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A light bulb in the form of a plant symbolizes sustainable ideas

09.06.21

The Quality Feature Sustainability

In the digitalized and globalized world, companies are basically required to act pragmatically. New technologies, shorter production cycles and individual customer requirements are already presenting them with major challenges – additional effort and extra costs do not fit in well at all. In the short… Read more

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Kompetenzzentrum Frau und Beruf Bergisches Städtedreieck

26.05.21

Women in Leadership: The Strengths of Women Must Be Utilized More Effectively

Dagmar Henkel moved into a management position early on after completing her studies. She jumped in at the deep end and seized her opportunities with courage and ambition. She took advantage of the opportunity that many women still have to actively seek today. As a human resources professional, she… Read more

Keyboard with an ISO 9001 key with a confirming check mark is pressed.

Quality Management

Lea-Maria Anger

20.05.21

ISO 9001 – No Revision in the Near Future

The world’s most widely used standard for quality management systems, ISO 9001:2015, will not undergo revision for the time being. This was announced by the technical committee ISO/TC 176/SC 2 on its website. Accordingly, in a vote within the committee, the recommendation of the review group to confirm the… Read more

Quality

Maren Behrendt

12.05.21

Quality Has a Father: Dr. William Edwards Deming

Have you ever heard of Deming? Or perhaps of Total Quality Management (TQM)? You certainly know the latter from various models that show us a system for successful quality management. For example, there is the EFQM model for business excellence or the model described in the ISO guideline. What Dr. William… Read more

Digitalization

Lutz Krämer

28.04.21

9 Arenas of Digitalization: Using Data to Drive Action

Data moves our world, whether in everyday life or in the professional environment. Even in quality processes, ever greater mountains of data are accumulating. But having data is one thing – using it to derive targeted actions is another. Read why it is crucial for the quality to get a grip on the data and… Read more

Cloud technologies or on-premises software?

Digitalization

Lea-Maria Anger

14.04.21

Cloud Technologies: When the Way to the Cloud Makes Sense

A few weeks ago, disturbing news went around the world: The Chinese hacker group “Hafnium” has successfully attacked Microsoft’s “Exchange Server” software. Hundreds of thousands of e-mail servers worldwide may have been infected with malware in the process, allowing the hackers to read emails. Why this… Read more