Over the last couple of weeks, we spoke with several consultants based all around the world. One of the things that almost all of the consultants mentioned is that training your staff is very important. It…
Nick Appel06/04/2020
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…
Nick Appel15/07/2019
On Wednesday 22 May, we organized a workshop on time pressure and the effect on quality and safety. Time pressure can have a major impact on quality and safety, which can lead to serious accidents. In…
Nick Appel28/05/2019
Sadly, at any given time, approximately 1 in 5 workers is likely to be experiencing a mental health condition such as depression or anxiety. This is estimated to cost the global economy $16 trillion by 2030.…
Nick Appel19/04/2019
Toolbox meetings are an important tool to inform the employees about everything related to safety. The topics can vary from just general safety to project-specific risks. Getting the employees together and talking about these topics is…
Nick Appel23/11/2018
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
Risks are inevitable. Whether in life or in business, things happen that we can’t control. What we can control is how we respond to those events and occurrences. Managing small business risks is often as simple…
Nick Appel26/03/2018
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
The new ISO 45001 has replaced the OHSAS 18001. Just like most other ISO standards, the ISO 45001 adopted the High Level Structure (HLS). This is a great step forward because it now allows for consistent…
Nick Appel12/02/2018
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
How to Include Risk Management into Your CAPA? Even though the preventive action is no longer part of the terminology of the ISO 9001:2015 standard, A lot of people still use the phrase CAPA (corrective and…
Nick Appel16/11/2017
