Many quality managers are having a hard time getting support from management. The yearly management review is an opportunity to get the opinion of higher management when it comes to the management system. In that respect, it can…
Nick Appel02/12/2016
On November 3th we hosted another free Workshop “Get the most out of your Internal audit”. After the feedback of last edition we decided to create more interaction to the workshop. The presentation was shortened and…
Nick Appel11/11/2016
Internal audits can be performed in so many different ways that it can become pretty tough to pick the best techniques for an internal audit. To name a few techniques: department based audit, employee based audit…
Nick Appel23/10/2016
How Do Purchasers Think? Rely on ISO9001 Over 75% require suppliers to be ISO9001 compliant. Request Certificate Over 45% request and check the ISO certificate of the suppliers. Scope Over 40% check the scope of the…
Nick Appel07/10/2016
Risk management is one of the basic requirements as described in the HLS (High Level Structure). This HLS applies to all standards that “are plugged into it” and the High Level Structure (HLS) of the new ISO…
Nick Appel03/10/2016
5 Quality Management Challenges Organisational culture Turning the company into a continuous learning and risk aware organization. Data overload Lots of data available but no actionable information due to a lack of structure. Setting ambiguous KPI's…
Nick Appel14/09/2016
A question often asked is “Why would we want to use a dedicated digital solution for our quality and safety activities while Office and an intranet are working just fine?”. It indeed might work just fine,…
Nick Appel09/09/2016
5 Most Important Topics For QHSE Managers Organizational risks Being aware of all risks applicable to the company. Mitigating these risks is important for the business continuity. Compliance Making sure the company stays compliant to rules…
Nick Appel09/09/2016
The non conformance report: what’s in it for me? In a previous blog post we gave a few tips on when to write an NCR. However, a lot of employees still don’t write an NCR (non…
Nick Appel27/07/2016
Proper training is crucial when it comes to creating and maintaining an effective management system. Putting changes to processes on paper is easy but getting these new insights to employees is a different story. Eventually, they…
Nick Appel08/06/2016
Tuesday, the 12th of April, we successfully organised our first event together with ProcesDoen! The event was hosted at the inspirational location YesDelft!, the incubator of the Delft University of Technology. The workshop was a big success…
Nick Appel19/04/2016
Certifications are often a result of customer demands, rather than a company necessity. Using certifications, like ISO9001,(management system) as a selling point, is rather a mere formality and is being utilised by more companies today. By…
Nick Appel30/03/2016
Over the past months we have seen the introduction of the new ISO9001:2015 standard. To comply with this new standard we applied a strategy to introduce risk based thinking throughout the organisation with one of our…
Nick Appel09/02/2016
Last week I had a very interesting discussion with a QHSE manager regarding Non conformance report (NCR). While working on improvements on their management system we tried to come up with a clear definition of when…
Nick Appel17/12/2015
As with all tools, QHSE tools should be making your life as a QHSE manager easier. As of today still a lot of companies use the Microsoft office package as a tool to manage their QHSE management…
Nick Appel24/11/2015
Quality is a very important part of doing business. When a company delivers poor quality products or services it won’t last very long. However, maintaining and improving a QHSE management system can feel like an uphill…
Nick Appel06/11/2015
Risk management is a high priority within every company, regardless of certification efforts. This does not mean that risks are avoided at all costs, just that risks are identified, evaluated, and decisions are made based on…
Nick Appel23/08/2015
The version control system of your Quality Management System is very important. Whenever an audit is performed the most common question is: “How do you know that is the latest version of your document?” This easy…
Nick Appel23/08/2015
