It’s Myford Jim, but not as we know it!

[Robert Atkinson 2Participant @robertatkinson2]

The lawnmower is the result of a stupid requirement in many ISO9000 quality manuals that all suppliers and subcontractors are ISO9000 approved. Many "advisors" who "helped" people get accreditation when ISO9000 first came popular used pre-made manual templates with "find and replace" for company name, business type etc. By requiring suppliers and subcontractors to be approved they made more business for themselves. First thing I changed as QM for a ISO 9000 company was to change this to "all suppliers and subcontractors shall be formally approved by the company" with a process that graded the criticality of supplier and level of review accordingly. If they had ISO9000 AND appropriate scope then we didn't have to audit them ourselves.
Got one at the moment with AS9100 (aerospace) approval where their scope is "design and make our widgets". As there is no recognised standard or specification for their widgits it is meaningless but as long as they follow their process they are compliant.

Robert G8RPI.

[JasonBModerator @jasonb]

Makes you wonder what the "new" ones are being made with and to what spec?

Could also explains why Home and Workshop are asking so much for the last one they bought up from the factory closure, maybe they should be taking sealed bids

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

Given the ‘continuity’ that I mentioned earlier … it would be good to see the ‘Factory open-days’ reinstated.

My visits to Beeston were always a delight.

MichaelG.

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