Dale Gordon, Accreditation Manager, Author at the ANSI Blog

Airplanes at airport certified to and AS9100 AQMS standard by an ANAB accredited certification body.

Certification for AS9100 Aviation Quality Management Systems

August 25, 2022August 25, 2022Dale Gordon, Accreditation Manager

Most major aviation, space, and defense (AS&D) organizations require that their direct suppliers be certified to one or more aerospace quality management system (AQMS) standards […]

Certification Body CB Audit Digital Content

Auditing in the Digital Age

February 27, 2019September 9, 2021Dale Gordon, Accreditation Manager

When ANAB observes certification bodies auditing organizations, it seems they sometimes forget about digital content during the audit. Information abounds in our digital world, so […]

Bad auditor getting ready to ruin certification body (CB) audit with his bad behavior.

Bad Auditor Behavior: Overlooking the Obvious, Part 2

January 30, 2019September 10, 2021Dale Gordon, Accreditation Manager

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 auditors goofing off while auditing a certification body (CB).

Bad Auditor Behavior: Overlooking the Obvious, Part 1

January 23, 2019September 10, 2021Dale Gordon, Accreditation Manager

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 […]