Last week, Matthew Sica, Accreditation Manager, RMP, PT, and Medical, testified at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s first public hearing on how to regulate…
There are many types of certification in the marketplace. One of the key differences among the various certifications is whether they are accredited or unaccredited. Why…
Considered one of the most significant areas of ISO/IEC 17025, the requirements for review of requests, tenders, and contracts identifies steps to ensure the proper…
The National Climate Assessment recently estimated the costs climate inaction would have to the U.S. economy. Such costs include slashing up to a tenth of…
In this second of two posts on the 2019 World Accreditation Day theme of “Accreditation: Adding Value to Supply Chains,” the focus is on how…
When a supply chain encompasses multiple countries and sites, there are challenges in terms of quality, compliance with regulations and safety standards, and environmental and…
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…
ANAB provides accreditation of to AS6171 for testing laboratories that perform detection of suspect/counterfeit electrical, electronic, and electromechanical parts. What is AS6171? When a decision…
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…