Conducting Root Cause Analysis is not an easy task and whilst tools like the 5 Whys in particular, and Fault Tree Analysis help to a large extent, one of the most common pitfalls in RCA is not testing the Corrective and Preventative Actions taken to address the Root Cause. Likewi...
Read MoreFrom August 2017, all new certifications must comply with the ISO 14001:2015 standard, and from September 2018, all certificates according to the old standard ISO 14001:2004 lose their validity. The revised environmental management standard requires businesses to undertake a life...
Read MoreCongratulations to our latest group of QQI (HET) graduates who have just been awarded their Certificates and Diplomas in Process Engineering. All our certified Green and Black Belts have worked extremely hard to achieve their awards and will no doubt continue to use these new s...
Read MoreA new partnership has been announced between NEBOSH and IEMA, which means that any student who has completed the NEBOSH Certificate in Environmental Management course now meets the academic criteria to gain globally recognised IEMA Associate (AIEMA) membership. For more infor...
Read MoreIn his article ‘Unravelling misconceptions’ (ASQ’s Quality Progress, March 2016) the author Gagliardi explores the difference between Data, Information and Knowledge in a very interesting and insightful manner. To my mind, he makes a pretty good stab at addressing that phra...
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