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Compliance Capabilities
Compliance is often organized into isolated functions that are separate from the production management structure. However, we know that...


Proactive Compliance
Compliance is much more than checking boxes and addressing non-conformance when it is discovered. It is about experiencing the benefits...


Compliance Goals
When we think about compliance we should also think about the goals we want to achieve. An important distinction we can make is between...


Compliance Chain Analysis
Harvard Business School's Michael E. Porter introduced the concept of a value chain in his book, " Competitive Advantage: Creating and...


What Will People Be Doing 20 Years from Now?
It is common nowadays to come across articles that claim that robots and AI will take over people's jobs. Some might even argue that this...


Tyrannical Compliance
Companies often consider compliance as a "necessary evil" rather than a "necessary good." They sometimes feel they are forced to comply...


The State of Digital Transformation
The State of Digital Transformation It is easy to be sympathetic with those developing digital technologies that are frustrated with the relatively slow adoption of digital transformation. By analogy, the internet has significantly changed the way we think and operate our businesses along with our own personal lives. The internet continues to this day to be the foundation for new and exciting possibilities, including further digital transformation. It is no wonder that many a


Crossing The Ethical Chasm of Data Mining
Collecting evidence is an important aspect in providing assurance of compliance. This evidence often comes in the form of data and plenty...


Are You Being Nudged Into Compliance?
The answer is yes and you have been for some time. Nudging is broadly used today in many domains including governments to addresses...


Compliance Helps Companies Stay Within The Lines
Someone once asked the question, "why do cars have brakes?" The answer given was, "so they can go fast!" What brakes do for cars is what...


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...
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