The AS 9100 Standard is designed for organizations that cater to space, defense, and aviation industries. The standard can be applied across the Supply Chain. It is intended that AS 9100 be used by the organizations involved in designing, development, and production of space, defense, and aviation products, as well as the organizations that offer post-delivery support. The standard covers those offering maintenance, spare parts, or material made of their own products. 

An increasing number of suppliers require their vendors to have AS 9100 certifications in order to commence business. Don’t get left behind. Contact GlenView Group today for a AS 9100 Certification Consulting and Training program that is specifically tailored to your organization.  

Some of the benefits of getting AS 9100 Certified include:  

• Boosted revenue and competitiveness; 
• Improved efficiency and effectiveness; 
• Continual quality of product and service; 
• Improved supplier performance and customer satisfaction; and, 
• Improved employee commitment.

Glenview Group consultants have hands-on aviation experience and are hands-down the best consulting firm for your AS 91000 Certification Consulting and Training.  

GlenView Group can provide ISO training for managers, internal auditors, and all individuals seeking to further their knowledge of international business management practices including ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001, Responsible Recycling (R2), Recycling Industry Operating Standard (RIOS), e-Stewards, ISO 13485, ISO 17025, TL9000, and AS 9100. Please visit our website for additional information at www.glenviewgroup.com. 

The GlenView Group’s ISO 45001 Online Training also includes Internal Auditor training where participants will learn the foundation of auditing from planning for internal audits, performing internal audits, defining audit findings, and drafting audit reports. Attendees will also be given the opportunity to take an internal auditor exam and, upon successful completion of the exam, attendees will be issued an Internal Auditor and Implementation Specialist Certificate allowing the certificate holder to act as Lead Auditor for their organization or perform Supplier and Vendor Quality Audits.

ISO 45001 Online Training participants will also have access to GlenView Group sample documentation, templates, and Knowledge Database for one (1) month. ISO 45001 Online Training participants will receive the guidance and resources to document their own Quality Management System in just ONE week.

Additionally, each ISO 45001 Online Training  participant will receive 1:1 Consulting guidance up to 2 hours after the completion of the course. This 1:1 consulting session will help you solidify your knowledge and help you jump-start your implementation. ISO 45001 Online Training participants will receive all the tools required to document an ISO 45001:2018 Occupational Health & Safety Management System in less than 1 week.

After the course is complete, ISO 45001 Online Training participants will be given access to an online Internal Auditor exam. Upon successful completion of the on-line exam, MasterClass participants will receive Internal Auditor and Implementation Specialist Certificate.

Contact GlenView Group today to receive pricing information and schedule your ISO 45001 Online Training program for individuals or corporate group training.

Glenview Group, Inc also offers numerous programs on various ISO topics that greatly benefit our customers. Please visit the link on our website for additional information or email us at info@glenviewgroup.com.

R2v is comprised of 10 Core Requirements that apply to all R2 Certifications, as well as 6 Special Process Requirements that apply only to Recyclers who perform specific processes such as data destruction, test & repair, or materials recovery.  

A Recycler that is certified to the R2 Standard can take advantage of worldwide recognition of trust, transparency, and proper waste management. 

What are the benefits of getting R2v3 Certified?  

Despite the additional resource requirements on the Recycler, the benefits of certification to R2v3 significantly outweigh the burden. First and foremost, R2v3 Certification will open many doors by allowing the Recycler the ability to work with an entirely new range of clientele. Other benefits include, but is certainly not are not limited to, the following:  

• Show your clients that you promote the safe and effective reuse, recovery, and recycling of electronic waste 
• Fewer incidents due to better risk management 
• Reduce workers’ compensation insurance cost 
• Awareness and continued compliance with regulatory and legal requirements both domestically and internationally 
• Avoid fees or fines incurred as a result of lax practices 
• Organizational branding and marketing 
• Demonstrate effective control of downstream recyclers 

If I want to get R2v3 Certified, do I also need an EHS system?  

Yes. R2v3, Core Requirement 3 (a) states “[a]n R2 Facility shall be certified by an accredited Certification Body, to one or more of the approve EHSMS standards, to plan and manage the environmental, health, and safety aspects of its operations.”  

The approved EHSMS standards include ISO 14001 Environmental Management System, ISO 45001 Health & Safety Management Systems.  

Alternatively, the R2 Recycler may be certified to the RIOS:2016 standard. RIOS is the Recycling Industry Operations Standard and it actually includes management system requirements for Environmental, Health & Safety, and Quality.  

