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Why 'fast' must go out of fashion

Published: 7 Mar 2025

The fast fashion industry raises a number of questions around quality control, supply chains and sustainability. Dr Pauline Bremner, an associate professor and lecturer in retail and fashion management at Robert Gordon University near Aberdeen, discusses how a greater emphasis on quality is at the heart of mitigating its impacts.

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. 

Managing supply chains post Brexit

Published: 23 Mar 2021

Malcolm Harrison, Group CEO of the Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply (CIPS), talks to Daniel Moore about how Brexit will impact supply chains and logistics in 2021.

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.   

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.