We’re asked often about the future of quality. As a matter of fact – a lot.
Our deck Future of Quality: Risk® went viral. We even have a trademark on this.
Well Clive Robinson, Leading Adviser Quality Management for Statoil’s project group had an interesting point of view. He viewed our deck and was left with the impression that we were predicting that the “Risk Manager will replace (absorb?) the Quality manager role.” This isn’t what we had in mind. It’s too early to tell. Continue reading
Hans Christian Anderson was on to something important and relevant to today’s risk environment … “Once upon a time there lived a vain Emperor whose only worry in life was to dress in elegant clothes. He changed clothes almost every hour and loved to show them off to his people.” Probably you know the gist of this story – flim-flam artists convinced the Emperor an imaginary fabric was actually beautiful, at least until “A child, however, who had no important job and could only see things as his eyes showed them to him, went up to the carriage. “The Emperor is naked,” he said.” Continue reading
ISO 9001 demands effectiveness. For a defined management system to be ISO 9001 certified, it must be effectively implemented and it must effectively meet ISO 9001 requirements. Otherwise, conformity to the standard has effectively not been demonstrated. The problem: organizations failing to effectively demonstrate conformity to a basic ISO 9001 requirement nevertheless receive ISO 9001 certification. Continue reading
As manufacturers are reaping the benefits of Lean and Lean Six Sigma or other continuous improvement processes within their facilities the importance of eliminating waste still hold sway. So the question now facing these manufacturers is this:
Has the time come where Just-in-Time inventory levels need to be changed to Just-in-Case levels? With the present and at least near future volatility of the economy this may prove to be the case. The answer lies within each company’s own supply chain and decided upon based on each company’s individual requirements. Continue reading
Take a look at the latest ISO certification statistics! There are a few interesting trends: