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Rocking Horse Sh!t

You may have seen the article on Pádraic Ó Máille in yesterday’s Irish Times Health Supplement. I would highly recommend the book he wrote to anyone in any walk of life. It is a wonderful story well told, intertwined with great advice and tips that will help you through the ...

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TACCP / VACCP

April 2015 We have spent the last ten years refining our HACCP systems and now retailers are requiring TACCP (Threat Analysis Critical Control Point) and VACCP (Vulnerability Analysis Critical Control Point).  Do threats and vulnerabilities have to be dealt with through a separa...

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Smácht Mór – A Food for Thought Friday

Many people start every year with great dreams and goals only to end the year with many of them unfulfilled and great plans that never got off the page. The reason is simple – the achievement of goals requires one thing above all others, Smácht. It’s the Irish word f...

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EN 14971:2012 Content Deviation #6 and #7

During the process of harmonisation of ISO 14971: 2007 as an EN standard, it became apparent that the standard did not comply with all the requirements of the Medical Devices Directives (MDDs), namely 90/385/EEC, 93/42/EEC and 98/79/EC. Seven discrepancies were identified; these ...

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5S – How elements can be applied to Service related Process Improvement?

Many service related process (e.g. Insurance claims, processing a tax return) can be quite complex and cumbersome. It is only when these processes are mapped and clearly understood that opportunities to eliminate NVA steps and simplify a process become apparent. In many cases, th...

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