Leadership is such an interesting field of study and one which has intrigued philosophers, business giants and politicians amongst others for generations. There has been much written about these leadership qualities and what makes a leader one which engenders willing followers w...
Read MoreIt is quite common for quality personnel to undertake 100% inspection when checking for presence of defects in manufactured products. As a consequence, the sample sizes used to calculate the percentage or proportion defective may be very large, perhaps many thousands in size. Typ...
Read MoreLean Six Sigma Projects involve implementing solutions which to a greater or lesser degree involve people. Resistance to Change is part of human nature with some people more accepting of the need for change and the continuous challenging of the status quo than others. So how do w...
Read MoreWhen attending a BRC conference in 2009 given by one of the leading certification bodies, I came across the following information that struck a chord with me as I believed it summarised in a nutshell the weaknesses in many a HACCP system. Lack of risk assessments: Most Food Busi...
Read MoreAs per BRC Global Food Safety Standard Revision 6, Corrective Action and Root Cause Analysis are viewed as two different things. Corrective Action is defined as ‘Action to eliminate the cause of a detected non-conformity deviation’ Root Cause is defined as ‘Und...
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