The Importance of Internal Audits and Management Review
Internal audits and management review are required elements within any management system, and both are important to maintaining the health of your organization. While internal […]
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The ANAB Blog: timely information about accreditation. The ANSI National Accreditation Board (ANAB) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of ANSI.
The largest multi-disciplinary accreditation body in North America, ANAB accredits management systems, product, and personnel certification bodies, calibration and testing labs, forensic service providers, inspection bodies, police crime units, reference material producers, and proficiency test providers.
ANAB offers accreditation to numerous standards, including ISO/IEC 17021-1, ISO/IEC 17025, ISO 15189, ISO/IEC 17065, ISO/IEC 17024, ISO/IEC 17043, ISO 17034, ISO 14065, and ISO/IEC 17020.
SAE AS6810 and Accreditation with SAE AS6171 Test Methods
ANAB provides accreditation of testing laboratories that perform detection of suspect/counterfeit electrical, electronic, and electromechanical parts. In May 2018, ANAB became a participant in the […]
Bad Auditor Behavior: Overlooking the Obvious, Part 2
In the hope of fostering improvement, this is the second of two posts reviewing some of the “bad auditor behaviors” observed by ANAB in the […]
Bad Auditor Behavior: Overlooking the Obvious, Part 1
This is the first of two posts on some of the “bad auditor behaviors” observed by ANAB in the course of performing thousands of witnessed […]
Benefits of ILC/PT (Inter-Laboratory Comparisons/Proficiency Testing)
This post deals with the benefits of inter-laboratory comparisons/proficiency test participation and other uses of inter-laboratory comparisons/proficiency test data. Inter-laboratory comparisons (ILC) require organization, performance, […]
Tips for Transitioning to ISO/IEC 17025:2017
A new ANAB webcast can help you prepare your laboratory for its ISO/IEC 17025:2017 assessment in 2019. As 2018 winds down, laboratories accredited by ANAB […]
Transition of ISO/IEC 17025-Based Standards to 2017 Version
With the release of ISO/IEC 17025:2017 in November 2017, many regulatory and industry-specific documents that are based on ISO/IEC 17025 need to be updated to […]
Approaches to Risk-based Thinking in Labs
ANAB’s new web-based training course provides an introduction to the ISO/IEC 17025:2017 concept of risk-based thinking and a basic process to identify, analyze, and mitigate […]
Impact of the ISO/IEC 17025:2017 Transition, Part 6
This is the final post about the transition to ISO/IEC 17025:2017, General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories. To recap, our first […]
New Standard for Facility Management
It’s estimated that the global facility management market will be worth $1 trillion by 2025. Facility management concerns the management, operation, and maintenance of an organization’s […]