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4th Jun 2009
New LRQA and TOMAL® Case study looks at how the Quality Management System (QMS) implemenetd by TOMAL with the support of LRQA’s Business Assurance approach helped them get through a difficult time.
6th May 2009 by Alex Briggs
Sandy Sutherland is widely recognised as one of the pioneers of Quality Management Systems. He was a part of the team that developed 9001, and currently chairs the drafting group for OHSAS 18001, the Health and Safety Management System standard. In the latest episode of our Management Systems Podcast Series, he talked to www.businessassurance.com about the importance of robust management systems to help organisations survive the current economic downturn.
16th Feb 2009 by Alex Briggs
In this video interview, Joe Goasdoué, the CEO of the BQF, talked to www.businessassurance.com about helping organisations through these difficult economic times. We talked to him during the BQF Awards Ceremony, held at the Lloyd’s Register HQ in London.
He also talked about the importance of certification and of Business Continuity for organisations during the credit crunch.
5th Dec 2008 by Alex Briggs
Episode 3 of the www.businessassurance.com Ethical Supply Chain Video Podcast series features Hewlett-Packard’s Karl Daumueller, Program Manager, SC SER Lead Auditor, Global Procurement Services. This interview was conducted at the Ethical Supply Chain Summit, Berlin Germany, October 16, 2008.
The video can also be found here .
25th Nov 2008
ASIS International (ASIS) have developed a business continuity checklist as a tool to allow organizations to consider the factors and steps necessary to prepare for a crisis (disaster or emergency). It is designed to assess an organisation’s resilience to manage and survive the crisis and take all appropriate actions to maintain critical operational viability.
The checklist has applicability in both the private and public sector environments. and can assist in creating, testing, and maintaining an organization-wide plan for use in the event of a crisis that threatens the viability and continuity of the organization.
12th Nov 2008 by Alex Briggs
TNT UK/Ireland and their use of ISO 14001 as the key to their overall environmental strategy was the focus of a Sustainable Business Magazine article in the October edition.
TNT uses management systems to underpin their business, currently holding four certifications in the UK/Ireland: ISO 9001 (Quality Management Systems), ISO 14001 (Environmental Management Systems) OHSAS 18001 (Occupational Health and Safety Management System) and Investors in People. TNT has reported significant competitive advantage from the achievement of verifiable environmental performance.
Neil Griffiths, director of health, safety and environment at TNT Express Services says: “In terms of business assurance, this is not just a tick in the box.”
27th May 2008
This is a four piece article written by Bretta Kelly, President CIS WWSG, that describes a common sense approach of how to implement or revise an ISO 9001:2000 management system.
1st Apr 2008
Quality digest talks about ISO 22000, the global food saftey standard, and how it impacts on food processing and food-ingredient supply chains.
5th Dec 2007
A report on the Chartered Management Institute’s 2007 Business Continuity Management survey has been released. This research was co-sponsored by CCS.
6th Mar 2007
The ASQ Quality in Education blog highlights a video by Karl Fisch and Scott Macleod, and shows why any commitment to quality must also include a commitment to continuous improvement .
LRQA’s Business Assurance helps you manage your systems and risks to improve and protect the current and future performance of your organisation.
The Business Assurance approach uses a consistent methodology for providing business driven assessments based around the organisation’s most significant risks.
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