An effective and simple approach for problem solving is Toyota’s famous (lean) A3-approach. This problem solving technique is a good example of how problems can be handled in order to be eliminated efficiently. The A3 lean…
Nick Appel05/07/2018
It doesn’t matter what industry you work in: prioritizing safety management is a crucial responsibility of any high-level manager. If protocols are not established, your business risks having staff injured on the job. As one workers…
Nick Appel22/06/2018
Why NEN-EN1090? The NEN-EN1090 is part of the European series of product standards for the production of steel and aluminium constructions. Companies that work with steel and aluminium construction are required to meet this standard through…
Nick Appel07/06/2018
Safety is more than a number of measures to prevent accidents. To build a strong safety culture, it has to come to life among all employees of the organization. Although most employers take extensive steps to…
Nick Appel01/06/2018
One of the bottlenecks that I encountered when my customers developed their quality management system to comply with ISO9001: 2015 is the concept of " internal context ''. 1 Employee engagement The engagement of employees is…
Nick Appel16/05/2018
The PDCA (plan-do-check-act) cycle is a four-step approach which is used in business for the control and continual improvement of processes and products. By consistently testing out possible solutions, comparing the results and implementing those that…
Nick Appel25/04/2018
In our previous post on GDPR we touched upon the impact it has on your quality management system. We also gave some examples of important topics you should take into consideration. Last week we had a…
Nick Appel08/03/2018
Many companies that have a Health & Safety system in place assume that they will never have an accident. They set KPIs for zero accidents but when you ask how they will achieve this objective, many…
Nick Appel01/03/2018
Risk management in relation to quality. The concept of risk-based thinking has been adopted explicitly by ISO 9001:2015 and replaces the previously stated requirement in ISO 9001:2008 for 'preventive action'. In ISO 9001 , risk is…
Nick Appel02/02/2018
Toolbox Meetings are key when communicating safety related topics with employees. However, a number of companies still feel it is a necessary evil, mainly due to all the administration involved. In this post there are just…
Nick Appel18/12/2017
Top Management Audits There are two common types of Quality Management System audits. Theres the companys 1st party audit where the organisation audits itself. This type of audit is more commonly known as an Internal Audit.…
Nick Appel12/12/2017
