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How to celebrate World Quality Day
On 14 November, quality advocates across the globe will celebrate the impact our profession has made in the last century. Here’s how you can get involved and make the most of the big day.
Let’s get Brazil talking about quality!
The quality profession wants to be heard in Brazil. That is why the Brazilian Academy for Quality is working to make senior managers understand how important quality management is for their businesses’ success. Basilio Dagnino, CQP FCQI, former President of the Brazilian Academy for Quality, talks to Alicia Dimas about how the Academy is promoting quality management and what challenges quality professionals face in the country
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
How to motivate all employees to engage in improvement activities: a case study of DISCO Corporation
DISCO Corporation, a company which is part of IRCA Japan OEA (Organisation Employing Auditors), provides design and development, manufacturing and related services for precision processing equipment and tools used in semiconductor manufacturing and other industries. In 2003, they introduced unique activities called PIM (Performance Innovation Management). Including PIM, they have established effective systems for motivating of its members, from top management to general employees, to be engaged in improvement. PIM activities are carried out not just at the head office in Tokyo, but also in the nanufacturing plants in Japan and in their local offices around the globe. Among these activities, the PIM matches are an entirely unique approach.
Customer loyalty and the role of the quality professional
Mark Eydman, CQP MCQI, Managing Director at Six Pillars Consulting, considers how organisations can measure, respond to, and develop customer loyalty to support sustainable, profitable growth.
Quality for 21st century top management
The roundtable 21st Century Top Management Challenges in Quality and the Implications for Implementation and Culture Change was an exclusive event for CQI Corporate Partners that took place on 5 March at the CQI offices in London, held in collaboration with The Oakland Institute for Business Research and Education
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
How great leadership powers success
The CQI’s first corporate connect event of 2019, Driving Performance and Enabling Change: How Great Leadership Powers Success, took place on the 29 January in London, and was held in collaboration with Shirley Parsons Limited (SPL).
How great leadership powers success
The CQI’s first corporate connect event of 2019, Driving Performance and Enabling Change: How Great Leadership Powers Success, took place on 29 January in London, held in collaboration with Shirley Parsons Limited (SPL).
Human factors in manufacturing – Part 2
In the second part of this two part series, David Scrimshire explores how to better address the root causes for human errors and how to motivate people in your organisation