In the July newsletter “Quality Edge” there are a number of interesting articles such as the “Future of ISO9001” and the current concerns with ISO 9001 as seen from a Japanese perspective. Visit of SAQI MD Paul Harding to Kazakhstan to speak at the VII International Quality Forum, the regular column by Dr Richard Hayward about quality in schools where he talk about the need to be  “persistent”, tool-making and the role of the quality auditors and quality professionals by Paul Harding.

In the August newsletter “Quality Edge” the ^2nd article on the “Future of ISO9001” and the current concerns with ISO 9001 as seen from a Japanese perspective is provided. South African Revenue Services were awarded the Platinum status for quality, there is an article about embedding quality thinking into the organisational culture by Monde Mekute, and Paul Naysmith talks about the audit process and the different types of audits.