Archive for the ‘ISO 17025’ Category
July 18th, 2018 | 
Author: ISO standards touch almost all aspects of daily life, and work for organizations large and small. ISO/IEC 17025 is the international quality standard for testing and calibration laboratories. Laboratories use ISO/IEC 17025 to implement a quality system aimed at improving their ability to consistently produce valid results. Labs must hold this accreditation as it is a kind of certificate of their technical competence, nationally and globally. ISO/IEC 17025 Audit Checklist is an important tool that helps laboratories achieve ISO/IEC 17025 certification in an easier, faster and cost-effective way.
An overview of ISO/IEC 17025 Audit Checklist
In the entire ISO 17025 Audit documentation kit, the best part is ISO 17025 Audit checklist. Do you know why it is so? This is because, ISO/IEC 17025 checklist is:
- prepared by industry experts having rich experience of 25+ years
- meant to verify mandatory system implementation points
- completely customizable
- an exhaustive list of more than 500 questions.
Why is ISO/IEC 17025 Audit Checklist important?
ISO 17025 audit is meant for checking the competence of your laboratory to consistently produce valid results. ISO/IEC 17025 Audit Checklist is an indispensable part of the ISO audit of your laboratory. It is a useful tool that helps you efficiently and timely conduct audit in order to get ISO/IEC 17025 certification for your laboratory.
Preparing for an ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation audit is demanding, especially if it is your first audit. Even if you have had prior experience of ISO 17025 audit, you will be a little stressed and anxious about the outcome. ISO 17025 audit checklist plays here a vital role to alleviate your tension and make the audit an enjoyable experience for you and your organization.
When ISO auditors come to your laboratory they will ask for a number of documented information about your quality management system, processes and their implementation. If you have a readymade ISO 17025 audit checklist, then it will help you prepare for the audit in a well-organized manner. Conversely, auditors also find it easy to systematically conduct audit by referring to audit checklist, as it minimizes the chances of any lapse in collecting and auditing the documents.
ISO 17025 audit checklist will eliminate the eleventh-hour rush during or before audit as you can pre- organize all the necessary information/ documents in folders, binders, and (or) in your computer/laptop at the place of audit meetings.
Remember, in any audit, your first impression matters. If all the documents are readily available, it indicates that your organization/laboratory is professional and well-organized. Auditors, on the other side, will also be able to exhibit professionalism if they have audit checklist ready in their hands.
Benefits of ISO/IEC 17025 Audit Checklist
The three main benefits of using ISO17025 audit checklist are that it:
1. Saves time
Having information readily available is a huge time saver. Collecting documented information before audit and having them readily available for auditor will not only reduce the amount of time spent on your assessment but also make you look professionally and well prepared. ISO/IEC 17025 Audit Checklist will help save time for collecting all types of documented information that auditors would ask for.
2. Reduces costs
The less time it takes to complete your assessment, the lower your assessment fees will be. You may be able to save several thousand rupees/ dollars by expediting the assessment process. Additionally, you will be less stressed and able to focus on the assessment.
3. Reduces chance of deficiencies
Additionally, your preparation efforts will make you frantically searching for various documented information. This will put you under pressure causing you to deliver your auditors incomplete or incorrect information and giving them extra time to dig deeper into your documents, records, and processes and find more deficiencies. Using checklist would likely prevent your assessor from finding additional deficiencies. With the checklist in hand, you can preselect records that are free from mistakes. Thus you would attract fewer citations and deficiencies and you will be at advantage in the assessment.
Conclusion
ISO/IEC 17025 Audit Checklist is a must have for testing and calibration laboratories seeking ISO 17025 certification. It is also useful for those laboratories which are looking for re-certification. Here, we have just given you a glimpse of what an ISO 17025 certification audit is and how ISO/IEC 17025 Audit Checklist can ease your process of getting certified. In a nutshell using the ISO 17025 audit checklist can make the path of ISO/IEC 17025 certification easier for you by saving your time and cost and reducing the chance of deficiency.
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30 Jan 2018, Alkhobar, KSA – Future Development Services Co. (FDS) and Global Manager Group are jointly announcing the one day training program on “ISO/IEC 17025:2017 Changes and Transition” at Al Khobar and Jubail, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on 5th and 6th February, 2018. The ISO 17025-2017 training program will be helpful and beneficial for participants from ISO/IEC 17025 accredited laboratories in Saudi Arabia.
As FDS confirmed Mr. Devang Jhaveri will be delivering one day training program on recently released ISO/IEC 17025:2017 standard. The course will guide participants with knowledge of key changes and requirements in transition to ISO/IEC 17025:2017 accreditation. The trainer has rich experience of more than 100 laboratories ISO/IEC 17025 consultancy, this course will help participants to gain an understanding of transition for laboratory conformity assessment activities to make their own system and prepare for transition to ISO/IEC 17025:2017 and prepare the documents.
The ISO/IEC 17025 Changes and Transition – 1 day training is organized at Al Khobar, KSA on 5th Feb 2018 and at Jubail, KSA 6th Feb 2018. Organizations and laboratories of Saudi Arabia, which wants to train their laboratory employees to understand ISO 17025:2017 transition requirements can participate in this event, it will be the best opportunity for such laboratories. After completion of this course, all participants will receive a training certificate for ISO/IEC 17025:2017 training.
