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Supply Chain Optimization in the Age of COVID Quality Management

Supply Chain Optimization in the Age of COVID

The COVID-19 pandemic has forced companies worldwide to scale back production and transportation, temporarily close, or shut down permanently. These disruptions have severely impacted global supply chain optimization. Supply chain optimization is key to operating at optimal performance, and the health crisis has created new challenges for businesses across all industries to maintain their highest […]

Connie Smith
COVID-19 Impact on Manufacturing Quality Management

COVID-19 Impact on Manufacturing

The coronavirus pandemic has put the world as we know it on pause. As of August 2020, more than 24 million people have contracted the virus, leading to more than 822,000 deaths worldwide. The United States has been one of the hardest-hit countries, and people everywhere have felt the COVID-19 impact on manufacturing. Manufacturers have […]

Connie Smith
Lean Manufacturing in the Age of COVID-19 Quality Management

Lean Manufacturing in the Age of COVID-19

Lean manufacturing relies on the principle of efficiency with minimum waste. The process applies to industries across many fields, but it is especially relevant to the manufacturing sector among ISO 9001 certified organizations. The COVID-19 pandemic and its effects on production have created new opportunities for lean manufacturing. This change has challenged the possibility of […]

Connie Smith
Understanding and Meeting OSHA Safety Signage Requirements Quality Management

Understanding and Meeting OSHA Safety Signage Requirements

Every day, American workers operate and work around machinery and equipment that could harm or kill them. Thanks to workplace safety efforts, which continue to improve, accidents uncommon. Nevertheless, the over 3 million on-the-job injuries reported in 2014 demonstrate that there is still plenty of room for improvement. One easy, simple, and cheap way to […]

Connie Smith
How a SWOT can make your life easier Quality Management

How a SWOT can make your life easier

If a business is looking to thrive, it needs to define its objectives, as well as any factors which may negatively impact those objectives. A SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats) analysis allow a business to determine both internal and external factors which may affect a business’s profits and objectives, then effectively react to them to […]

Connie Smith
How ISO Certification Can Help Drive Your Business Goals Quality Management

How ISO Certification Can Help Drive Your Business Goals

If you are facing the decision on ISO certification, you probably are wondering how it will affect your business goals. You may be facing this decision voluntarily or at the request of a potential customer. In either scenario, the outcomes for your business are very much the same. Following are some key factors to consider […]

Connie Smith
How To Write A Proper EMS Policy Quality Management

How To Write A Proper EMS Policy

A key factor in obtaining and maintaining ISO 14001 certification is your environmental policy. What are the factors you need to consider while crafting your policy? How do you ensure that top management understands it? Is it adequate for your organization? The answers to these questions will vary by company, depending on size and environmental […]

Connie Smith
How The Internet Has Changed Manufacturing Quality Management

How The Internet Has Changed Manufacturing

The term “Internet of Things”, also referred to as IoT, was coined by Kevin Ashton in 1999. This was merely one step on the long journey that has led to where we are today. Put simply, IoT refers to things, almost anything really, that can be connected to the internet and communicate. How has this […]

Connie Smith
Why it’s Important to Identify Risk in Business Quality Management

Why it’s Important to Identify Risk in Business

No business is without risks, but the key to any business is understanding the importance of preventing, minimizing or eliminating risks whenever possible in order to prevent losses. After all, less risk should theoretically create more success for the business. For any business, risk can be defined as an internal or external factor which may […]

Connie Smith

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