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A “transfer” is defined in ISO/DIS 22163 as “complete or partial handover of processes to an internal site (multi-site organizations) or an external organisation”, but its application is not always correctly implemented. During this process, ownership remains with the ordering party. Responsibility for the process ownership, work content, risks, opportunities, performance indicators and requirements for […]

IRIS awarded its first Gold Quality Performance Level certificate at the beginning of 2022. This designation is the Certification scheme’s most prestigious classification, requiring excellent scores during audits. Businesses wishing to achieve it will also need superlative direct feedback from customers and approval from the IRQB Gold Committee. The Gold Level has been available for […]

IRQB Insights is an article series introducing various technical aspects of rail quality and the IRIS Certification scheme. The article series helps to explain and provide insight to the operational matters of the certification and quality management processes. Where an organization decides to use any other entity (e.g., external provider, subcontractor, multi-site), to carry out specific tasks […]

Starting from 1 September 2021, all Silver certified companies can be awarded with the highest, Gold level certificate. The Gold level is fully launched on-time after the one year test period that started in September 2020. The Gold Quality Performance Level will be the IRIS Certification scheme’s most prestigious designation, requiring excellent scores on IRIS […]

IRQB Insights is an article series introducing various technical aspects of rail quality and the IRIS Certification scheme. The article series helps to explain and provide insight to the operational matters of the certification and quality management processes. The critical path methodology assessed during the IRIS Certification process is a basic requirement for the project time management […]

IRQB published a new IRIS Guideline focused on customer perception helping organisations to understand IRIS Certification’s customer perception requirements and giving guidance on how to use customer perception in quality management systems. Customer perception assures trust in the IRIS Certification system. This is especially important as more and more customers are moving from second party […]

IRQB Insights is an article series introducing various technical aspects of rail quality and the IRIS Certification scheme. The article series helps to explain and provide insight to the operational matters of the certification and quality management processes. ISO/TS 22163 is the standard specifying business management system requirements for rail organisations. ISO/TS 22163 is largely based on […]

IRQB Insights is an article series showcasing and introducing various technical aspects of rail quality and the IRIS Certification scheme. It helps to explain some and provide insight into the operational matters of the certificate and quality management without requiring prior knowledge to understand the articles. IRIS Certification rules require many processes to be visually […]

IRQB is happy to bring you testimonials from our member companies across the world and the rail sector. These short interviews will give insight to the benefits of IRQB’s work from the perspective of rail sector companies.  Questions answered by: Cornelius Weitzmann, CEO Mobility at Voith Turbo Why did your company decide to join IRQB? […]

IRQB’s second anniversary comes during an unprecedented time in world. The outburst of the coronavirus has strongly affected our everyday lives but also the functioning of rail businesses. However, the global health crisis has not stopped us from advancing on the technical front. We have concluded the work of 3 IRQB working groups and introduced […]