Guides for certification, audits and management systems
Whether automated customer communication, predictive maintenance or generative AI in development processes: artificial intelligence is long past being a future project. It drives operational value…
Read articleRansomware attacks, compromised supply chains and daily waves of phishing: the threat landscape in the digital space has reached a historic high. At the same time, lawmakers are tightening the…
Read articleSince the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) entered into force, the strict principle of accountability (Article 5(2) GDPR) has applied in the European Economic Area: organisations must not…
Read articleAsk mid-sized entrepreneurs for their first associations with the ISO 9001 standard, and the phrase “bureaucratic monster” comes up more often than not. Thick ring binders full of dusty procedures,…
Read articleMany organisations treat the ISO 9001 standard as a collection of individual clauses and duties to provide evidence. Anyone who tries to build a management system purely mechanically, clause by…
Read articleIn many organisations, the announcement of an ISO audit creates noticeable tension. When the external auditor then actually records a “nonconformity” or a deviation, leaders and teams often react…
Read articleSustainability has finally moved out of the marketing department and into the boardroom and the legal department. Through the European Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and the…
Read articleVolatile energy prices, rising grid charges and national CO₂ pricing have made energy one of the largest cost blocks in manufacturing and in the service sector. Added to this is an ever denser web of…
Read articleWorkplace accidents, work-related illness and psychological overload cost the economy billions every year through sickness absence, production stoppages and rising contributions to accident-insurance…
Read articleA devastating ransomware attack encrypts every server. A fire in the main warehouse brings dispatch to a halt. A sudden power cut stops the production lines. Or the main supplier of a key component…
Read articleDeadline pressure, complex chains of subcontractors, unpredictable weather and strict safety requirements: construction and the engineering sector are among the most demanding industries in the…
Read articleIn hardly any other sector are the requirements for precision, reliability and hygiene as uncompromising as in healthcare and the life sciences. Whether an acute hospital, a medical care centre…
Read articleFood crises are the nightmare of every manufacturer and hospitality business: foreign bodies in the product, contamination with salmonella or listeria, undeclared allergens or a broken cold chain…
Read articleThe decision is made: your organisation wants, or has, to be certified to an ISO standard – whether for information security (ISO 27001), quality (ISO 9001), environment (ISO 14001) or artificial…
Read articleAnyone dealing with the introduction of an ISO standard for the first time inevitably asks the budget question: “What does the whole thing cost us at the end of the day?”
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