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Breaking new ground with innovative digital solution

Published: 2 Nov 2023

Among the finalists at the International Quality Awards 2023 in the Digital Innovation category was a Balfour Beatty VINCI team that developed a digital tool to streamline processes for employees on site when breaking ground as part of the HS2 rail project.

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Construction

Using Quality to Increase Your Competitive Advantage

Join the CQI Construction Special Interest Group in this panel discussion with representatives from the British Standards Institute and Chartered Institute Of Building. 

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Improving competitiveness with nine quality management tools

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Quality management tools are essential for organisations to maintain a competitive edge in the market. These tools aid in identifying areas for improvement, reducing waste, and enhancing productivity, leading to cost savings, improved quality, increased customer satisfaction and loyalty. Quality professionals can improve their individual and team performance by utilising these tools, contributing to the overall success of the organisation.

Welding is key in many industries, but can endanger the workforce. George Assimacopoulos explains how quality professionals can help mitigate the risks.

Welding: it’s time to clear the air

Published: 22 Feb 2023

Welding is key in many industries, but can endanger the workforce. George Assimacopoulos explains how quality professionals can help mitigate the risks.

Streamlining the audit process

Published: 6 Oct 2022

Pedro Medel Reyes, Quality and Compliance Manager at Perforadora México of Grupo México, has streamlined the audit process for his company to improve efficiency. Here, he explains the work which led to him becoming a finalist in the Emerging Talent Award at this year’s CQI International Quality Awards.

Breaking down language barriers

Published: 3 Oct 2022

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

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. 

Five years of celebrating World Quality

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As we approach World Quality Week 2021, Nataliya Nasonova CQP MCQI, Project Quality Manager at Sir Robert McAlpine Ltd, looks back at how she and her team at the Battersea Phase 3A project have celebrated World Quality Day over the years, how the World Quality themes have influenced their work, and share their plans for World Quality Week 2021.