Alliance Calibration Blog | Standards and Compliance

ISO 9001 or ISO 17025: How to choose a calibration company.

By Phil Wiseman

December 27, 2019

Standards and Compliance

ISO 17025 or ISO 9001: Which one is better? As a calibration company we are sometimes asked which is better ISO 9001 or ISO 17025 certification. That really is the wrong question. Both of these International standards are excellent....

When Do You Stop Planning?

By Phil Wiseman

February 15, 2018

Standards and Compliance

This is not a new question. In fact, mathematicians have been pondering this question for hundreds of years. In fact, it was given a name. The Secretary Problem.

MIL-STD-45662A and Calibration

By Phil Wiseman

September 18, 2017

Standards and Compliance

Mil-STD-45662A is a military standard for calibration system requirements. It was fundamental in defining Calibration and Traceability as well as the necessary requirements for an effective calibration program. This would include...

3 Things You Need To Know About Risk, Calibration and ISO9001

By Phil Wiseman

June 21, 2017

Standards and Compliance, calibration, ISO 9001

, By Phil Wiseman

June 21, 2017

Standards and Compliance, calibration, ISO 9001

, By Phil Wiseman

June 21, 2017

Standards and Compliance, calibration, ISO 9001

What is Quality?

By Phil Wiseman

April 26, 2017

Standards and Compliance

There are 14,800 searches on Google monthly for "What is Quality". Impressive!

What you need to know about NIST numbers.

By Sidney Taylor

April 03, 2017

Standards and Compliance

From time to time, companies will ask for NIST Numbers to accompany their calibration reports. Often this request is driven by third party auditing services that fail to comprehend the limitations placed upon calibration laboratories by the...

How Do I Start With Risk-Based Thinking?

By Phil Wiseman

February 27, 2017

Standards and Compliance

The clearly articulated focus of Risk-Based Thinking in ISO 9001:2015 has some people scratching their heads. What exactly does this mean? Where is the checklist? Where do I start?

What Are The Mandatory Documents Required by ISO 9001:2015

By Phil Wiseman

February 20, 2017

Standards and Compliance

I recently attended a Quality MeetUp and the discussion centered around ISO 9001:2015. Most had not read 9001:2015 so the discussion focused on what documents are required. The central theme to ISO 9001:2015 is Risk and this really moves...

Thermometers and Food Safety

By The Metrologist

October 13, 2016

Standards and Compliance

Keeping Food Safe, with Calibration I’m a foodie, and I’ve told foodie friends of mine for years that they should never trust their food thermometer unless it’s been calibrated. While doing my weekly shopping the other day I spotted this...

TUR: What is it?

By The Metrologist

August 29, 2016

Standards and Compliance

TUR: What Is It? TAR, TUR, CMC, and TLAs In the world of metrology, the three letter acronyms (TLAs) TAR, TUR, and CMC are routinely bantered about like exam scores. Bigger TARs and TURs with smaller CMCs led to the “Scope Wars” of the 90s...