World Quality Day

Introduced in 1990 to increase awareness of quality internationally, World Quality Day encourages individuals and organisations to focus on the importance of quality, growth and prosperity and demonstrate their commitment to quality.

Vince Desmond, executive director of business development at the CQI, comments: 'After the success of last year’s events, the CQI wants to continue this achievement by encouraging organisations worldwide to run events or participate in one of the regional events organised by CQI branches. We’re delighted that once again NQA is supporting our work in promoting quality through its sponsorship of World Quality Day.'

Head of NQA Catherine Golds adds: 'As the main sponsor of World Quality Day for the second year running, NQA is confirming its support of quality in business. NQA recognises that quality is fundamental to any organisation, ensuring consistency, effectiveness and efficiency, and is committed to highlighting the important role quality plays in business.

'By demonstrating a clear commitment to quality and adhering to quality management principles, an organisation can improve customer and stakeholder relationships, increase satisfaction and stimulate an ethos of continuous improvement.'

The CQI has teamed up with Sellafield to promote World Quality Day at Sellafield in the week of World Quality Day, on Wednesday 11 November. The day has an impressive schedule that includes some of the country’s most respected speakers on quality. 

The CQI annual John Loxham lecture will also take place at Sellafield on 11 November, where Mr David Hutchins, CEO of Dhi Ltd, will introduce the strategic approach to business improvement ‘Hoshin Kanri’.

To demonstrate your support for World Quality Day and help to promote the importance of quality in business visit www.thecqi.org. To find out more about NQA visit www.nqa.com

About the CQI: The CQI is the only chartered professional body dedicated entirely to quality.  With more than 11,000 individual and company members worldwide it provides the support and learning to improve business.

The CQI’s vision is to place quality at the heart of every organisation and exists to help make business better.

It does this in a number of ways: by offering training and qualification, by promoting the benefits of quality generally throughout the UK and international marketplace and specifically to government and other authorities, by being an active and vocal advocate of quality, by developing and disseminating quality knowledge and practices and through the competent quality professionals who make up its membership.

The CQI believes that quality approaches are a fundamental prerequisite for sustainable business where survival and success require innovation in product and service, combined with reduction in cost and a socially responsible approach.

About NQA: NQA, part of the NICEIC Group, is one of the world’s largest certification bodies serving more than 20,000 clients in 70 countries.

Working in partnership with a wide range of businesses, government departments and charitable organisations, NQA helps to improve performance in quality, environment and health and safety management.

NQA holds accreditation from UKAS and ANAB (the respective national accreditation bodies of the UK and the US) and is one of the largest suppliers of environmental certification in the UK. NQA’s assessors have extensive experience of working in their relevant industries and are assessed against competency criteria laid out within international standards.

The international organisation has a head office in Houghton Regis, Bedfordshire, and two joint ventures in the US (NQA, USA Inc) and China (SNQA), in addition to offices around the world.

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