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Setting and applying SMART objectives

Published: 11 Aug 2020

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

The demise of the management representative

Published: 6 Aug 2020

Dr Christel Fouche, Health and Safety Specialist and Lead Auditor, shares her experience for performing successful audits under the ISO 45001 standard, and explains how to adapt to changes following the migration from OHSAS 18001.

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.

Creating a 'mental health at work' plan

Published: 29 Jun 2020

Jennie Clark, CQP MCQI, Director of Elliem Consulting, UK, provides some advice and guidance to help employers improve the mental health and wellbeing of their staff. 

The impact of Covid-19 on quality professionals

The CQI has partnered with quality management software provider Qualsys to release Covid-19: The impact of coronavirus on quality professionals, a report looking at how the spread of Covid-19 has affected the quality profession.

CQI West of Scotland Branch Meeting - Quality 4.0

Published: 20 May 2019

The April meeting of the CQI West of Scotland Branch was led by Vincent Desmond, CQI’s CEO. The meeting focused on the huge developments in the quality management discipline since the CQI’s establishment in 1919 and considered how rapid developments in technology, global trade, demographics and societal norms will accelerate that pace of change in the coming decades. Participants agreed that the diversity of skills, knowledge and experience within the profession and quality teams will need to develop quickly in coming years.

Innovation: the great opportunity

Published: 20 Sep 2018

The CQI’s fifth Corporate Connect event of the year explored how human design thinking can encourage successful innovation.