From Safety Cop To Safety Leader None of us want to be a so-called safety cop to check on everybody with their safety precautions. It is better to be a safety leader, where we all think…
Virgil Wongsokario29/04/2022
QHSE Culture: The Importance of a Safety and Quality Culture Everybody talks about culture and how to embed the company values within this culture. Almost everyone comes up with values such as openness, inclusiveness, and transparency—which…
Virgil Wongsokario24/03/2022
Ways of Educating Employees on the QHSE Management System After setting up a QHSE management system, it is important to educate employees. With proper training, the employees will have a better understanding and will be engaged…
Virgil Wongsokario09/02/2022
As mentioned in our previous post, having competent people is key in maintaining high-quality products and services. Obviously, having employees properly trained has a huge positive impact on the safety within the company as well, and…
Virgil Wongsokario12/10/2021
In our last post, we touched upon the difficulties Quality Managers face on a daily basis. However, we all know that being a manager of Quality, QHSE, QA, or whatever name we give to it, is…
Nick Appel14/09/2021
Quality Management, and especially delivering consistent quality, is key for the bottom line of any organization. When the quality goes down, every part of the organization will have to deal with the consequences. However, in order…
Nick Appel01/09/2021
Although procedures are not required any longer, they are still frequently used as a way to describe how a company operates. This makes a lot of sense when it comes to quality but can be significantly…
Nick Appel18/08/2021
We have touched upon this a couple of times before, but we cannot stress it enough. The impact of top-level management on the QHSE culture is big. When top management is not involved in changing and…
Twan11/07/2021
You all already know it, but being a Quality or QHSE manager, or any other name it is called, is hard work but a great job. You are in the middle of a lot of things…
Nick Appel26/04/2021
We all know the importance of quality management, but more often than not, we look at this from a certification perspective. Over time, ISO9001 has become the equivalent of Quality Management, but obviously, this isn’t completely…
Nick Appel18/04/2021
The “safety walks” is an excellent measuring stick to see how the company is doing with its safety culture. The power of just walking around and observing how people work from a safety management point of…
Nick Appel25/03/2021
