Working notes drawn from real engagements — written for quality leads, lab managers, and process owners. Each piece is field-tested before it makes the page.
Most failed surveillance audits trace back to a thin risk register. We walk through what auditors actually expect from clause 6.1 — and what passes for evidence on the day.
Request the full guide →From document control gaps to thin management review minutes. A practitioner's guide to the recurring findings auditors raise in West African certification audits.
Request the briefing →Drawn from ISO/IEC 17025 readiness work. The four uncertainty contributors most often understated, and how to estimate them in a way that survives technical assessment.
Request the field note →The pre-flight checks we run with every client in the two weeks before a Stage 2 certification audit. Print it, walk it, fix what you find.
Request the checklist →For organisations still operating against legacy OH&S documentation. The clauses that change, the evidence that has to be added, and the audit programme that connects the two.
Request the playbook →When does an IMS save money, and when does it bloat the system? A frank analysis of the conditions under which integration is and is not the right answer.
Request the briefing →Reliability engineering treats every failure as data. The same discipline applied to ISO nonconformities turns a compliance burden into a continuous-improvement signal.
Request the field note →A focused checklist for auditing clause 5 — Leadership. Includes evidence prompts and the exact records auditors look for during an internal audit of executive engagement.
Request the checklist →Document control is one of the most frequently over-engineered clauses in ISO 9001. A leaner approach to versioning, approvals, and obsolete-document handling that still passes audit.
Request the guide →We do paid one-hour technical consultations. Send the audit finding or the clause in question; we'll come prepared with specific recommendations and the supporting evidence references.