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

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

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

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

One of the key misconceptions about LEAN is that its goal is to reduce the workforce. No wonder people might resist adopting it. However,...

It is common for companies these days to have several programs to manage both mandatory requirements and voluntary commitments in...

LEAN approaches have been used across many industries for decades with great success. However, there are some industries were using LEAN...

Compliance programs, systems, and processes are often used interchangeably when referring to improvements. However, there are important...

Changes to safety-critical positions in regulated industries must follow a process to manage risks associated with transitioning a new...

In a previous blog, I outlined 5 threats to compliance. In this blog, I will look at how to address them. At first glance, it may seem...

Meeting compliance is critical to those that work in highly regulated industries and specifically to those that are responsible for...

Many organizations are required to have a Management of Change (MOC) procedure to manage risks introduced by planned changes to assets,...

Business processes require information to produce the desired outcomes. This information comes in various forms and is used in a variety...

In a world that values specialists, individual workmanship and personal accountability the LEAN culture can seem foreign, threatening and...

Process safety refers to a systematic approach within industries to prevent and mitigate the occurrence of hazardous incidents and...

A simple yet powerful way to discover causes to process problems is using the LEAN 5M+E (or 6M Six Sigma) analysis technique. This...