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The Law of Diminishing Returns

Companies that successfully launch Continuous Improvement Programs often find that in the 2nd or 3rd year of the Program it is increasing more difficult to identify what they consider decent or worthwhile projects after all the big meaty projects have been delivered on,  i.e. th...

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The World welcomes ISO 9001:2015

ISO 9001:2015 was published earlier this morning! Experts from over 80 countries have spent the last three years revising ISO 9001 to ensure that this standard meets the requirements of modern life. An evolutionary process approach was taken in the revision of ISO 9001. The 2015 ...

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ISO 14001:2015 has finally been published!

The much anticipated changes to ISO 14001 have arrived with the publication of ISO 14001:2015 on the 15th of September 2015. The standard has been revised to ensure it continues to meet the expectations of organisations and maintains relevance in today’s market in order to keep...

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Process Validation in the Food Industry

Process Validation in the Food Industry – this is something we don’t do very well, if at all.  Why? – because many FBOs don’t understand the difference between Validation and Verification.  The seven HACCP principles have a lot to answer for in that they were de...

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SQT Tutor CPD day

SQT had a very successful Tutor CPD day recently in The Castletroy Park Hotel, Limerick.  The event was very well attended by our tutor team.  This year’s theme was ‘Technology Enabled Learning”.     Dr Mark Glynn who is Head of the Teaching Enhancement & L...

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