We are entering a time of global trade wars: US vs. China, US vs. EU, EU vs. China and frankly:China vs. The World.
And, it’s not going away. China is on it’s way to becoming ‘evil empire.’ The new Soviet Union of unfair trade.
THE MOST CRITICAL QUESTION
This means that companies must now revisit and answer their most critical question: ‘Make or Buy’ products that used to be made by suppliers Continue reading
So, if you haven’t successfully completed your transition activities by Sept 15th 2018 then you will lose your certification – and need to start the whole process again. Is that you? Continue reading
We have focused over the last 5 years on transforming business models using tailored risk-control frameworks. This is also part of our digitization effort.
In this week’s post, we continue our discussion of the ISO/Quality disruption. Hopefully, we are going to offer a few suggestions of what one association and one Certification body are doing. Continue reading
“From North Korean missiles to the eclipse to fidget spinners, 2017 was a year so surreal, so densely populated with strange and alarming events, that you have to seriously consider the possibility that somebody — and when we say “somebody,” we mean “Russia” — was putting LSD in our water supply.”
The above quote is from Dave Barry in a cover page article in today’s (12/31/17) Washington Post. Continue reading
It’s taken a long time—but the time has finally come. The release of my book, “State of Readiness”, has arrived.
My project officially started almost two and a half years ago. That was the day I formally sat down and decided to write a book. But it’s beginning can be traced to an article I wrote in 2012 entitled, “The Operational Excellence Manifesto”. It was one of the more significant articles I had written and was the result of a considerable amount of listening, learning, and experiencing. Continue reading