The Costs of Not Integrating Quality with Business Systems
The costs of not integrating quality management with business systems revolve around lost opportunities to streamline IT’s capabilities. A fully integrated quality management solution affords you the benefit of enabling your organization to balance the cost of quality holistically and dynamically. The problem is that stakeholders in IT may offer some resistance as the limitations of your […]
Executing Corrective Actions Like a Market Leader
Given the competitive pressures you face daily, streamlining your corrective actions can position your company as a market leader – or a follower struggling to keep up with new best practices. Executing corrective actions like a market leader requires that you take a fresh look at how you can refine these processes and procedures internally […]
Occupational Health Solutions for Reopening Your Office
Slowly but surely every country around the world is beginning to acclimate to the ‘new normal.’ For some countries this has meant that borders remain closed, and for others such as Australia and New Zealand, it means forming a travel bubble. Social distancing, wearing a mask in public, and routinely, thoroughly, washing your hands is […]
The Secret to Conducting Effective Interviews for Incident Investigations
You don’t know what you don’t know. That’s why mistakes typically happen in investigative interviews. It’s not because the investigator doesn’t care or isn’t bright enough. Conducting interviews seems simple enough on the surface… ask a few questions about the incident, and get all the answers you need, right? If you’ve done a few investigative […]
How to Manage Ergonomic Risk in Today’s Evolving Workplace
As more organizations continue to embrace remote work, driven in part by the COVID-19 pandemic, today’s workplace is quickly evolving, which can make it more difficult to manage your employees’ ergonomic risk. In the past, most employees worked in a controlled office environment and could receive on-site ergonomics support and in-person training. Health and safety managers […]
GRI & SASB Announce Collaboration in Sustainability Reporting
This week, the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) announced a collaborative work plan. This announcement is an important step towards increasing clarity and transparency in the sustainability reporting landscape. The sustainability disclosure landscape can be duplicative and confusing to navigate for reporting companies. Collaboration to enable companies to use both sets […]
EU Taxonomy Regulation – Key Impacts for Companies & Investors (FAQs)
Yesterday, the EU Commission’s Taxonomy Regulation entered into law, marking a significant step in sustainable finance. The EU Taxonomy is a classification tool aimed at investors, companies and issuers to better define the environmental performance of economic activities across a wide range of sectors, and will give clarity to the requirements economic activities must meet […]
How To Maintain Objectivity in Your Quality Management Software Selection Process
Today, there are many enterprise quality management software vendors to choose from, but where do you start? And what pitfalls should you avoid? Maintaining due diligence and objectivity in your quality management software selection process is key. In this post we’ll outline how to remain objective during your software project journey and select the right […]
Working from Home Doesn’t Have to be a Pain
The other day, I mentioned to my wife that I was experiencing much more back pain than I’m normally used to. For someone with a primarily desk-based role, that’s not entirely uncommon. But her response to my complaint left me thinking. “Well, did you see how you were sitting for the last two hours?” she responded. Fair […]
COVID-19: Necessity Breeds Innovation
These are extraordinary times. Today, as the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 surpasses 350,000 with the death toll over 15,000, nearly all countries of the world are impacted by the virus that causes COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2. SARS-CoV-2 is to COVID-19 as HIV is to AIDS. Working in innovation, I ask myself, “If this coronavirus is novel then what novel […]