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Auditing: Finding Faults or Issuing Opinions?
Audits are often seen as fault-finding, but a blog by Chinmay Kulkarni offers a different perspective.
Practical Advice for Preparing for a Customer Audit from Automotive Quality Solutions
If you sign up for "Automotive Quality Solutions", you are bound to get some useful info.
Why Finances Are a Surprisingly Good Ally for Quality
Quality expert Ekaterina Potemkina shared her perspective on why finances are a crucial but often overlooked partner for quality efforts.
Risk Manager’s Love-Hate Dynamic With ISO 31000 and Why Love Prevails
Rajeev Thykatt explains in his blog why every risk manager has a love-hate relationship with the ISO 31000 standard.
ISO Management System vs. Conformity Assessment Standards: Introduction and Similarities
A blog post by ANAB is exploring the relationship between ISO Management System Standards and Conformity Assessment Standards.
ISO 9001 Revision Process Adrift: Navigating Rough Waters Ahead
The future of the ISO 9001 standard is adrift, claims Jean-Marie Reilhac in a blog post.
Recipe for a Future-Fit Lab: Genuine Improvements Over Quantity of Changes
Ensuring that your laboratory remains future fit is essential, as it is pointed out in a blog post by NATA.
Transform CAPA Into a Story for Better Results
Quality specialist Ekaterina Potemkina offers an original solution for making the CAPA process more successful: treat it like a story!
Clinical Quality Management Systems (CQMS) in the Life Sciences Industry Dissected
A blog post by Quality Systems Now shows that a Clinical Quality Management System (CQMS) plays a crucial role in ensuring the safety and success of clinical trials.
Adopting GHG Standards Boosts Business Success
Natalie Walker from ISOQAR explains how adopting greenhouse gas standards like ISO 14064 and ISO 14068 brings tangible business benefits.
Why Compliance Alone Falls Short in Achieving Quality
Today, simply meeting compliance standards is no longer enough to stand out in a highly regulated market.
Automotive Software Demands Rigorous Standards for Safety and Quality
The rise of software in cars requires strict quality and testing standards to ensure safe and reliable operation, especially with the shift towards software-defined vehicles (SDVs).
Why Formal Quality Management Does Not Work in Public Sector
Kai-Uwe Behrends argues in his commentary that formal quality management (QM) often fails in the public sector due to its rigid nature.
Five Steps to Prove Consideration in Quality Management
Michael Mills at Pragmatic Quality Blog explains how to prove consideration in quality management, sharing a five-step approach to demonstrate thoroughness.
14 Pointless Tasks Quality Managers Wish They Could Skip
Ekaterina Potemkina shared her opinion on tasks that quality managers often perform that don’t add real value.
Small Changes in Global Standards Can Boost Climate Awareness
In their opinion piece, Canadian scholars Graeme Auld and Stefan Renckens discuss how updates in global standards can impact climate awareness.
Joint ISO and IEC Committee Leading the Charge for Responsible AI Standards
Wael William Diab and Mike Mullane are explaining in their blog post how the SC 42 committee is leading the global effort to develop standards for responsible AI adoption.
Six Effective Ways to Address Complaints About Quality
In her blog post, Ekaterina Potemkina, a quality expert at Fluent, addresses how to reduce complaints about quality within organizations.
Exploring False Accept and False Reject Decisions in Conformity Assessment
False accept and false reject decisions, two types of wrong measurement decisions, play a crucial role in conformity assessment, according to a personal opinion by famous metrologist, Jeff Gust.
ASQ Experts Share Insights on Top Quality Tools
The American Society for Quality (ASQ) compiled a list of the most popular quality tools and asked subject matter experts to provide overviews of the top five.
How to provide Supplier Quality Management when that one Supplier is a Monopolist
In his blog post, Mark Rogovoi raises concerns about being stuck with a sole supplier who shows no interest in collaboration, knowing there are no alternatives.
Pragmatic ISMS Implementation Guideline: A Personal Take
Implementing an Information Security Management System (ISMS) is no small thing, but quality specialist Potemkina offers valuable insights to make the journey to ISO 27001 certification smoother.
100 quality tools in 200 minutes: How Fishbone Diagram Tackles Root Causes
Kottam Anil Kumar shares his thoughts on the fishbone diagram, also known as the Ishikawa diagram, using an infographic he created to explain how this tool helps identify the root causes of problems.
