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Quality and audits
Checklists, audits, corrective actions, supplier checks and management reviews that lead to real fixes.
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Quality and audits7 min read
GDPR checklist for small businesses
A GDPR checklist for small businesses, article by article. Lawful basis, privacy notice, processors, security, 72 hour breach reports and data subject requests.
Quality and audits7 min read
HKZ certification guide for care organisations
HKZ certification for Dutch care and welfare providers. What the HKZ norms are, how they relate to ISO 9001, the audit cycle and a readiness checklist.
Quality and audits7 min read
ISO 27001 for small teams, a 90 day plan
ISO 27001 for small teams in plain steps. Who does what, how to scope it, a 90 day plan to audit readiness, what to skip and how certification works.
Quality and audits7 min read
ISO 9001 checklist for small businesses
An ISO 9001 checklist for small businesses, clause by clause, with the records the standard requires, what auditors sample and common delays.
Quality and audits7 min read
NIS2 checklist for small companies
A NIS2 checklist for small companies. See if the directive applies, the ten Article 21 security measures and the 24 hour, 72 hour and one month deadlines.
Quality and audits6 min read
Staff training records, what to keep and how
Staff training records explained: what to write down, how to track certificates that expire, and how to show an auditor who was trained and when.
Quality and audits7 min read
How to run a risk register in a small company
A risk register in plain steps for a small company: what to list, how to score likelihood and impact, who owns each risk and how often to review it.
Quality and audits5 min read
Incident report template and how to investigate
How to write an incident report and investigate it: what to record in the first hour, how to find the cause, what to fix and when to tell an authority.
Quality and audits7 min read
ISO 27001 checklist for small businesses
An ISO 27001 checklist for small businesses, with the documents the standard asks for, the Annex A controls, the evidence auditors sample and tool prices.
Quality and audits5 min read
Corrective actions that fix the cause, not the symptom
How to turn a mistake or an audit finding into a corrective action that lasts: describe it, contain it, find the real cause, act, check and close.
Quality and audits5 min read
Get ready for an ISO 9001 or 27001 check
A plain roadmap to ISO 9001 and ISO 27001 for small companies: see where you stand, close gaps with evidence and avoid claiming more than you do.
Quality and audits5 min read
Prepare a management review in one afternoon
What a management review is for, what to look at, how to prepare the facts beforehand, run a focused meeting and record decisions that actually get done.
Quality and audits5 min read
Your first internal audit, step by step
How a small business can plan, run and close its first internal audit: scope, questions, evidence, findings, corrective actions and what to do afterwards.
Quality and audits5 min read
Supplier audits for small companies
How to decide which suppliers to check, what to ask, and how to run a light supplier audit by questionnaire or visit, then follow up kindly.
Quality and audits4 min read
Turn a process into a checklist people follow
How to turn a process into a checklist anyone can follow: pick the process, watch it, write short steps, test them and keep the checklist alive.