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Global supply chains: trust and transparency
Action on climate commitments has never been more critical and an approach focused on delivering data-driven ESG objectives is not only a crucial framework for adhering to climate regulations but is the new standard of risk management, says Heather Moore, Supply Chain Sustainability Technical Director at LRQA.
ISO 9004:2018 – little known but highly useful
Carew Hatherley, Managing Director of IT consulting company IQM Group, examines how the scoring system of ISO 9004 can be used for a different style of reporting or analysis.
What role does data play in ensuring quality?
Poornima Ramaswamy, Chief Transformation Officer of business analytics platform Qlik, outlines the important role played by real-time data in ensuring quality in production.
Audit SIG attendees and the future of audit
The Chartered Quality Institute’s Audit SIG Conference, in partnership with Inmarsat and sponsored by Société Générale de Surveillance (SGS), took place on September 15 at Inmarsat’s headquarters in London. At the end of the event, delegates and Audit SIG members stopped to share their thoughts on the future of the audit industry and their key takeaways from the event.
Breaking down language barriers
Quality Engineer Benjamin Clifford, who works for DISCO Corporation in Japan, was a finalist in the Emerging Talent category at this year’s CQI International Quality Awards. Here, he explains his journey into auditing, and how a multi-lingual auditing programme is improving standards in his organisation.
The role of quality assurance in the UK energy sector transformation
For Ivan Ericsson, Head of Quality Management at engineering and management consultants Expleo UK, treating assurance as a strategic tool, rather than just a box-ticking exercise, is critical to the future of the UK energy sector.
Quality Education - European Quality Congress
Vincent Desmond, CEO at the CQI, discusses the highlights from this year’s European quality conference delivered by the Serbian Association for Quality.
Engagement of people
Raffat Khatoon Mohammed, CQP MCQI, ISO 9001, 14001 and 45001 Lead Auditor at Qatar Primary Materials Company (QPMC), explains how ‘engagement of people’ helped QPMC to overcome staff and skill shortages during the Covid-19 pandemic.
The High Level Structure is dead. Long life to the Harmonised Approach?
Horacio Martirena, a CQI technical assessor, IRCA Lead Auditor and Independent Consultant in management systems, outlines the development of the Harmonised Approach and the issues it addresses, and what it needs to resolve.
Innovation, standards and the battle for global competitiveness
The UK Quality Infrastructure (UKQI) - an alliance of four institutions which oversees standardisation, testing, measurement, certification and accreditation in the UK, has stepped up its response to Industry 4.0. Why?