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EAGLE's Client Newsletter | July 2023
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IQNET General Assembly Meeting | Seoul, South Korea
Contributed by Colin Christmas, Managing Director
EAGLE is the U.S. member of IQNET Association. Lindsey Stafford and Libby Shillito represented EAGLE at IQNET's 35th General Assembly Meeting in Seoul, South Korea, May 29-June 2. It was announced at the meeting that EAGLE's Managing Director, Colin Christmas, will join the IQNET Board of Directors as an advisor.
PrimusGFS General Regulations | Appendix 3 Updated
Contributed by Lindsey Stafford, Director of Certification (FSMS)
This is a friendly reminder that an updated version of PrimusGFS v3.2 Appendix 3: Guidance for Closure of Deficiencies and Corrective Actions document has gone into effect. Some of the key takeaways from this revised document are:
- Increased emphasis on corrective action plans and risk assessments as tools when a corrective action is not feasible in 30-calendar days.
- Reduced emphasis on the question level categories (e.g., General Level, Essential Level).
- Rewording in some portions of the Appendix.
- Corrective action closure process is now the same for all questions regardless of question level category.
Crisis Management Plans Are Living Documents
Contributed by Roger Roeth, EAGLE Food Chief Technical Officer
Having witnessed through the media the events in East Palestine, Ohio, and Richmond, Indiana this past spring, has your company considered the potential impact of a similar incident? Not every company has a rail line within a few miles, but most are near highways and some may be near chemical companies. Our clients need to ask, "What if that was us? How would we protect our people, products, processes, and property?" Answers to these questions will not come easily...
Soft Skills | Enhancing your Management System's Value
Contributed by Nancy Berger-Turner, Senior Business Development Manager
Some of us have been provided the great opportunity to be a part of our company’s continuous improvement program. I have always considered this a great honor and it has also enhanced my knowledge of the inner workings of an organization’s processes and culture.
New EAGLE Employees
EAGLE is happy to announce five new employees who joined the team in Q2:
- Megan Gresham | Food Certification Support (part time)
- Jennifer Shea | Director of Business Development
- Hayden Sargent | Food Certification Support
- Kollin Clark | Food Certification Support
- Mallory Lucas | Food Technical Manager for Primary Production
Updates to Ford CSRs | IATF 16949 and PPAP
Contributed by Caitlin Jefferson, Certification Manager
Ford has updated their Customer Specific Requirements for both IATF 16949 and PPAP. The primary changes include:
IATF 16949 CSRs:
- Clarification added for Safe Launch Control Plans - Identifies critical supplier safe launch exit criteria and timing.
- Update reference to eCAR - The capacity analysis report is available through eCAR.
- Updates for Gauge R&R Requirements - Acceptability of the Overall Result and direction on one-sided spec MSAs and acceptability.
- Clarification on Bulk Material Requirements for FMEA software - Ford will continue to accept the FMEA 4th Edition FMEA format for Bulk Materials.
- Administrative update to correct nomenclature of AIAG & VDA FMEA.
PPAP CSRs:
- Updated clarification for capability studies with quantity of parts less than 125.
- Updates for Gauge R&R Requirements.
- Administrative updates to outdated references and links.
You can find the updated CSRs for IATF 16949 here and CSRs for PPAP here. These changes were effective July 1, 2023.
World Accreditation Day 2023
Contributed by Colin Christmas, Managing Director
June 9, 2023 celebrated World Accreditation Day, a global initiative established by ILAC and IAF to promote the value of accreditation. This year's theme, "Accreditation: Supporting the Future of Global Trade", focused on promoting greater supply chain efficiency and resilience.
Delivering Sustainability Assurance through Effective Standards and Accredited Conformity Assessment
Contributed by Colin Christmas, Managing Director
IAF, ISEAL, UNDP, IIOC, IQNET Association, and TIC Council have published a joint statement on sustainability assurance. The statement emphasizes the vital role of consensus-based standards and accredited conformity assessment in addressing sustainability challenges.
Informative Industry News
Contributed by Jack Hamilton, Senior Business Development Manager
Aerospace Improvement Maturity Model
Have you considered taking AIMM at a process? Experience has shown through oversight of AS9100 and EN9100-certified companies, there can be a tendency to have the objective of simply maintaining certification become more important than improving it.
IATF awards Certification Bodies for helping drive customer satisfaction among automotive suppliers
Transportation is one of the keys to modern society. Regardless of the changing opportunities that arise from current necessity, vehicles still need to be affordable, reliable and present.
ISO Year in Review 2022 | Capturing the Spirit of Progress
Contributed by Colin Christmas, Managing Director
2022 was “business as usual”, offering solutions to the planet’s most pressing challenges, delivering an ambitious ten-year strategy, and bringing every one of our members on that journey.
Find out how we achieved that as we look at the highlights of a year that focused on collaboration, community and climate action.
Contributed by Colin Christmas, Managing Director
State of the Nation 2023 | Product Safety and Recall Report
Despite the U.S. still being under the ongoing COVID-19 public health emergency, many companies were trying to get back to business as normal in 2022.
Latest News from the International Accreditation Forum (IAF)
IAF Outlook is a news feed that provides you with the latest news in the fields of conformity assessment and accreditation from IAF members, regions and stakeholders.
Webinar | The Art of Managing Processes Within Management Systems
Improvement of a process and maintaining a process framework is often a responsibility given to Business Process Analysts, Process Engineers and Business Excellence Managers. Often this is separate from Systems Managers who are responsible for the Quality Management System of an organization.
In this webinar, Colin Christmas discusses why it is important to integrate process management into a management system to achieve sustained success.
Contributed by Colin Christmas, Managing Director
How Much Do You Know About Standardization?
Are you looking for fun ways to learn about standardization? Try these free games by the Commission for Occupational Health and Safety and Standardization Kommission Arbeitsschutz und Normung (KAN)!
The Game | From the Idea to the Standard
Become a knight or lady and work on a standard for knights’ helmets. The KANelot game guides you through the process of developing a European standard.
* Source: Commission for Occupational Health and Safety (OH&S) and Standardization (KAN)
EAGLE Sponsored Training
Implementing SQF Systems – Live Virtual Training
August 8th-9th, 2023 | 9AM-5PM Central Daily
This class is based on SQF Code Edition 9. The instructor will tailor the class to participants’ specific needs. A combination of class and instructor interaction leads to sharing real life experiences in a manner not possible with on-line training. We emphasize how compliance to the SQF Code can be achieved in a practical manner implemented in operations and documented to build trust in your products or services.
EAGLE Promoted Training
To better support our west coast clients, we will be sharing opportunities for Food Safety Training Classes with Superior Food Safety. All SQF classes are taught by an SQF Licensed Trainer and all FSPCA classes are taught by FSPCA Lead Instructors.
