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Tazviona Lois Ngonyamo

Championing quality in Zimbabwe

Published: 26 Mar 2025

Tazviona Lois Ngonyamo PCQI, Quality Assurance Executive at Irvine’s Zimbabwe, discusses her journey into quality, having recently become a member of the CQI.

Woman auditing risk with bar chart

The recalibration of globalisation

Published: 19 Mar 2025

Ian Rosam CQP MCQI, Chief Product Officer at DeepFathom and a member of the CQI’s Audit special interest group, examines the role of auditing risk in the era of recalibrating globalisation.

Quality frameworks are essential for businesses

Bridging the gap

Published: 13 Mar 2025

Anar Malikov CQP FCQI outlines how quality frameworks can be adapted to make them fit for every business.

Clothing piled high on a rubbish tip

Why 'fast' must go out of fashion

Published: 7 Mar 2025

The fast fashion industry raises a number of questions around quality control, supply chains and sustainability. Dr Pauline Bremner, an associate professor and lecturer in retail and fashion management at Robert Gordon University near Aberdeen, discusses how a greater emphasis on quality is at the heart of mitigating its impacts.

The craftsmanship of Katana

Published: 4 Mar 2025

In the next article in the series, IRCA-certified Associate Auditor and International Project Quality Lead Rasoul Aivazi continues his exploration of Monozukuri and Kaizen as they apply to the art of katana, as outlined in Part 7 of the series.

Global sustainability and management systems

Management systems and climate change

Published: 19 Feb 2025

There must be cross-over between standards if management systems are to play their full role in helping tackle the environmental crisis, says senior auditor Pedro Mejias.

Take a risk to mitigate climate change

Published: 10 Feb 2025

Could a structured risk assessment help organisations achieve the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals while mitigating climate change, asks Zoi Kontodimou, Chair of the CQI’s Sustainability special interest group.

IAF CertSearch, global transparency in suppliers

Enhancing global transparency

Published: 6 Jan 2025

In late October, it became mandatory for all accreditation and certification bodies to upload information relating to management systems certifications to the IAF CertSearch database. We speak to Nigel Johnston, CEO of Quality Trade, which developed the database, about the value CertSearch offers to organisations.

Damien Tiller, founder and compliance specialist, TQC

Challenges of ensuring quality in AI

Published: 19 Dec 2024

With artificial intelligence now an established part of our working lives, Damien Tiller explains how quality professionals can ensure quality is baked in when AI processes are implemented.