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Confusing Failure Modes with Failure Mode Causes

Here is a letter published in ASQ monthly journal ‘Quality Progress‘ by SQT CPI Tutor Albert Plant: In response to “Narrower Focus” (January 2015, pp 23-28);  I believe the author may be confusing failure modes with the causes of the failure modes. The author ...

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Preparing for ISO 45001 – The new Health & Safety Standard

Click here to see our latest post on 45001 published February 2018 In March 2015, Antaris’ Senior EH&S, Quality Consultant Finbarr Stapleton gave a talk in Dublin at the IOSH Conference – Safety in a re-emerging construction sector on preparing for the new Health & Sa...

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Important Update on ISO 45001

The first committee draft of the new Health & Safety standard ISO 45001 was published last summer. This new standard helps the organisation to look beyond its immediate Health & Safety issues and to take into account what the wider society expects of them. Additionally, I...

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Observations on BRC Global Standard for Food Safety Issue 7

Having delivered the first BRC Global Standard for Food Safety Issue 7 Courses for 2015 I realised how significant the changes to the standard are. The changes clearly reflect the retailer’s mind-set and what they expect from the supply chain. Supply chain management is where F...

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Lean Six Sigma Network 10 Year Celebrations

At the end of 2014 the LSS Network was officially 10 years in existence so it was fitting that we had a small celebration (lent was ignored for 1 day). I shared with the group the first official photo of the Network members taken back in 2004 but the reaction was so severe that ...

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