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Raising standards in the private security sector
Tony Brachmanski, CQP MCQI, IRCA Principal Auditor, provides an insight into the purpose and structure of the Approved Contractor Scheme (ACS), and the approach third party ACS- approved auditors are applying to assess businesses against the standard.

Thriving in the digital age: four strategies to enable supply chain productivity
It has been advocated that ‘supply chains compete, not individual firms’ for over 30 years, but this often fails to be the case in practice. Jan Godsell, Professor at the University of Warwick, asks why this is so difficult to achieve, and why advances are on the horizon

ISO 14001 – The green business’ standard
Danièle Huet-Kouo talks about companies’ environment and social responsibility and how the ISO 14001:2015 certification process can help them achieve their environmental goals

A common-sense approach to internal IMS audits
Sponsored article: Alan Grogan, CQP MCQI, shares his six-step model to managing the requirements of auditing integrated management systems.

Update: ISO 19011 guidance on auditing management systems
Richard Green explains the fundamental changes to ISO 19011:2011

Why ISO 9001:2015 calls for a partnership approach
Lorraine Harrison, CQP MCQI, quality and compliance manager at Global Marine, explains how ISO 9001:2015 puts the focus on a cross-functional approach can help build the right culture

ISO 9001:2015 – Who are the interested parties?
Bhuvan Veerasamy, director and principal consultant at Avanta Global, examines the ISO 9001:2015 requirements on interested parties

Leadership and commitment in ISO 9001:2015
Alexander Woods, CQI certification manager, explains why the theme of leadership is so crucial in the revised quality management system standard.