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The quality professional in the era of sustainability and Quality 4.0
Deming special interest group members Christopher Chinapoo CQP FCQI and Dr Kevan Leach examine the skills and roles the quality professional needs to operate collectively in the era of sustainability.

Championing a quality culture
Implementing an organisation-wide quality culture requires strong leadership with a clear vision, employee engagement and an openness to embracing technology. In the first of two blogs, Mitchell Reed CQP MCQI, Quality Manager, CloudNC, explores how organisations can champion a quality culture to improve, drive innovation and secure a competitive advantage.

Better by design
Quality systems not only make good sense for a successful business, they are increasingly important in ensuring a fairer and cleaner world, says senior auditor Pedro Mejias.

Preventing workplace injuries with hazard identifcation
IRCA Principal Auditor Ravindiran Gurusamy outlines a methodology that can be used to identify and prevent health and safety hazards in the workplace.

Advancing quality management through collaborative engagement
Dave Smith, Chair of the CQI Council reflects on the CQI’s first new look CQI Council meeting. Bringing together elected CQI members and external stakeholders, the Council discussed critical priorities from positioning quality management as a strategic tool to developing a quality management culture and capability.

Exploring hidden dimensions Part 6: another look at the double-edged sword
Continuing their series, IRCA-certified Associate Auditor and International Project Quality Lead Rasoul Aivazi and retired auditor Richard Brett explore how Japanese philosophies are intrinsic in quality.

Enhancing the role of auditing to boost organisational capability
How can enhancing the role of auditing boost an organisation’s capability, sustainability, compliance, resilience and performance? Ian Rosam CQP FCQI, Chief Product Officer at DeepFathom and a member of the CQI's Audit special interest group, takes a closer look at the benefits of moving away from the traditional audit role.

The sky is the limit
As part of a series of articles on different quality qualifications, Massimo Narna, who works in product assurance at the European Space Agency (ESA), describes his experience of achieving an MSc in Quality Management at the University of the West of Scotland.

Exploring hidden dimensions Part 4: catalyst for quality culture
Continuing their series, IRCA-certified Associate Auditor and International Project Quality Lead Rasoul Aivazi and retired auditor Richard Brett explore how Japanese philosophies are intrinsic in quality.

Taking action on climate change
In February, the International Standards Organization (ISO) added two new statements of text into 31 Type A management system standards, to ensure that climate change issues are considered. Geoff Vorley, Director of Quality Management and Training Limited, UK, takes a closer look at the impact of this on several of the key standards.