If I want to get R2v3 Certified, do I also need to get certified to a Quality Management System.  

This depends on the scope of your operations. Recyclers who engage in Test, Repair, or Brokering must also get certified to a Quality Management System such as ISO 9001:2015.  

Alternatively, the R2 Recycler may be certified to the RIOS:2016 standard. Rios is the Recycling Industry Operational Standard and it actually includes management system requirements for Environmental, Health & Safety, and Quality. 

How is R2v3 different from R2:2013? 

R2v3 and R2:2013 are similar in many ways, however, there are expanded and more prescriptive clauses that are included in R2v3. For a comprehensive explanation of these differences, check out our complete list of R2v3 Core Requirement Read Along Series on YouTube channel:  

 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYBWQmQvGQ7YsxWjVMM_fDQ/videos 

I am not certified to the prior version of the R2 Standard (R2:2013), can I still get certification to R2:2013 or do I need to get R2v3 certified.  

As of January 1, 2021 new certifications are only available to R2v3, as such, new recyclers, or those seeking a new certification must now certify to R2v3.  

I already have R2:2013 Certification, when do I need to transition to R2v3.  

The deadline for transitioning to R2v3 for existing certifications is January 1, 2022. If you have a current R2 Certification that expires on or before December 31, 2021, you may be recertified to R2:2013.  Otherwise, a transition is necessary. GlenView Group specializes in R2v3 Certification and Transition. To get a free quote for a fast and stress-free transition, fill out our Initial Engagement Questionnaire here.  

EHS 

What is an EHS Management System? 

An EHS System is a Environmental, Worker Health, and Worker Safety Management System. An EHS Management System is a series of processes and procedures that designed to reduce your organization’s environmental impacts as well as the risk to the health and safety of your workers. These elements often overlap making it easy and cost-effective to integrate an Environmental Management System with a Health & Safety Management System. A combination of ISO 14001 Environmental Management System and ISO 45001 Health & Safety Management System is a common set of certifications that any and all organizations can achieve.  

What are the benefits of Certification to an EHS Management System? 

Despite the additional resources required to implement and maintain an EHS Management System, the overall cost savings and peace-of-mind greatly outweigh the burden. Other notable benefits include, but are not limited to, the following:  

• Fewer incidents due to better risk management 
• Reduce workers’ compensation insurance cost 
• Awareness and continued compliance with regulatory and legal requirements 
• Avoid fees or fines incurred as a result of lax practices 
• Organizational branding and marketing 

How long does it take to get certified to an EHS Management System?  

With any Management System Certification, the organization has to develop its processes & procedures, implement the requirements of the standard, train its employees on processes & procedures, and live in the system for a period of time prior to Stage 1 audit. This can take anywhere between 1-9 months depending on the size of the organization, the complexity of its operations, and the resources it has to devote to the Management System. This can be done internally or with a trusted Consultant such as GlenView Group. 

Then Stage 1 and Stage 2 audit will be performed by a Certification Body with approximately 6 weeks in between each stage to allow the organization to respond to concerns. Once a Stage 2 audit is performed the organization has approximately 30-60 days to respond to the findings from Stage 2 (depending on the certification body). Once the Certification Body recommends the organization for certification it takes an additional 2-3 weeks to obtain the certificate.  

Roughly speaking, it could take an organization between 3-12 months to get certification to the EHS Management System.  

How do I get started?  

The best place to start is by filling out the GlenView Group Engagement Questionnaire. This will provide us the information we need to draft a proposal to meet your needs. Once the project begins, we will help you get quotes and select a Certification Body while simultaneously developing your Management System documentation. Once we establish your Stage 1 and 2 audit dates, we will plan for and execute your internal audit and prepare you for your Stage 1 and 2 audits. You can even elect to have GlenView Group participate in your Stage 1 and 2 audits for extra peace of mind. However, our goal is to give you all the tools you need to successfully maintain your EHS Management System.  

Where can I lean more? 

GlenView Group has corporate training programs designed to disseminate the most vital information with regard to the Management Standards as well as best practices for implementation that is customized to your organization and can include all relevant roles in your organization. Fill out our Initial Engagement Questionnaire for a free quote.  

GlenView Group also provides MasterClass Training which is a 5-day course that includes teachings of each section of the Standard, a complete set of document templates, internal auditor training and certification, as well as 1:1 time with our expert consultants. Click here for our MasterClass Calendar.  

For further information with regard to R2V3 subscribe to our YouTube page for in depth discussions on each Core Requirement of R2V3. If you have any questions, reach out to us at 1(888) 405-2790 or email us at info@glenviewgroup.com.  

