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Setting and meeting KPI targets
Paul Vaughan, CQP FCQI, Quality Manager at Siemens Rail Automation, UK, explains the importance of setting key performance indicators (KPIs) for business.

Setting and applying SMART objectives
Sam Kinch, Quality Management Consultant at qualityinspired.co.uk, highlights the importance of SMART objectives and how businesses should apply them.

Covid-19 and Management Systems Audit
The CQI|IRCA shares advice and guidance available to help auditors with conducting successful audits amid the coronavirus pandemic.

CQI Birmingham branch: The Nadcap approach to root-cause analysis
The CQI Birmingham branch event, held on 29 July, educated attendees about the role of the Performance Review Institute, a not-for-profit trade association that administers the National Aerospace and Defense Contractors Accreditation Program (Nadcap). Amandip Sandhu, CQP FCQI, Quality Engineer at Bromford Technologies-Alcester, reveals all.

ISO 45001:2018
Roland Tan, IRCA Lead/Principal Auditor, explores the importance of the world’s first occupational health and safety management system

How to conduct an internal audit
Sponsored article: Auditing is not a new technique and has been used in various guises for many years, especially for financial purposes. This article aims to show how management system internal auditing has changed in recent years and where to start with conducting one.

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.

Here to help
Caroline Wadham reveals the most common questions and requests our Member Journey team receive from IRCA members.
BHS auditor banned
The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has banned Steve Denison, partner at PwC, from the auditing profession for 15 years. Denison admitted misconduct over the 2014 audit of BHS and the Taveta Group.

From ISO:9001 auditing to ISO:27001 implementation
Adam Gomes talks about his personal experience in the quality profession and how he successfully conducted his company’s ISO:9001 audit and is now implementing ISO:27001.