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Compliance Principles, Practices, & Insights


Compliance Compass To Make Certain You Are Always in Compliance
The Hoshin Kanri method is a popular LEAN approach used to align strategy with outcomes. It uses what is called an X-Matrix that...


API RP 1173 – Taking Ownership of Your Obligations
"Pipeline process management includes determination of needs throughout the pipeline life-cycle, provision of sufficient human and...


Four Steps to Proactive Compliance
More companies are becoming aware that they are too reactive when it comes to compliance. In my previous blog, I discussed four misuses...


Four Misuses of Audits
Audits were first adopted by financial institutions to identify and prevent fraud. Their focus was to test the integrity of accounting...


Ethical Compliance
Technology is advancing faster and further than our ability to keep up with the ethical implications. This applies also to the systems using


Problem with Risk Scores
Risk scores are commonly used to support risk-based decisions and are usually derived from a semi-quantitative analysis of the underlying...


Risk-Based CAPA?
Many companies are in the midst of adopting changes introduced by ISO 9001:2015. One of the most significant of these, is incorporating...


5 Ways Risk Management Has Changed
Recent revisions to compliance standards and regulations have introduced changes to the way we think about and manage risk. You can look...


Operational Risk: Where do risks come from?
Risk-based thinking is at the center of recent changes to compliance standards, guidelines, and regulations. One of the areas where...


RISK: Losing Your Social License
All too often companies find that they are only one accident, one explosion, one fatality, or one recall away from not only losing their...


ISO 9001:2015 – More Than Re-writing Procedures
Every company currently certified for ISO 9001 will need to re-certify at some point in time. This is an opportunity to go beyond just...


Overcoming Compliance Silos
Increasingly standards and regulatory bodies are promoting a holistic approach to compliance. However, many companies still implement...


Moving Compliance to the Performance Zone
Compliance is often viewed as a cost of doing business. However, instead of viewing compliance only as an expense and something to...


Why You Need a Compliance Architect
In a world of competing and overlapping compliance demands, siloed departments, and numerous stakeholders the role of an architect is...


2017 Compliance Program Survey
Help us better understand the state of compliance programs in your industry by participating in our 2017 Compliance Program Survey. This...


Compliance Process Modeling
Process modeling is necessary to design, implement, and improve compliance. Many of the techniques and approaches used today are based on...
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