Provision 6 the previous 2013 version of the R2 standard provided that reusable equipment or components be categorized as either of the following three categories:

1. Tested for Full Functions, R2/Ready for Reuse;
2. Tested for Key Functions, R2/Ready for Resale; or
3. Evaluated and Non-Functioning, R2/Ready for Repair

The R2V3 standard, published in 2020, includes the R2 Equipment Categorization (“REC”) document as a supplement to the standard with more detailed framework for categorizing reusable equipment or components.

The categories listed in the REC may be applied to

1. Individual pieces of equipment or components;
2. Batches of equipment or components;
3. Specific storage areas.

Furthermore, the status assigned to the equipment or components by an R2 facility may be accepted with confidence by other R2 facilities to allow for continuity in the continued processing of such equipment.

Upon receipt of equipment or components, R2 facility must establish the R2 Applicability as well as its Data Sanitization Status using the categories listed in Table 1 and 2 of the REC and label the equipment and components accordingly. If the equipment or components are labeled for reuse (test and repair), then further categorization is required once the equipment is reviewed for cosmetic defects and testing. The Cosmetic and Functioning product categories are detailed in Table 3 and 4 of the REC.

If your particular R2 facility already has a defined method for categorizing equipment and components, you may continue to use your categorization as long as you draft an auditable cross-reference document to ensure consistency with the REC. Additionally, not every category is required to be used by every R2 facility. Only use the categories that apply to you.

In order to ease your transition to the new R2V3 standard, the below table provides a thorough comparison of the older R2 reuse categories cross-referenced with the newer R2 reuse categories.

NOTE ON CATEGORY C1 AND C2: These particular categories signify that the unit is not functional as a whole, however components such as CPUs, motherboards, sound cards, RAM, etc… may be extracted for reuse. Once the components are removed from the unit, they must be evaluated and labeled separately using the REC categories provided in Table 3 and 4.

The GlenView Group R2v3 Management System MasterClass offers both R2v3 Management System and Internal Auditor Training as well as 1:1 consultation designed to help you set up, implement, and audit your R2v3 Management System. MasterClass participants will learn each clause of the R2v3 Standard (including Appendixes) and how each clause is relevant to your organization. MasterClass participants also receive guidance on implementation, best practices, and training on how to use the entire R2v3 Management System Documentation Templates.

For further information with regard to R2V3 subscribe to our YouTube page for in depth discussions on each Core Requirement of R2V3. If you have any questions, reach out to us at 1(888) 405-2790 or email us at info@glenviewgroup.com.

• Batteries
• Pesticides
• Mercury-containing equipment
• Lamps

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has recently added hazardous waste aerosol cans as a category of Universal Waste material (30 CFR § 273.6) under this regulation. With an effective date of February 7, 2020, the addition of aerosol cans as a category of Universal Waste is intended to provide a solid system for managing discarded aerosol cans and promote the
collections and recycling of hazardous waste aerosol cans.

The rule will affect large quantity generators who generate, transport, treat, recycle, or dispose of hazardous waste aerosol cans (it does not affect households or very small quantity generators). Due to their characteristic for ignitability, aerosol cans have traditionally qualified as Hazardous Waste (40 CFR 261.21). The inclusion of aerosol cans as Universal Waste means that handlers can now have to apply the Universal Waste management standards which include more relaxed requirements for labeling, accumulation time, employee training, responses to release, export requirements, and tracking.

In some states, aerosol cans have already been added as a category of Universal Waste. For example, in California, Universal Waste includes, among other things, aerosol cans as well as Electronic Devices, CRTs, and CRT Glass. Regulations vary state-by-state, as such, to ensure compliance, review and understand the guidelines applicable to your state.

Business Management Systems such as ISO 14001 Environmental Management System (EMS), ISO 45001 Occupational Health and Safety Management System and R2 Standard require organizations to review and keep updated their list of legal and regulatory requirements, including RCRA requirements. If you need guidance on the standards of Hazardous Waste and
Universal Waste management and reviewing your legal and regulatory compliance contact GlenView Group at info@glenviewgroup.com.

