Individual issues

This issue of Quality World looks at digital transformation, trends in technology, and the skills quality professionals will need to survive in the workplace of tomorrow.

This edition of Quality World meets professionals in quality striving to achieve the best – in international quality bodies, defence, housing, auditing, construction and engineering and the energy sector.

This issue of Quality World looks around the world at examples of quality in action from Ugandan healthcare, to Dutch confectionary and Kenyan jewellery. Plus, new technology is driving further advances in shipping, bringing benefits to safety, efficiency and environmental impact.

This issue of Quality World focuses on quality as a force for good, and includes interviews with a quality team working in a refugee resettlement service and a director of quality assurance in a biotechnology company. QW meets a group who have been involved in the UK’s pioneering improvement apprenticeships.

The Spring 2021 issue of Quality World focuses on resilience, with articles on critical thinking, risk, intelligent decision-making and business continuity in the age of Covid-19, to help you to support your organisation through the ‘new normal’.

In the Summer 2024 issue of Quality World, we shine the spotlight on some of the winners at the International Quality Awards 2024. We also discuss the talks and presentations from Quality Live 2024, as well as taking a closer look at the management philosophy of the Human Factor that can improve both quality and safety. Rashad Issa CQP FCQI, Chair of the CQI's Board of Trustees, gives an update on the CQI's strategy and its focus for the next five years.

In the Autumn 2024 issue of Quality World, we take a look at key themes for quality professionals, including how organisations can maximise the impact of artificial intelligence, and managing the impact of environmental and sustainability concerns. Masato Onodera of JUSE discusses the development of quality in Japan, and Dennis Mok and Naira Eloyan share first-hand experience of using quality standards and processes to ensure healthcare in disaster relief. We also take a closer look at manufacturing process audits, and how to manage workplace learning for different generations.

In this Winter 2024 edition of Quality World, learn how the Typical Competence Profiles and Career Pathways Map will help you manage your professional development and navigate your career; take a closer look at ISO 56001, the newly published standard that offers a framework for implementing innovation; plus check out our new series on management tools, starting with Six Thinking Hats.

Preparing for the future is an integral part of the quality profession. In the Spring 2023 edition of Quality World we explore some key issues that will affect the profession in years to come and take a look at the results of the CQI's major research project into the future of assurance. There's a look at how quality principles and processes can drive the move to a more agile way of working. Several members of the ISO/TC 176 Brand Integrity task group outline the issues facing ISO 9001 and what can be done to ensure the standard remains fit for purpose. And finally, we consider how the quality profession can meet the current challenges facing supply chain management.

In the Summer 2023 edition of Quality World, we celebrate the winners of the annual CQI International Quality Awards, and take a look at the new The Profession Map and examine what it means for the profession. There are two articles on how quality can further the environment, social and governance agenda, with an interview with Martin Baxter of IEMA, and a look at the key role that quality professionals have to play in implementing a circular economy.