Blog about Quality, Health, Safety and Environment

Integrate Quality in your Company Strategy

Quality is a key pillar in every organization. When a company delivers inferior Quality, it will be out of business quite soon. Hence, maintaining high-quality products and services is very important. However, getting Quality Management deeply…

nickappel2nd December 2019

Management QHSE

How to introduce a QHSE management platform

Selecting the best QHSE platform is relatively easy; getting it adopted is the challenge. This is probably one of the most heard phrases when it comes to automating Management Systems. The buying process can be quite…

nickappel25th November 2019

Culture HSE QHSE

Buying an ISO Certificate: Is It Worth It?

After interviewing a couple dozen auditors, we heard the expression “Buying Certificates” quite a lot. It basically comes down to companies only caring about the certificate and not about the management system. In general, it happens…

nickappel19th November 2019

Management QHSE

What Really Matters in SHEQ Management

My days as a SHEQ Manager are long gone, now I am lucky to be able to help many more companies than I could ever imagine. Every day, we help companies to push much further than…

nickappel11th November 2019

Culture QHSE

The Art of Checklists

Over the last few years, we have helped a tremendous amount of companies move over to Qooling, either straight out of office-based Management Systems or migrating from other software solutions. During this transition, we always take…

nickappel5th November 2019

HSE QHSE

What Is HSE 4.0?

In line with Quality 4.0, there is also HSE 4.0. Maybe this speaks a little less to the imagination, but there are some fantastic examples of HSE 4.0 initiatives. However, the same as for Quality 4.0,…

nickappel29th October 2019

Culture

The word of an auditor

Over the past months, we've interviewed about a dozen Quality and Safety external auditors. We have asked them about their experience and what they have seen in the market. The auditors were so kind as to…

nickappel21st October 2019

Automation Management QHSE

Why Digitize our QHSE Management System

A QHSE management system gets built over the years and is mostly done with existing tools. However, a scattered QHSE system does more harm than good. A combination of an inspection app, with some Word and…

nickappel15th October 2019

Culture QHSE

The Unique Job of being a QHSE Manager

As QHSE manager, we can get somewhat cynical over time. This is completely understandable because we are constantly looking for ways to improve processes. It is even embedded in the continuous improvement methodology. You search for…

nickappel7th October 2019

Automation HSE QHSE QMS

Quality 4.0, What is It?

There have been thousands of articles written about Quality 4.0 in various contexts and for various industries. Some claim that you should gather information, make the SOP digital available and train employees via e-learning. Yes, you…

nickappel1st October 2019

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HSE Management QHSE

HSE Management isn’t a cost center

Last week we touched upon the advantages of Quality management and why this is actually a strong driver for growth. Of course, the same is true for Health and Safety. The people make the organization so…

nickappel23rd September 2019

Management QMS

Quality as a driver for Growth

Quality Management is regularly seen as a cost center. The organization may have the feeling they need to shell out a significant amount of money to set up a Quality Management System and get it off…

nickappel17th September 2019

Culture Management

The Importance of Procedures and Processes

The introduction of the new ISO 9001: 2015 a couple of years back set off a widespread belief that companies don’t really need procedures anymore. We have seen companies cutting down their procedures, some by around…

nickappel10th September 2019

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Automation Culture Management QMS

How a good Quality Management System helps the company

Everybody in Quality knows that having a functioning Quality Management System will reduce costs. Maybe not the next day, but in the long haul it will make the company money if it is functioning properly—and this…

nickappel26th August 2019

Automation Management QHSE

Mobile app in QHSE Management

The mobile phone and usage of apps has got a prominent place in our lives—maybe a bit too prominent. Still, many companies don’t allow their employees to use their mobile phones during work time. There are…

nickappel19th August 2019

Culture QMS

You are responsible for poor Quality

Last week part of the roof of a big soccer stadium in Holland collapsed due to a heavy storm. Luckily no one was injured because there was no game at the time. The media storm that…

nickappel14th August 2019

Culture

Multicultural impact on your Quality and Safety management

The world is getting smaller, which means a more diverse company culture and multicultural organisation with multiple languages. Lots of companies work with people from different countries. Whether it is a trucker, a specialist engineer, or…

nickappel15th July 2019

Culture Management

NCR, Who is responsible for it?

NCRs and issues happen in any company. The way the company handles these is what defines the culture of the organization. More often than not, the responsibility is simply dropped at the Quality/Safety department regardless of…

nickappel2nd July 2019

Automation Management

How to use data to select the best improvement projects

Possibly one of the hardest things to do is make a selection of all the possible improvement projects that are possible for the company. Talks with quality and safety managers showed that this topic is pretty…

nickappel26th June 2019

Automation Management QMS

Data consistency in Quality Management

Data consistency might not have anything to do with quality management. However, because quality management is getting more and more data-driven it is becoming increasingly important. Consistent data allows for easier and better analysis, which leads…

nickappel20th June 2019

Why Safety Walks are Important

The Power of E-learning in QHSE Management

The Power of Mobile in QHSE

The importance of calibrating your tools

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