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

This post is written by our guest blogger Barbara Kephart. Textiles from the Jacquard Loom Museum of Modern Art, New York City Photo by...

There is never enough time, knowledge, or resources to contend with all the risks that a company faces. Therefore, they must choose which...

In a recent decision of the Ontario Court of Appeal they stated that the general duty clause in the Occupational Health and Safety Act,...

Continuous Improvement (CI) is an essential part of operational excellence to increase the performance of operational processes used in...

Every plan, business, or endeavour happens in the presence of uncertainty. That is why your value chain needs to operate between the...

If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door – Milton Berle There is ample evidence that employees do not just wait for life to happen to...

Digital Transformation – The Home Depot of Computing Walking into a building construction store like Home Depot can be overwhelming....

Balanced scorecards help companies track performance. In today's marketplace characterized by digital disruption you need to make sure...

"Compliance, in many ways, is about doing the right thing at the right time in the right way. Collecting evidentiary material is an...

The goal of a compliance program is to improve the level of compliance of an organization. This differs from the goal of a compliance...

It is often when new recruits are hired that although they are trained on the new processes and procedures (which takes time) they will...

The role of compliance should be to help organizations ensure that outcomes are achieved through proper governance and the management of...

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events, locales, and incidents are either the products of the author's...

Focusing on non-conformance is the first level of compliance. This involves meeting the prescriptive part of a regulation or industry...

As systems improve we expect that the certainty of meeting objectives increases. Instead, what often happens is that systems become more...

A compass helps you to stay on course as you head towards your destination provided the world is flat. However, a compass can never...

The value stream is where value is created but also waste which erodes the value of the products and services we are delivering. At a...

To effectively meet compliance obligations, it is essential to differentiate regulatory and compliance demand according to their designs....

Identifying risks and reacting to problems when they occur uses our "Lizard Brain" which is fast and needed for a fight and flight...

Over the last several decades companies have invested in paper-on-glass solutions as part of their digital progression. However, what...

This is the perfect time of year to evaluate your compliance programs and make adjustments so that you achieve your objectives. However,...

Process automation tends to only focus on managing responsibilities that are involved in the completion of activity. As a result many...

Companies of all sizes need: Processes to repeatedly execute steps in the creation of value Systems to ensure the consistent following of...