David Burns's Podcast

Jan 09 2025 14 ep. 11 mins 7
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Based on 30 years of quality management expertise, David Burns provides management and technical support to all those business manager's tasked with developing and implementing quality management systems. 

Free - don't you just love free! My podcasts are normally a short bursts of information to support your business compliance. The podcasts range from "how to manage auditing" through to "a full on auditor training program". Please contact me at [email protected] if you'd like a "quality management" podcast "specific to your needs"... more than happy to support your business - [email protected] 

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CALIBRATION MATTERS - DON'T TAKE YOUR CALIBRATION FOR GRANTED

Jan 09 2025 9 mins  
With fear of stating the obvious, this podcast is about "calibration control" for general mechanical engineering and precision machining. The podcast includes hints and tips for the avoidance of audit non-conformances. Most organizations will have very good calibration control internally, although sometimes fail to manage external calibration service providers and accredited calibr

Your One Day AS 9100 & ISO 9001 Training - Awareness, Auditing & Implementation... plus free to download Kindle

Jan 02 2025 3 mins  
An Excellent Opportunity to Attend our 4 Session Remote AS 9100 & ISO 9001 Training Program for aerospace, to include Internal Audit methodologies and best practice and the AS 91## family of support Standards, to include ISO 9001 of course. The course is also supported by a "free to download" Kindle or booklet to purchase as a point of reference guide. Go to Amazon and "search

CONTRACT REVIEW - ...you get it wrong here, your product quality is screwed... give contract review the time it deserves...

Dec 20 2024 14 mins  
80% OF NCR'S CAN BE DIRECTLY TRACED TO WEAK REVIEW OF CUSTOMER CONTRACTS & TENDERS. Quality management systems require some basic ingredients to ensure effectiveness. One of the primary ingredients is "contract review" for AS 9100, ISO 9001 and ISO 17025. Keeping in mind that 80% of an organizations poor performance, can be traced to a poorly controlled "contract review" proces

ISO 9001 - LISTENING TO AN ISO 9001 PODCAST OR A BEACH HOLIDAY?

Dec 20 2024 5 mins  
Hopefully both... a cool drink, a hot sunny beach, waves crashing, and yes, an ISO 9001 podcast - living the dream or what!! Now is the right time to consider taking your business to the next level. Up date your current ISO 9001 or go for the AS 9100 certification. The positive re-structure and re-launch of your business and what better management tool – ISO9001. In just 4 days,

THE INTERNAL AUDITOR - ...wave goodbye to the classroom... listen and learn

Dec 19 2024 38 mins  
Whether you're new to internal quality system auditing, or an old hand, listen and learn from our "podcast" and at the same time refer to our "free" kindle eBook from Amazon. Be prepared to present you case for internal auditing and reporting. Our internal auditor training is divided into 5 easy reference sessions: 1. Developing audit concepts - why, where and when to audit 2. The

THE IMPORTANCE OF TRACEABILITY - SUPPLY CHAIN INTEGRITY

Jan 01 2024 13 mins  
What do we actually mean? The importance of Traceability – Its all about providing “confidence” and “integrity” within the supply chain. Everything to support the product specification and of course user (consumer) confidence and ultimately "brand image": From raw materials, such as – metals, alloys, carbon fiber, wood, packaging, food, etc. through to all matters of ca

WHY THE BIG STORY OVER UKCA AND THE CE MARK?

Dec 31 2023 6 mins  
Like me, are you fed up with the Certification Bodies and Approved Bodies mischief making over the CE and UKCA... years have gone since Brexit, but they still constrain trade through confused messages. Let us be clear. UKAS is a signatory of the EA Multilateral Agreement (EA MLA) which is a signed agreement between the EA (European Accreditation) Members whereby the signatories rec

COUNTERFEIT MATTERS - AS 9100 & ISO 9001

Dec 28 2023 8 mins  
Hello my name is David Burns of The Assessment Register and welcome to our "podcast". As the "podcast" name implies, this podcast is all about considering and controlling potential "counterfeit" within your supply chain. The AS 9100, IATF 16949 and ISO 9001 requires a level of control to mitigate "potential" counterfeit . Whether alloys and electronic or software and certificates,

AS 9100 - THE FUSS ABOUT PEAR's

Dec 28 2023 9 mins  
Process effectiveness assessment report (PEAR's) and a simple overview of the requirements to ensure your compliance. Keep ahead of your audit and listen to this "podcast" for examples of PEAR's and KPI (key performance indicators). Where is AS9100 PEAR from and why? PEAR is an acronym that is used to help the auditor remember how to audit and fill in the audit report. The letters

BS EN 1090 & NPD...DECLARATIONS & WHY DO UKAS APPROVED BODIES STILL AUDIT YOU ANNUALLY...WHY?

Feb 12 2023 5 mins  
NO PERFORMANCE DETERMINED - UKCA & OR CE MARKING, THE CPR & NPD NOTE: WHEN LISTENING TO CE MARKING, ALSO UNDERSTAND THIS IS UKCA MARKING.... When using the term "NPD" or no performance determined, it means just that. You are "warning" by way of the declaration the limitations of the item e.g. not everything has been specified and or tested. Within the Construction Products