thread. A screw thread is the essential feature of the screw as a simple machine and […]
The Testing, Inspection and Certification (TIC) sector consists of conformity assessment bodies who provide services ranging from auditing and inspection, to testing, verification, quality assurance and certification. The sector consists of both in-house and outsourced services. Definition of Testing, Inspection and Certification services The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), international standard-setting bodies composed of representatives from various national standards organizations, define the different testing, inspection and […]
Cargo scanning or non-intrusive inspection (NII) refers to non-destructive methods of inspecting and identifying goods in transportation systems. It is often used for scanning of intermodal freightshipping containers. In the US it is spearheaded by the Department of Homeland Security and its Container Security Initiative (CSI) trying to achieve one hundred percent cargo scanning by 2012 as required by the US Congress and recommended by the 9/11 […]
A third-party inspection agency (TPIA or TPI) is a business organization, complying with the ISO 17020 standards. Third-party inspection or “Category A” is the most stringent of the 3 categories of inspectionorganization that the standard specifies. Such organizations are third-party inspection agencies that must not be involved in any activities other than inspection and testing. Based on this requirement, the third-party inspection agency must not be involved in design, procurement, fabrication, construction, […]
Product Certification in Ukraine, UkrSEPRO Hygiene Certificate Those products coming in direct contact with people (food and cosmetic products or machinery and equipment used in production), require a Hygiene Certificate that demonstrates compliance with the ukrainian health and safety standards. The Hygiene Certificate is issued by special departments, which are specified by the goverment chief […]
Our expertise also lies in offering customers complete certifications services for SQC/SPC Certification. With services handled by experienced professionals so as to ensure highly effective end results, the details include: SPC/SQC Statistical process control (SPC) & statistical quality control (SQC) are foundation of process improvement Effectively implemented, SPC & SQC result in achieving higher quality at […]
Kaizen Japanese for “improvement”, or “change for the better” refers to philosophy or practices that focus upon continuous improvement of processes in manufacturing, engineering, and business management. It has been applied in healthcare,psychotherapy, life-coaching, government, banking, and other industries. When used in the business sense and applied to the workplace, kaizen refers to activities that continually […]