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Let’s go for a little walk – a Gemba Walk!

Gemba is a Japanese word that translates into ‘real place’ and involves activities such as Process Mapping and Brainstorming in the location where the process is operation and where the ‘action’ is! In real terms it is observing the actual process in operation, talking to...

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Autumn NEBOSH Accredited Programmes – for those who are serious about up-skilling in 2015

We are delighted to announce that we are now taking bookings for our Autumn NEBOSH Occupational Health & Safety and Environmental Programmes.  Offering 5 NEBOSH Accredited programmes, SQT is Ireland’s leading provider of NEBOSH training: NEBOSH International Diploma in Oc...

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Strengthening an Organisation’s Continuous Improvement Program by developing ‘Real Capability’

I came across an interesting article recently in ASQ’s Quality Progress penned by David Hansen in which he makes the point that developing the competency and capability of the problem solvers is just as important as solving the actual problem itself. He defines Organisation Co...

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ISO 9001:2015 reaches penultimate stage

ISO 9001:2015 is nearly upon us with the revised version due to be published in September.  The International Standards Organisation (ISO) recently released a statement stating that ISO 9001:2015 had progressed to the Final Draft International Stage (FDIS); the final stage in th...

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Quality Standard ISO 9001:2015 is nearing publication

Since it was first published in 1987, ISO 9001 has proved to be the most popular ISO standard, with nearly 1.2 million organisations already certified to this standard worldwide. It has become quite clear why so many organisations have decided to become certified to this standard...

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