Every Day is Quality Improvement Day
Being alert to what might be wrong or could be better, is a solid way to keep improving, even daily. We can discover improvements...
“Would You Like to Slip Into Something More Comfortable?
Why truth in ISO audits is better than sounding good Over the decades PQA Certification has had clients who welcomed the honest...
Facing Risks Honestly Is a Business Requirement
Addressing Risk Honestly Being familiar with our environment leads to overlooking risks that can bite us in the butt. Consider this true...
English Roads Reveal a Principle about Systems
English Roads Reveal a Principle about Systems Reflections on Driving in England My wife, The Lovely Joanne, and I have just spent a...
Check Your Oil, and Audit Something!
Every system needs periodic testing to ensure that it is working at its peak. Amazingly, some companies cram all their internal audits...
Quality Management Creates Quality Assurance
Cooks get to eat their mistakes, editors see theirs in print, and manufacturers hope to catch theirs before they get out the door....
Building A Safety Culture
Since June is Safety month, we want to raise awareness and provide a few ideas on how to move Safety from a negative reporting issue to a...
Inspector Reporting
Deciding who 2nd and 3rd shift inspectors report to is a challenge our clients face as they begin to scale for increased work. Can...
Be Environmentally Friendly with ISO 14001
Our environment is more and more in the public eye. Pollution, energy use, waste and water use are all important in our commitment to the...
Collecting Data Can Save Dollars
In over 30 years of audits, the largest comment we hear from small clients is “we don’t have time for data collection required in clause...
