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Continuing risk-based audits during a pandemic
Gordon McNeil, IRCA Principal Auditor, has conducted audits globally in a variety of industries, including nuclear, defence, aerospace and civil aviation. He shares his experience and advice on how remote audits can continue to be conducted during the Covid-19 pandemic.
The role of quality assurance in the UK energy sector transformation
For Ivan Ericsson, Head of Quality Management at engineering and management consultants Expleo UK, treating assurance as a strategic tool, rather than just a box-ticking exercise, is critical to the future of the UK energy sector.
Threat to a Ministry of Defence contract
In our latest dilemma, a small business is subjected to an inappropriate ISO 9001 certification audit.
Quality Education - European Quality Congress
Vincent Desmond, CEO at the CQI, discusses the highlights from this year’s European quality conference delivered by the Serbian Association for Quality.
World Quality Week 2021 resources
World Quality Week 2021 is your opportunity to celebrate your quality achievements, and recognise those that uphold trust to sustain and improve performance every day of the year.
The benefits of the CQI mentoring programme in regrade
Two CQI members who utilise the mentor programme have completed regrade. Abigail Cooper, CQP FCQI, Quality & Improvement Manager, Otis Elevators, regraded as a Fellow. She is also a mentor to Gaurav Bijlani, CQP MCQI, Production Test Equipment Manager, Hanover Displays Ltd, who applied for member grade under her mentorship. They discuss how mentoring support helped them with regrading.
Achieving accreditation as a small company
Su Chantry, Clinical Director at SKC Occupational Health, outlines her journey to ISO 15189 accreditation.
Dealing with incorrect information
In our latest dilemma, find out what to do when a company appears to have supplied duplicate testing images in order to meet the delivery requirement.
It all starts with study
Mitch Beedie, a freelance researcher/writer, suggests a study, decide, plan, do (SDPD) cycle.
Preventing the recurrence of a nonconformance
Ravindiran Gurusamy, IRCA Certificated Associate Auditor, offers an overview of nonconformance and the corrective action process for management system standards.