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Championing quality in Zimbabwe
Tazviona Lois Ngonyamo PCQI, Quality Assurance Executive at Irvine’s Zimbabwe, discusses her journey into quality, having recently become a member of the CQI.

Bridging the gap
Anar Malikov CQP FCQI outlines how quality frameworks can be adapted to make them fit for every business.

Why 'fast' must go out of fashion
The fast fashion industry raises a number of questions around quality control, supply chains and sustainability. Dr Pauline Bremner, an associate professor and lecturer in retail and fashion management at Robert Gordon University near Aberdeen, discusses how a greater emphasis on quality is at the heart of mitigating its impacts.

Management systems and climate change
There must be cross-over between standards if management systems are to play their full role in helping tackle the environmental crisis, says senior auditor Pedro Mejias.

Strengths and weaknesses of the checklist approach to auditing
Andrew Ward CQP MCQI examines the benefits and challenges of taking a checklist approach to audits.

Auditee management approaches and their impact on audit outcomes
How do different approaches to audit management impact on the outcome? Kamran Zulfugarov, an integrated management systems Lead Auditor in Azerbaijan, takes a closer look.

Importance of audit in aviation maintenance
Associate auditor S. Sowrirajan takes a closer look at the importance of regular audits in the highly regulated aviation maintenance sector.

Learning laboratory
Abdul Majeed PCQI, Quality Assurance Manager at Pragati Electricals in India, describes his experience of the process of gaining certification to ISO/IEC 17025.

Quality re-imagined
Software quality assurance manager Ramesh Mahadevan examines how the quality profession has gone on a cyclical journey from performance to compliance – and back again.

Enhancing global transparency
In late October, it became mandatory for all accreditation and certification bodies to upload information relating to management systems certifications to the IAF CertSearch database. We speak to Nigel Johnston, CEO of Quality Trade, which developed the database, about the value CertSearch offers to organisations.