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In manufacturing, to improve responsiveness to customer demand, LEAN uses pull to expose waste which is then eliminated or reduced to...

The Challenge Counting near misses, incidents, defects, violations, and other non-conformance is of value and necessary as part of...

The purpose of a compliance management system is to maintain state which is achieved through consistency, reduction of variation, and...

API RP 1173 provides a framework for companies to evaluate their safety systems and processes to more effectively buy down risk and...

One of the principles we learn from LEAN is that: If you can't see it you can't improve it. We also talk about going to the GEMBA (scene...

The A3 Format and DMAIC are structured processes used for LEAN / Six Sigma improvements and problem solving. While these have proven to...

Predictive analytics is a topic of much discussion these days and is considered by some to be a proactive measure against safety,...

I have spent most of my career building information and management systems in support of engineering, compliance, and mission critical...

Do we now have a burning platform with respect to reactive compliance? On May 16 2018, a report was published following a review led by...

When it comes to safety there are two schools of thought. The oldest one is focused on behavior and its by-line is, "Act Safe." This is...

Back when I was in high school I had a teacher that would always say, "problems are our friend." At the time I didn't get it, probably...

In response to increasing and often overlapping requirements from standards and regulatory bodies, many companies are looking to...

"Proactivity is a process that can be applied to any set of actions through anticipating, planning, and striving to have an impact." ​...

The very culture that keeps companies in highly-regulated, high-risk industries safe may be the very thing that is holding them back from...

Those who have been following me might be aware of my presentations on demystifying risk entitled, Lord of The Risks – Defeating the...

Rule # 2 - Take Ownership of All Your Obligations Being proactive with your compliance begins with taking ownership of all your...

Minimal Viable Compliance / Performance Outcomes are the effects of capabilities which means that if you want to advance your outcomes...

Increasingly, we have observed that regulatory and standards bodies are expecting companies to use capability maturity models to improve...

Every business operates in the presence of uncertainty. This uncertainty creates the opportunity for risk. Compliance programs buy down...

Obligations come from many sources that include: regulations, standards, policies, mission and value statements, programs, processes, and...

Almost all compliance initiatives depend on management systems to ensure obligations are met. This applies to safety, quality,...

Turtle diagrams are often used to document processes in support of ISO standards and guidelines. However, they tend not to include...

To help you achieve your outcomes we are offering a free copy of our Bow-Tie Analysis PowerPoint template. Our template incorporates...

Ethical and proactive organizations are those that invest in improving their compliance performance and see it as an advantage in...