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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.
Digital transformation and quality management – What are the relations?
Digital transformation is a term increasingly used in everyday life. But how is it connected with quality management? Galina Robertsone, Quality Manager for the Baltics region at HAVI Logistics, explains.
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.
Navigating the rocky road ahead
The European Confederation of Institutes of Internal Auditors has published its annual Risk in Focus report. What are the topics of concern for internal auditors, and how can they support their organisations in key risk areas?
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.
Cognitive bias and its impact on outsourcing
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.
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.
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?