by Megan | Nov 9, 2018 | Quality
Firstly, let’s look at what a Turtle Diagram is. A Turtle Diagram is a visual tool that displays all aspects of a process including inputs, outputs, criteria metrics and other relevant information that assists in the efficiency improvements of organizational...
by Mary McDonald | Aug 17, 2018 | ISO
What sort of yard owner implements an ISO standard? In keeping with the theme of this edition, I stopped to ponder what are the common characteristics of the folks that I have the privilege and honor of working with, and serving. With hardly any effort at all, I...
by Mary McDonald | Jul 20, 2018 | ISO
Last time we talked about how to start understanding your process through some easy metrics. This time, we’ll talk about what starting may mean. The most comprehensive word to describe this would be change. Change is rarely easy; however, it is a constant (like...
by Megan | Jan 12, 2018 | ISO
There are 5 basic steps to becoming ISO 9001 certified and each step has their own difficulties. Every organization that wishes to be certified is required to first prepare themselves by understanding all aspects of ISO 9001. Knowledge of the differences between the...
by Megan | Dec 15, 2017 | Quality
In 2009 Ram Nidumolu, CK Prahalad and MR Rangaswami wrote an article in the Harvard Business Review declared sustainability to be the ‘key driver of innovation’ summarizing research of 30 large corporation in one key statement: “Our research shows that...