Accountability
Having an accountability mechanism or guardrails in place in regard to maintaining your quality management system is becoming more important than ever. While accreditation strives to play that role with assessors... Read more
Equipment procedures – Let’s review
Equipment procedures are the most overlooked part of a laboratory’s QMS, and quite possibly the most misunderstood, especially by those new to the accreditation process. I have found that... Read more
Equipment procedures
In our February 29th blog earlier this year we talked about equipment inventory guidelines. I’m going to hit on a few points about equipment procedures and what is required.... Read more
Falsified records: A closer look
On April 13, 2016, the AASHTO Subcommittee on Materials released the newest version of AASHTO R18. There are many significant changes that a laboratory will need to address but... Read more
AASHTO R18 changes are here
It was just announced the 2016 version of AASHTO R18 is now available. View the summary of changes to R18 for 2016; if you have an online subscription to... Read more
Customize your quality manual
Let’s focus on what makes up the Quality Manual using R18LabQMS. While there is much flexibility that we will discuss, the QMS sections are numbered and correspond to AASHTO... Read more
New Software Release — Update v1.7
We are coming up on the end of the year and we are looking ahead with a new software release for the R18LabQMS® application. We are excited to announce... Read more
On-site assessment preparation
More and more laboratories using R18LabQMS are having great experiences with their onsite assessments. One recent comment from a newly accredited laboratory that established their QMS from scratch was... Read more
R18LabQMS training opportunities
Q&As: WebEx, e-mails and calls When your laboratory becomes a user of R18LabQMS it comes with access to the management team that includes e-mail and phone consulting, and WebEx... Read more
Auditor access to your QMS
Until now, auditors performed on-site assessments the traditional way. They reviewed your Quality Management System by pulling out a huge three-ring binder that the auditor pours over for several... Read more