The management systems community
22nd Sep 2009 by Richard Gunawan
All goods bought and sold move through supply chains of some description, making the security of goods in transit an issue that alerts everyone. While terrorism is a potential threat, theft is a clear and present menace; it erodes profitability and disrupts supply chains on an on-going basis. The cost of theft is a major [...]
26th Mar 2009
“Business continuity, security and emergency management are all process-driven activities. As such, it makes sense to ensure that those processes are constantly being reviewed and improved. Six Sigma is a process that ought to be considered for these disciplines, as it deals with process improvement.”
5th Jan 2009
John Symonds describes how ExxonMobil developed a diverse assessment structure for its management system that led to value-added benefits.
2nd Sep 2008
The British Contract Furnishing & Design Association is aiming to set a benchmark in environmental standards with a new code of best practice which includes looking at ISO 14001.
13th Mar 2008
The IFOAM Trade Congress 2008 was held on the day before BioFach opened in Nuremberg and addressed important issues of worldwide product sourcing, transparency in trade and potential opportunities for fraud. In their contributions, several speakers from USA, Germany and the Netherlands examined the problems from different angles.
17th Sep 2007 by Gail Van Den Bos
China’s manufacturing sites come in for a lot of bad press… maybe deservedly, but they are part of a chain of responsibility that starts with the customer at one end of the chain. Quite a few questions need to be asked before identifying culprits who contribute to product failures.
17th Sep 2007
ISO 22005:2007, published in the summer of 2007, sets out the requirements for standardised food and feed traceability — from grower to animals, and from farmers to shop shelves.
23rd Aug 2007
This is an international standard for Food Safety Management Systems where an organization in the food chain needs to manage food safety hazards and risks in order to ensure that food is safe at the time of human consumption. Clients will be confident when they see that you have it and large food producers are [...]
20th Aug 2007
The standard which provides a systematic approach to identifying hazards, and then either eliminating the hazards or reducing their risks.
19th Sep 2006 by Tim Kitchin
People-centric systems are the key to improved manufacturing performance, according to a survey from solution providers Invistics, profiled at in Pharma Technology.
Their recent research report highlights Bristol-Myers Squibb’s achievement in slashing cycle times by 80 per cent and Work-In-Progress (WIP) by 75 per cent.
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