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Applying Lean principles in management systems auditing
Jessen Yeoh, Principal Advisor at Business Improvement Services (Australasia) for Lloyd’s Register, explains how Lean can help auditors reduce waste and achieve a value-added audit experience.
ISO 9001 auditing guidance launched by industry and stakeholders
A guide to what makes a good ISO 9001 Quality Management System (QMS) audit has been produced by industry, government and a group of stakeholders involved in management systems certification. Launching on
9 June, Quality in the Supply Chain forms part of the UK’s celebrations for World Accreditation Day (WAD) 2019 and ties in with the theme – Adding Value to Supply Chains.
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Leading a process-based organisation
Sponsored article: Catalyst explores the role of a leader in establishing and maintaining a quality process in an organisation.
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Innovation: the great opportunity
The CQI’s fifth Corporate Connect event of the year explored how human design thinking can encourage successful innovation.
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Tried-and-true ingredients for continuous improvement
The CQI’s fourth Corporate Connect event of the year, presented by John Lewis Partnership, explored how starting slow can ignite rapid change.
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Leadership – it’s about people
In the final part of this four-part series on Deming’s System of Profound Knowledge, Alan Clark and Tony Korycki explain how organisations should encourage leadership as a crucial attribute to their business success.
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Sharing the power of knowledge
ISO 9001:2015, the world’s leading quality management system standard, addresses the importance of knowledge in supporting quality. To learn more, the CQI London Branch invited Andrew Trickett, a highly experienced Knowledge Manager at Arup to speak at their event ‘Using Knowledge Management to Improve Quality’ on 20 February.
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How to engage with Human Activity Systems
Bob Kennedy describes a fresh interpretation of system of profound knowledge that facilitates meaningful engagement with 21st century human activity systems.
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The pitfalls of failing to prioritise quality
Trish Faulkner Pratt, CQP MCQI, reflects on the value of integrating ISO 9001 in business operations and the negative consequence of neglecting standards.
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ISO 9001:2015 – an opportunity to reboot your QMS
Kevin Scanlan, quality and document control manager at CRC-Evans Offshore, explains how his team found success by rebuilding their QMS as part of the transition to ISO 9001:2015.