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		<title>Steps to Effective Corrective Action</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 15:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most organizations do not take the time to really determine effective corrective action. The knee jerk reaction to a non-conformance is to fix the symptom. When we take the short cut to correct a significant non-conformance we ultimately doom ourselves to repeat the same mistakes over and over again, until we actually correct the root [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Supply Chain Surveillance (Auditing Your Suppliers For Sustained Success)</title>
		<link>http://www.qicguru.com/business/1154-supply-chain-surveillance-auditing-your-suppliers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Supplier auditing or supply chain surveillance is most effective and worthwhile for both organizations when approached through a shared partnership style. Traditional audits that “uncover” problems, inconsistencies and non-compliances then issuing corrective actions and/or penalties are costly, ineffective and outdated. The most effective surveillance systems will contain many business and quality management assessment elements including: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Your Internal Auditing Process, Does It Hurt Or Help Continuous Improvement?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>qicguru</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Process Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ISO 9001 Certification]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Auditing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Quality audit is the process of organized inspection of a quality management system carried out by an internal or external quality auditor or an audit team. It is an important part of organization&#8217;s quality management system and is a key element in the ISO quality system standard, ISO 9001. Quality audits are typically performed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Does Your Corrective Action Process Really Work?</title>
		<link>http://www.qicguru.com/business/1084-does-your-corrective-action-process-really-work/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 15:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>qicguru</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Organization]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When a deficiency in your quality management system is discovered, is it documented and thought of as a good thing? One of the most common problems I have encountered as a third party auditor and consultant is the fear of Nonconformance’s. During initial presentations to a company, particularly if I have senior management in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ISO 9001 Don’t Survive, Thrive!</title>
		<link>http://www.qicguru.com/business/1073-iso-9001-don%e2%80%99t-survive-thrive/</link>
		<comments>http://www.qicguru.com/business/1073-iso-9001-don%e2%80%99t-survive-thrive/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 15:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>qicguru</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Management System Tools For Today]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why is it that when times get tuff most companies invest most of their time and money in short term short sited goals? The ultimate goal of any company should be more than just survival; it should be forward thinking total sustained success. How can a company reach for and attain sustained success with the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Quality Objectives For ISO 9001</title>
		<link>http://www.qicguru.com/business/1009-quality-objectives-for-iso-9001/</link>
		<comments>http://www.qicguru.com/business/1009-quality-objectives-for-iso-9001/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 15:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>qicguru</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Process Management]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is the responsiblity of the ISO Auditors tol verify that the organization’s overall quality objectives have been defined, that they reflect the quality policy, are substantially coherent, aligned and compatible with the overall quality management objectives, including customer expectations. If this is not the case, the auditors may further evaluate Top Management commitment to quality. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ISO 9001 vs. Six Sigma</title>
		<link>http://www.qicguru.com/business/994-iso-9001-vs-six-sigma/</link>
		<comments>http://www.qicguru.com/business/994-iso-9001-vs-six-sigma/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 15:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>qicguru</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Process Management]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[ISO 9001 Certification]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Six Sigma is a statistically-based process that strengthens organizational ability for ongoing business process improvement. “Six Sigma” or “six standards of deviation” endeavors to reduce defects to a rate of 3.4 defects per million defect opportunities by identifying and eliminating causes of variation in business processes. In defining defects or errors, Six Sigma focuses on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obstacles to Sustained Success</title>
		<link>http://www.qicguru.com/software/981-obstacles-to-sustained-success/</link>
		<comments>http://www.qicguru.com/software/981-obstacles-to-sustained-success/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>qicguru</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Organization]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[What makes a company successful? Is it better leaders? Better products? Better salespeople? What about a better business management system? Any of the above may bring some improvement, but most often sustained top performance can be coupled with one thing; how well people communicate within a company. In particular, sustained success requires a culture in which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Guidance for the Use Of Configuration Management</title>
		<link>http://www.qicguru.com/business/953-guidance-for-the-use-of-configuration-management/</link>
		<comments>http://www.qicguru.com/business/953-guidance-for-the-use-of-configuration-management/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>qicguru</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AS 9100 Certification]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[AS 9100 Software]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[ISO 10007:2003 gives guidance on the use of configuration management within an organization. It is applicable to the support of products from concept to disposal. It first outlines the responsibilities and authorities before describing the configuration management process that includes configuration management planning, configuration identification, change control, configuration status accounting and configuration audit. Since ISO [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ISO 9001 The Process Approach</title>
		<link>http://www.qicguru.com/business/859-iso-9001-the-process-approach/</link>
		<comments>http://www.qicguru.com/business/859-iso-9001-the-process-approach/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>qicguru</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Process Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ISO 9001 Certification]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[How often have you heard that ISO 9001 promotes the process approach to managing an organization, and requires the QMS to consider the organization as a series of interlinked processes? What does this really mean in laymen’s terms? Processes can be characterized as consisting of one or more linked activities that require resources and must [...]]]></description>
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