Use the Army’s DD2977 to Address Risks and Opportunities
A significant change in ISO 9001:2026 involves separate actions to address risks and opportunities.
A significant change in ISO 9001:2026 involves separate actions to address risks and opportunities.
Digital transformation and technologies such as artificial intelligence or the internet of things (IoT) aren’t just changing our society; they’re revolutionizing how we do business.
Corrective and preventive action (CAPA) is the backbone of any quality management system. It’s where problems get solved, risks get reduced, and processes become more robust. Yet in many organizations, CAPA has become little more than a documentation exercise.
Digital transformation has stopped being a trend and become a condition for competitiveness.
Growth has a way of outpacing the quality systems built to support it: more products, more sites, more users, more regulatory requirements, and the quality team is expected to absorb all of it.
The FY 2027 White House budget proposal is not only a fiscal plan but a change in national quality architecture.
Nobody would get into a self-driving car simply because the door locks worked and the alarm system was functioning properly.
It can be surprisingly difficult for businesses to get accurate answers to questions about their own data. Often, the data live in different systems or aren’t easily accessible to employees without specific technical skills.
Markets run on trust. Trust runs on standards. And standards only work when the people shaping them reflect the people they are meant to protect.
The modern metric system—known as the International System of Units, or SI—is a model of consistency and logic. But in some cases, the logic seems to break down.
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