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From exclusive tours inside top organisations, to interviews with industry experts and opinion pieces written by quality innovators, read the latest features to improve your knowledge and understanding.

Utilising the '8D Approach' in business

Published: 15 Dec 2020

Stephanie Herring, Quality Manager at Wales Fertility Institute, UK, explains why the 8D approach should be applied when investigating non-conformances.

Auditing Santa's Workshop

Published: 15 Dec 2020

With Christmas soon approaching, Hussain Ali, CQP MCQI, Quality Manager at Jacobs Engineering, explains how an audit at Santa’s Workshop taught him how to deliver more efficient audits during and after the festive season.

Eliminating the costs of poor quality

Published: 13 Oct 2020

Vimala Balusamy, CQP MCQI, Quality and Project Management Consultant, India, shares her five steps to help prevent poor quality costs in businesses.

Setting and meeting KPI targets

Published: 8 Sep 2020

Paul Vaughan, CQP FCQI, Quality Manager at Siemens Rail Automation, UK, explains the importance of setting key performance indicators (KPIs) for business.

Quality motivation

Published: 2 Jul 2018

Sponsored article: Paul Vaughan, Lead Quality Manager in Projects at Siemens talks about how his company is working to improve workforce involvement and motivation to use quality tools.

How Qualsys embraces the evolution of quality management systems

Published: 6 Dec 2017

In this sponsored feature, Kate Armitage, product quality assurance manager at Qualsys, shares how the company helps businesses adapt to new challenges in the quality profession. Qualsys is a proud sponsor of the CQI’s International Quality Awards.

The dangers of cowboy certification

Published: 8 Jun 2017

In an extract from Quality World magazine (June 2017), Rob Fenn, CQP FCQI, chief executive of the British Assessment Bureau, reveals how cowboy certification is threatening the reputation of ISO 9001:2015 and the industry. He speaks to UKAS about the value of accreditation and the pitfalls for organisations tempted to cut corners.

​The magic ingredient

Published: 9 Aug 2016

Take a look inside Coca-Cola’s operating requirements brochure, KORE, then read Amanda Pauley’s interview with Coca-Cola’s global director of quality and food safety strategy, policy and programmes, Neil Marshall.

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