Exercise Watermark
December 9th, 2010
Exercise Watermark is an unique test exercise being run by the Environment Agency on behalf of DEFRA to see how different organisations in England and Wales would deal with all forms of flooding, from surface water, river and reservoir failure to tidal flooding. Read the rest of this entry »
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Case Study: ACM
December 3rd, 2010
ACM Waste Management offer clients complete waste management and recycling packages and endeavour to ensure clients save money. ACM offer a wide range of waste handling and recycling systems including waste compactors and fully automatic horizontal balers. They offer an unrivalled range from the world’s leading manufacturers. In addition, they offer renewable energy systems in the form of solar panels and the new Bio Nova boiler system.
ACM have been working with The Quality Team in order to achieve ISO 14001 certification to support their commitment to environmental improvement and protection. After many hours of hard work we are pleased to report that ACM were awarded ISO 14001 certification on 11th October 2010.
Congratulations to all involved.
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World Standards Day
October 14th, 2010
World Standards Day is celebrated annually as a tribute to the thousands of worldwide experts who collaborate with the principle international standardization organizations to develop voluntary international stands which assist trade, spread knowledge and disperse technological advances. Read the rest of this entry »
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World Standards Day – 14th October 2010
September 30th, 2010
World Standards Day is celebrated each year on 14 October to pay tribute to the efforts of thousands of experts worldwide who collaborate within IEC, ISO and ITU to develop voluntary International Standards that facilitate trade, spread knowledge and disseminate technological advances.
The theme of this year’s World Standards Day message is “Standards make the world accessible for all”. With at least 650 million people globally affected by some kind of disability, combined with the rising numbers of older people in the world’s population – one quarter of all citizens are 60 or older– the issue of accessibility to products and services has become more important than ever.
Read more at the ISO Website
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World Quality Day – November 2010
September 20th, 2010
World Quality Day 2010 ‘Out of the Crisis’ focuses on what a fit organisation looks like and the role that quality management professionals play in facilitating fitness.
The CQI regions will be hosting Loxham Lecture events on this topic during the week 8-12 November 2010.
Find out more at Charted Quality Institute
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ISO’s customer focus highlighted in annual report
August 24th, 2010
Demonstrating ISO’s commitment to meeting or exceeding customer needs is the key message of the recently published ISO Annual Report 2009. ISO’s customers are the 162 members of the organization and the myriad of stakeholders that develop, use or rely on ISO standards worldwide.
“Building a strong community of satisfied customers has been a key goal since its creation over 60 years ago,” the report states. “ISO looks for innovative ways to leverage customer satisfaction and events in 2009 highlight that ISO not only satisfies its broad customer base, but its end product – a suite of globally relevant International Standards – continues to drive growth in today’s volatile markets.”
Read more at the ISO website >>
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New edition of ‘ISO 9001 for Small Businesses’
July 30th, 2010
The International Standards Organisation and the International trade centre have recently published a new edition of the ISO 9001 for Small Businesses, providing an updated look into how small to medium sized businesses can understand the need for quality management systems, whilst explaining how to implement the requirements of the standard.
The new edition has been modified to include all adjustments made to the most recent ISO 9001:2008 standard. Written by a group of experts on the certification the handbook is a useful tool to any small business when it comes to taking the first steps toward certification.
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Toyoda Shrinks World’s Biggest Carmaker for Quality Control
February 2nd, 2010
Akio Toyoda, who took over Toyota Motor Corp. less than a year ago, is shrinking the world’s largest carmaker to regain control over quality as record recalls give General Motors Co. and Ford Motor Co. an opportunity to win back customers.
Toyota’s decision to stop U.S. production and sales of eight models to fix defective accelerator pedals may cost the company as much as 100 billion yen ($1.1 billion) in operating profit a month, according to Koji Endo, managing director of Advanced Research Japan in Tokyo. The models accounted for about 1 million deliveries last year, more than half of Toyota’s 1.5 million vehicle sales edge over Volkswagen AG.
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Do you comply with the legislation governing air conditioning?
January 18th, 2010
It is now a legal requirement that air conditioning systems containing more than 3KG of ozone-depleting substances are tested for leaks at least annually, and more frequently for larger systems.
If your stationary refrigeration and air-conditioning system, of any type, contains 30kg or more of ODS you must test for leaks at least once every six months.
If your stationary refrigeration and air-conditioning equipment contains 300kg or more of ODS you must test for leaks at least once every three months.
If you find a leak you must repair it within 14 days. You must re-check your system for leaks within one month of repairing a leak.
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New Website Launched
January 18th, 2010
The Quality Team launches their new website. In pursuit of our goal of providing the best source of information relating to quality and other standards subjects, The Quality Team have redesigned their website and are re-launching it today together with Twitter and Facebook presences. This follows a successful year in which we have built relationships with many new clients, and helped them both gain and retain certification and also use their management systems to drive real improvement through their businesses.
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