January
This issue of Quality World opens the CQI's Centenary year with interviews celebrating 100 years of the organisation and the key milestones.
February
This issue of Quality World looks at the complexities of the global food supply chain, and has a focus on using scenarios for planning in a time of uncertainty. QW continues to explore the history of quality as part of the CQI's centenary.
March
The next generation is this month’s focus in Quality World. Can we even guess what skills the next generation in quality will need? The CQI’s Next Generation Network and our readers offer suggestions. There are also articles on how the digital revolution is changing building design and construction, and the newest innovations in motorways.
April
This edition of Quality World marks the first meeting, on 1 April 1919, of the organisation that is today the Chartered Quality Institute. As well as the centenary celebrations, the issue features the growing issue of space debris, and a research project exploring the challenges faced by management in implementing good quality.
May
This issue of Quality World features experienced quality professionals looking back at their own careers in quality and the development of the profession. Other articles include the importance of maintaining quality and listening to feedback from customers, and an archaeology firm whose quality-centric ethos helps them to bring the past alive.
June
This issue of Quality World looks at the contribution of quality professionals to sectors involved in maintaining and developing the world’s infrastructure. Resilient construction, transport, healthcare and energy production are vital for improving daily lives and economic development – and the work of the quality profession is central to achieving that.
July
Advanced manufacturing is an extremely exciting area for quality professionals – with a host of new technologies, materials and ideas in play. In this edition of Quality World, we speak to two centres, one in the UK and another in the US. We also look at the application of artificial intelligence and the future of quality management.
August
Quality World was not produced during August 2019.
September
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.
October
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.
November
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.
December
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.