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Quality frameworks are essential for businesses

Bridging the gap

Published: 13 Mar 2025

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

Turning up the dial on good quality

Quality re-imagined

Published: 14 Jan 2025

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

IAF CertSearch, global transparency in suppliers

Enhancing global transparency

Published: 6 Jan 2025

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.

use of artificial intelligence in third-party certification audits

Use of AI in third-party certification processes

Published: 17 Dec 2024

Ian Rosam CQP MCQI, Chief Product Officer at DeepFathom and a member of the CQI's Audit special interest group, takes a closer look at how artificial intelligence has been integrated into UKAS-accredited certification processes.

George Nyambuya

Upholding the ethics of auditing

Published: 13 Dec 2024

What ethical challenges could an auditor face when scrutinising an organisation’s quality management system? George Nyambuya PCQI takes a closer look.

Oluwafemi Adare CQP MCQI represented Wunderkind Consulting Nigeria Limited on the ISO/WS ESG/WG 1 committee that developed the IWA

IWA 48: A new benchmark in ESG implementation

Published: 20 Nov 2024

Management consultant Oluwafemi Adare CQP MCQI, a member of the Sustainability special interest group, explains the significance of the recently published IWA 48 for quality professionals.

Gunther Augustin, Director of Global Quality Assurance at Dr Schar

Ensuring quality is baked right in

Published: 24 May 2024

Manufacturer Dr Schär produces food for people with special nutritional needs, with quality at the heart of the production process from field to plate. Here, we take a closer look at a case study of an organisation that employs continuous improvement to meet stringent standards in food safety – and taste.

Leveraging Quality 4.0 to enhance customer experience

Published: 22 Sep 2023

This, our first co-created report with US-based research and consulting firm Gartner, provides an in-depth analysis of the actions organisations need to take to prepare for the major customer shifts and increase in customer expectations.

Defining Quality 4.0: a new CQI research project

Published: 23 Feb 2021

The CQI is pleased to announce that we have commissioned a consortium comprising Leeds University Business School and The Oakland Institute for Business Research and Education to carry out some research into the concepts and principles that underpin the evolution of ‘Quality Management 4.0’ or ‘Quality 4.0’ as it is more widely known.