ISO 31000 – Your Blueprint for Risk Management!
Any worthwhile Standard starts with a set of ‘Principles’. ISO 31000 is no exception. Let’s see if we can tie …
Simplify your management system
Risky Business
Tackling Clause 6.1 in ISO 9001 can be structured by using Ishikawa’s fishbone diagram. You can ‘reverse engineer’ it to …
Unleash Potential…Drive Out FEAR!
You may recognize Deming’s 8th ‘Point’ – Drive Out Fear. There’s no better way to get people ‘engaged’ (ISO 9001, …
Process vs Procedure – the battle continues!
This topic has been batted around for over 30 years, since the first version of ISO 9001 was released. For …
Give your employees credit for having a brain
One way to simplify your management system is to reduce the number of super-detailed text-based procedures. Once they are in …
You’ll be right 6% of the time…
…if you choose ‘Operator error’ as the cause of your latest non-conformance. When Ishikawa introduced the world to his ‘Fishbone’ …
Stop looking for non-conformances!
Getting value out of Internal Audits is a constant challenge. Many of our clients found it helpful to change the …
People are NOT our most valuable asset…Simplify Tip #4
“People are are most valuable asset” You’ve heard this a thousand times, maybe more. It’s simply not true. People’s involvement …
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Auditing by Objectives – Make your audits pay! Simplify your System Tip #2
Tip #2 – Make your audits pay: Audit by Objectives Are your Quality Objectives considered when you plan Internal Audits? …
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Shrink your Bureaucracy! Simplify your System Tip #1
Tip #1 – Shrink the bureaucracy How many signatures do you require to authorize your controlled documents? A number of …
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