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Quality counts

Toyota, the Japanese car manufacturer has certainly learnt that lesson. One can’t but feel slightly sorry for the company as it faces one of the biggest crises of its 77-year history. The company has been forced to recall millions of cars worldwide after it was discovered ...

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Guest Post: ‘Is it time to ‘NUSAP’ your data?’

This post was written by Bob Kennedy PhD, Lecturer, Institute of Technology, Sligo. One of the eight quality management principles underpinning the ISO9000 series and indeed reinforced in the excellence models is the need to base management decisions on facts. These facts, for m...

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Spreading sunshine

Photo owned by jekert gwapo (cc) Kieran Murphy of Ice Cream Ireland writes a great blog. Last Friday he wrote: Running a business, especially in these times can be a challenge. There are always stresses and worries – what will the future bring? For us, our customers have alwa...

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Alliance Medical are looking for an Accreditation Officer

Alliance Medical contacted us as they are recruiting an Accreditation Officer for an eleven month contract based in Limerick. I decided to put the information here as the position may be of interest to some of our customers. SQT has no connection with Alliance Medical. The follo...

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The new risk management standard ISO 31000:2009 and what it means for food companies

This post was written by Denis Kiely, our Food Safety Tutor In November last year, the International Organization of Standarization (ISO) released the first International Risk Management Standard entitled: ISO 31000:2009, Risk Management – Principles and Guidelines. The stan...

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