When documenting your Business Management System, some of the key things to know and apply:

• The first step is to document the scope of your business. The Scope of your Business is a simple statement documenting what your business does – what are your business’ key activities (i.e. manufacturing and sale of parts for the aviation industry; design and development of patient monitoring devices; distribution of nuts and bolts for various industries; purchase, testing and re-sale of used electronics; etc…)
• Once the scope of your business is documented, the next step is to document a flow-chart to show how these key, high level activities/processes, interact with each other. (See Figure I for reference). In ISO standards, this type of flow-chart is defined as an ‘Interaction of Processes’ and is one of they key documents used when implementing, documenting, and auditing ISO standards.
• Processes are higher level documents that describe primary inputs and outputs.
• The output(s) from each process is likely to be an input into the next process. Note that in Figure 1 there are two-way arrows connecting several processes. This means that outputs form these processes are inputs into another process. The reason for two-way arrows is because some of the final process outputs cannot be completed until the connecting process input is confirmed (i.e. Purchasing defines the requirements for Receiving Inspections on each Purchase Order, but Purchasing is not able to monitor and maintain an Approved Vendor list without the results of the Receiving Inspection results).
• Individual Process documents can be as general or as detailed as you would like them to be, or as it is appropriate for your organization.
• The more detailed your process is, the less likely you will need supporting processes or work instructions – but this all depends on the complexity of your business and size of the organization.
• The less detailed your process is, the more likely you will need more detailed documents like procedures and work instructions to further outlined the requirements that will support the primary goals such as quality of the product, customer satisfaction, on-time delivery, positive environmental and health & safety performance, etc…
• Inputs and/or outputs are best if they are recorded/documented in your customer relation management (CRM), enterprise resource planning (ERP) software and/or templates generated to track the orders, etc… Once you identify where you are recording these primary inputs and outputs, writing your key processes and procedures will be relatively easy. In other words, your processes and procedures will be written in a manner that they will tell a story of how all of the inputs and outputs are connected all the way from Customer Account Management, through Purchasing (including management of outsourced processes), Receiving, Design and Development, Manufacturing or De-manufacturing, Shipping, and Customer Satisfaction.
• Finally, some of the supporting procedures documented on Figure I (i.e. Document and Record Control, Corrective and Preventive Action, and Infrastructure Management) are those processes or procedures that support your whole business operation and are to be implemented and trained to each of your departments. Choosing which supporting business processes and procedures you want to document will depend on your organization, industry, and/or standard(s) you are seeking to implement.

Table I: Common Inputs and Outputs for General Industry*

*This is only a sample, this does not include all possible inputs and outputs.

If you have additional questions or need assistance with training or ISO 9001:2015 contact us. GlenView Group goal is to help YOU implement a management system which will elevate your business processes while meeting the requirements of ISO 9001:2015.

Benefits OF R2 Certification

There is an increasing legal requirement for Electronic Recyclers to achieve Recycling Certification. The Federal Government has banned its agencies from incinerator or landfill disposal of electronic waste and required them to use third party certified electronic scrap recyclers. In addition to that about 25 States in the U.S has adopted electronic scrap recycling legislations.

• Even if the e-waste is recycled by a non-certified recycler, it may result in health and environmental risks to workers from hazardous and toxic materials and security risks to data destruction. Getting R2 certified enables a recycler to mitigate risks.
• Private corporations are now also requiring recycling certified organizations to manage their electronic scrap. A recycler can become a preferred supplier by getting R2 certification and will become eligible to bid for Federal, State and Corporate tenders.
• Vendors having R2 responsible Recycling Certification give assurance to government departments, corporate sector and individuals the surety that their e-waste will be disposed off in a responsible manner.
• The recycler gets a complete environmental, health and safety management system when he achieves the R2 Certification.
• It leads to improved recovery planning and better material management.
  R2 certification ensures due diligence throughout the downstream recycling chain leading to improved traceability and accountability.
• It also leads to reduced insurance requirements and costs due to better control of risks.
  Community relations are improved as they have an assurance that the environment will not be damaged.
• It also results in reduced accidents and injury incidents and reduces short and long-term liabilities by implementing preventive action procedures.
• Improves downstream due-diligence for customers with end-of-life electronics

Finally, R2 Certification leads to decreased processing costs which increases profitability of the e-waste recycler.

– An increase in risk awareness
– A broader approach towards sustainable development
– The promotion of ISO 9001:2015 as a valuable tool used to improve the overall performance of any organization

It has also implemented an improved Quality Management System (QMS) in order to make the most beneficial and strategic decisions for organizations. The QMS will specifically look at organizational context, analyzing the internal and external factors that could potentially affect the organization’s decisions regarding its products and services. It will also look more closely at risks and opportunities that, if understood, will lead to improved performance of any business operation. The QMS will also be able to come up with ‘proportionate’ actions that the organization can choose to implement.

This final version also comes with a transition period from ISO 9001:2008 in which organizations will have three years to update to the final version.