In the US, there are a number of Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) developments:
Every day we are exposed to all types of hazards, but what really makes these hazards become risks.
For the past 30 years, I’ve been involved in one way or another, investigating the root causes of failure modes be it a system, process, person, plant or product. During this time I’ve applied different problem-solving tools like “FMEA, 8D, 5Whys, FEA’s, DMAIC etc” in order to find the true root cause of this failure mode. Only to get frustrated, thinking I had found the root cause, only 3 months later a new failure mode would come to the surface. Continue reading
A recent quality management system benchmark survey showed manual processes are still predominant over automated systems.[1] The results of the survey were compiled from over 100,000 professionals worldwide and the majority of the participants work in quality or regulatory positions across pharmaceutical, medical device and biotech industries. Continue reading
Retention is like life insurance. No one thinks about it until they need it.
With the job market heating up and passive candidates starting to get antsy and look for different jobs, managers need to consider retaining their top talent. The irony is retention costs nothing. Continue reading