Thought of the day

Business Assurance Thought of the Day, March 24, 2009: Food Safety

24th Mar 2009 by Alex Briggs

Today’s Business Assurance topic is food safety. This link highlights the origins of HACCP , the Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points Technique that is used around the world to help organisations to identify effective control measures for food safety.
It is our thought of the day today due to the involvement of NASA in the creation of HACCP. We asked our Food section editor, Cor Groenveld, if he could tell us why NASA would place such a high level of importance on food safety.

Business Assurance Thought and Link of the Day, March 20, 2009: Management Systems

20th Mar 2009 by Alex Briggs

Business Assurance as a concept is growing as the world recession deepens. Organisations are increasingly looking for ways to “assure” their business. In the management systems industry, it is widely recognised that certification is a “safe haven” during difficult economic times. Research undertaken during the early 1990′s recession indicated that organisations that were ISO 9001 certified outperformed organisations that were not.

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