By September 14, 2018, all ISO 9001:2008 and ISO 14,001:2004 companies will have transitioned to ISO 9001:2015 (Quality Management System) and ISO 14001:2015 (Environmental Management System).
This is a big deal in the standards world. These standards are among the best selling standards in the world impacting more then 1.6 million certified companies. Continue reading
Late afternoon one day, I ordered a coffee latte in a Portland Oregon Starbucks.
I waited for the order. One minute. Two minutes. Three minutes. Four minutes. No latte.
What had happened? The 3 baristas were all swapping stories and laughing.
My order. Forgotten. Continue reading
General Electric (GE) for many years was the go-to company for competitiveness, efficiency, and innovation. General Electric’s tagline was ‘Imagination at work.’
GE more recently has had a number of troubles. GE’s profitability tanked. GE is selling many of its assets and divisions. GE was also taken off the Dow after 110 years. Continue reading
Just think of all the changes occurring in your organization. New regulations. Changing customers with product preferences. New competitive product offerings. New technologies. New branding. New business platforms. New business models. Compressed lifecycles. Change is no longer gradual. Change is rapid and abrupt. Continue reading
Cyber security risk is among the most critical risks to the supply chain:
“Cyber and data privacy breaches are perceived to be the largest threat to the stability of transport and logistics, with the sector facing potential breaches of $2 trillion by 2019.”[i] Continue reading