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LifeScan Scotland team at International Quality Awards 2023

Making a lasting impact on sustainability

Published: 2 Nov 2023

LifeScan Scotland was among the finalists at the International Quality Awards (IQA) 2023 in the Sustainability Impact category, with the organisation’s ONEarth team praised by the judges for its work on a range of sustainability issues.

Cognitive bias and its impact on outsourcing

Published: 3 Oct 2022

Cognitive biases can have a serious impact on supply chain management when it comes to outsourcing vendors. Krishnan Lakshminarayanan CQP MCQI, a Lead Auditor and Senior Manager at William Hare in India, examines some common examples and looks at how they can be avoided. 

The evolving role of quality risk management

Published: 12 Oct 2020

Jayet Moon, CQP MCQI, Quality Engineering Lead at Terumo Medical Corporation, US, and Veronica Cavendish-Stephens, Principal at Auchincloss-Stephens, explains how quality risk management is developing in line with business responses to Covid-19.

Error-proofing production for medical devices

Published: 7 Jul 2020

Anca Thompson, Senior Vice President and Chief Quality Officer at Sanmina Corporation, San Jose, California, explores how medical device manufacturers can error-proof their production process using technology and automation.

Applying the Deming System of Profound Knowledge

Published: 16 Apr 2020

Christopher Chinapoo, Managing Director at Five Star Quality and Justice Associates in Trinidad, explains how Deming’s management principles can be applied to improve business supply chains.   

CQI hosts Corporate Partner roundtable

Published: 4 Mar 2020

The CQI launched its first Corporate Partner roundtable of the year with a focus on influencing the quality agenda; culture and leadership in quality

BaxterStorey: Our sustainability journey

Published: 2 Aug 2019

Henry Cawson, Sustainability Manager at hospitality provider Baxterstorey, reveals how the company is improving its sustainability practices by transitioning to ISO 14001:2015 Environmental Management Certification‎.

Fish Fraud: How the Marine Stewardship Council tackles unregulated fishing

Published: 2 Jun 2017

In the early 1990s the impact of overfishing on the marine environment and on seafood supplies was reaching a critical point. This year the Marine Stewardship Council is celebrating its 20th anniversary and the picture is looking far healthier. In an extract from June's Quality World magazine, Dina Patel speaks to supply chain standards director Michael Platt and manager Jaco Barendse to discover how they are leading the sustainable seafood movement.