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Striving for excellence in the quality profession

Published: 6 Nov 2020

Victoria Tait, Quality Specialist at Qualitait – a division of J Tait & Sons, UK, talks to Daniel Moore about securing Chartered Quality Professional status (CQP MCQI), and what others should consider when regrading.

Auditing for cost improvement

Published: 14 Oct 2020

Jeff Monk, CQP FCQI, Managing Director of auditing training and consultancy firm, Jemo International, shares his simple steps to help organisations curtail costs and improve business performance through audits.

Achieving success in quality

Published: 12 Oct 2020

Donna Hopkins, Quality and Compliance Manager at Ridgeway Biologicals – part of Ceva Animal Health, UK, talks to Daniel Moore about achieving the CQI’s Chartered Membership grade (CQP MCQI), and her plans to move up to Fellowship status in the future.

Creating a quality culture with TQM

Published: 14 Sep 2020

Miguel Cartañá, Senior Quality Consultant at AQC Group, Spain, explains the importance of Total Quality Management (TQM), and the principles quality teams and their businesses should adopt to achieve success.

Risk-based thinking in ISO 9001

Published: 8 Sep 2020

Ian Stahler, CQP MCQI, Independent Quality Specialist, explains why a revision for ISO 9001’s risk-based thinking requirements is needed for businesses in current times.

Meet the Fellow: Roxann Dawson

Published: 6 Aug 2020

Roxann Dawson, Head of Quality at Network Rail, UK, talks to Daniel Moore about her recent success of achieving Fellowship status.

Little acts of leadership

Published: 2 Jul 2020

Ken Burrows, CQP MCQI, Air Domain Quality Team Leader at Defence Equipment and Support, UK, explains the importance of creating leadership commitments with the wider team to ensure accountability.

Developing customer value

Published: 3 Jun 2020

Mark Eydman, CQP MCQI, Founder and Lead Consultant at Six Pillars Consulting, UK, looks at creating customer value, this year's World Quality Day theme, from the perspective of a quality professional.

Remote auditing: a 360-degree perspective

Published: 29 May 2020

Dean Blevins, CQP MCQI, Product Quality Specialist at Almac Group reveals what was discussed at the latest CQI Northern Ireland branch event on remote auditing. 

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