Highlight of the ISO/IEC 17025:2017 Changes and Transition Training
- Course Introduction
- Overview of ISO standard update process and structure of ISO/IEC 17025:2017
- Requirements of ISO/IEC 17025:2017 Standard – Major changes in the standard
- Guidelines for Documentation as per ISO/IEC 17025:2017
- Steps for accreditation and transition to ISO/IEC 17025-2017
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Trainer Profile: Mr. Devang Jhaveri
Mr. Devang Jhaveri is owner of Global manager group, has been providing management training and consultancy since 1991 and has more than 2700 clients in more than 45 countries. Devang had the experience of more than 30 years in providing ISO certification consultancy and management consultancy and globally more than 100 laboratory consultancy and many public training courses. So far he has conducted more than 70 courses on ISO/IEC 17025 and many laboratories have got accreditation for ISO/IEC 17025 under his project management in GCC including leading refineries, Gulf Laboratory, Buzwair, Al-Hoti, Ministry of Works (Bahrain), Q Chem., International Laboratory, Doha Technical Lab, Qatar Engineering Lab etc.
VENUE & DATE: 5-Feb 2018, TBA – Al Khobar, KSA and 6-Feb 2018, TBA – Jubail, KSA.
DELEGATE FEE: SAR 900 per Participant (Single Individual)
Registration
Future Development Services Co.
P.O. Box: 461, Al Khobar – 31952, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Phone: +966 (0) 565368040, +966 (13) 8828813
Website: www.fdscompany.com.sa
Global Manager Group
+91-79-26565405, +91-9825031523
Email: sales@globalmanagergroup.com
Website: www.Globalmanagergroup.com
In Bahrain the CCT forum to discuss on changes on ISO/IEC 17025 -2017 based on FDIS was organized. Various laboratories including the ministry laboratory key team members have attended this 2 hours CCT forum for celebrating changes to gather on ISO/IEC 17025. Mr. Devang Jhaveri, from Global Manager Group with the help of Infovision had invited key mangers and senior member of various laboratories including various Bahrain ministry laboratories and more than 30 participants from many accredited laboratories had attended this ISO 17025 -2017 CCT forum (“Celebrate Changes Together on ISO/IEC 17025 -2017”). The senior members of various laboratories in the field of environment , calibration, precious metal, gems testing, chemical, metal testing, civil and material testing from Bahrain had attended this CCT forum.
In CCT forum the discussion was held for change process of ISO/IEC 17025:2017 as well as why changes was discussed. The other topic covered was ISO/IEC 17025-2017 requirements, what is new in the standard as well as documentation required to implement ISO/IEC 17025 2017. All this discussion was held based on ISO 17025 published FDIS. Finally the discussion was held for steps involved for existing accredited laboratories for the transition to ISO 17025-2017. The detail training was given to all the participants in this CCT Forum to share views and information regarding how upcoming ISO/IEC 17025:2017 requirements will be applied by them. This CCT forum was held in Infovision office conference and total 2 sessions were arranged.It was discussed that after the release of ISO 17025-2017 standard 3 years time is given till November 2020 for existing accredited laboratory to upgrade their system to revised ISO/IEC 17025 2017. All the participants have actively participated in CCT forum and discuss their understanding and queries related to implications of Iso 17025-2017 to their laboratory activities. At the end each participant was awarded training certificate for attending this CCT forum.
Mr. Devang Jhaveri is as expert in field of ISO/IEC 17025 Accreditation, having experience of more than 100 laboratory accreditation across the globe, has taken participated in this ISO/IEC 17025:2017 – CCT Forum just to share information technical and management system changes in the upcoming standard. Apply these changes to routine process and how to take this change positively and get benefits by upgrading accreditation and achieving continuous improvement was the highlight of this event.
About Mr. Devang Jhaveri
Mr. Devang has over 25 years of experience, working with industrial, R & D, and Laboratories as well as management and ISO system consultancy. So far he has conducted more than 100 courses on ISO/IEC 17025 and many laboratories have got ISO/IEC 17025 under his project management in GCC including Saudi ARAMCO laboratories, Satorp laboratory, Sabic labs, Gulf Laboratory, NAP Laboratory, Riyadh Refinery, Al-Hoti, Q Chem., Geotechnical lab, International Laboratory, Doha Technical Lab, Qatar Engineering Lab, Qatar Industrial Lab, Jeddah refinery laboratory, technical laboratory etc.
GSP Crop Science Private Ltd., one of the leading manufacturer and exporter of pesticide technical as well their formulation including seed treatment chemicals has successfully completed renewal assessment of ISO 17025:2005 with the help of Global Manager Group. Global Manager Group has taken NABL Accreditation consultancy project as per ISO/IEC 17025 requirements and successfully completed all re-assessment work within given time frame. The NABL consultancy team of GMG has done this work and achieved recommendation after re-assessment audit done by NABL lead auditors.
Global Manager Group has provided ISO/IEC 17025 Consultancy services from last 15 years for testing and calibration laboratories. Global Manager Group has implemented NABL accreditation based quality management system in the GSP Crop Science Unit-3, by training employee of all level, documentation preparation, internal auditing and providing necessary help with active participation till accreditation of the system. With final re-assessment audit was taken on 15th October, 2017, GMG has successfully completed this ISO 17025 Consultancy project for GSP Crop Science.
GMG has helped in 4 – tier documentation preparation like ISO 17025 manual, NABL procedures, Standard Operating Procedures, Work instructions, Test report templates, audit checklists etc as part of consultancy. During this project, Global Manager Group has helped GSP Crop Science to understand all requirement of ISO/IEC 17025:2005 Certification.
About GSP Crop Science Private Ltd
GSP Crop Science Private Ltd. is one of the leading manufacturer and exporter Pesticide Technical as well its formulations including Seed Treatment Chemicals. GSP continuously develops and introduces newly off patented A.I’s as well formulations to meet the requirements of the farmers/customers with their utmost satisfaction. GSP Crop Science Private Ltd. have a diversified group of talented people who discovers, develops, manufacture and market wide range crop protection products.
