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Layered process audits show the benefits of focusing on facts as well as faults
Layered process audits have long been established in the automotive industry, but they can also play a key role in improving quality standards across a range of other sectors, says Ravindiran Gurusamy, an IRCA Certificated Associate Auditor.
Raising and auditing ESG standards – from Lima to London
Find out how applying internationally recognised standards, such as B Corp, is supporting the development of a South American health food business.
Electric vehicle accreditation scheme aims to boost drive towards net zero
As sales of electric vehicles continue to grow, a UK Government-backed industry accreditation scheme claims to be boosting consumer confidence. With three different organisations involved in the certification process, we look at how the scheme is audited.
Toyota's journey to sustainable mobility
Today, many associate the household name, Toyota, with sustainability, partly due to the omnipresence of their hybrid vehicle, the Prius. For World Quality Week 2021, the CQI's CEO Vince Desmond, looks at the evolution of Toyota’s business model as an example of how this year’s theme – Sustainability: improving our products, people and planet – and the CQI’s Quality 4.0 principles link quality management with creating value for customers and society.
Quality in a fourth industrial revolution world
Accredited conformity assessment is an effective way to maintain standards among the emerging technologies that make up the so-called fourth industrial revolution, argues Jeff Ruddle, Strategic Director at UKAS.
The vital role of UKAS accreditation in Covid-19 testing
UK Covid-19 testing laboratories should all be accredited, whether in the public or private sector, to maintain standards and create consumer confidence. However, some private laboratories are slipping through the net.
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Choosing your CQI grade and how to apply
Join us for a webinar on how to find the right CQI grade for you and learn how to make an application.
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World Quality Week 2021
The CQI’s flagship brand awareness campaign, celebrates the quality management profession. This year, from 8-12 November, our focus will be on quality's role in sustainability and its environmental, social and governance (ESG) impact.
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WQW webinar: The Why, What and How of Environmental Sustainability
Sustainability is very often referred to in terms of John Elkington’s triple P model: people, planet, profit. The current status of the three Ps can be evaluated using the evolution of the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). That will show that the planet part is coming out poorly as reflected in global warming and reduction of biodiversity.
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CQI Audit SIG - Turning the Spotlight on Remote Audit
Join members of the CQI’s Audit SIG at their inaugural webinar to hear their personal experiences of remote audit.