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Auditing and Certification for Food Safety Professionals — A Conversation with Liz Salinas of QIMA-WQS
FOOD SAFETY & QUALITY, FOOD SAFETY & QUALITY, VIDEO

Auditing and Certification for Food Safety Professionals — A Conversation with Liz Salinas of QIMA-WQS

November 20, 2023

At North American Food Safety & Quality 2023 we sat down with Liz Salinas of QIMA-WQS about one of the big issues facing FSQ organizations today: A lack of auditors. The current generation of experienced auditors are beginning to age out, and there seems to be a gap behind them where younger FSQ professionals have not opted into auditing as a focus for their careers. Liz points out that there is no auditor school or direct path to become an auditor. The industry educates its own people to have this skillset over the course of their careers, and a very real bottleneck is…

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Panel: Becoming a Leader, Growing as a Leader, and Mentoring Future Leaders
TECHNOLOGY, VIDEO

Panel: Becoming a Leader, Growing as a Leader, and Mentoring Future Leaders

June 14, 2023

Discussing some of the unique challenges and opportunities involved in rising to a leadership position in a constantly evolving professional discipline Understanding the leader’s role as a force to shape and demonstrate corporate culture within our organizations What does effective leadership look like on the day-to-day basis, as well as when thinking about the big picture? Illustrating how we invest in ourselves and in our teams to improve ourselves both professionally and personally Offering examples of strong and effective programs in onboarding, cross-training, upskilling, job shadowing, mentorship, and continuing education that make the difference — Mel Crocker VP & CIO…

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Panel: Generating High Productivity Through Training and Total Workforce Engagement
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Panel: Generating High Productivity Through Training and Total Workforce Engagement

December 15, 2022

What does investing in your people look like on a day-to-day ongoing basis? How does the workforce contribute to steady cumulative improvements as the engine of long-term culture change and improved productivity? Discussing motivational tools that solicit grassroots contributions: Competition, recognition, entertainment, and a sense of accomplishment Offering examples where training, mentorship, job shadowing, and cycling through different job functions improves retention, job satisfaction, and contributes to improved performance How far can a culture of continuous improvement and total workforce engagement permeate an organization? Moderator: Marybeth Gray SVP Health & Welfare Consulting Trion, a Marsh & McLennan Agency Marybeth has…

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Panel: Generating High Productivity Through Training and Total Workforce Engagement
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Panel: Generating High Productivity Through Training and Total Workforce Engagement

April 25, 2018

What does investing in your people look like on a day-to-day ongoing basis? How does the workforce contribute to steady cumulative improvements as the engine of long-term culture change and improved productivity? Discussing motivational tools that solicit grassroots contributions: Competition, recognition, entertainment, and a sense of accomplishment Offering examples where training, mentorship, job shadowing, and cycling through different job functions improves retention, job satisfaction, and contributes to improved performance How far can a culture of continuous improvement and total workforce engagement permeate an organization?

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Transforming a Medium-Sized Company to Better Engage with Both Customers and Suppliers
MANUFACTURING, VIDEO

Transforming a Medium-Sized Company to Better Engage with Both Customers and Suppliers

February 8, 2017

Executive Platform Interview with Jack Feng, May 2016 Dr. Jack Feng is in charge of Commercial Vehicle Group’s Lean Six Sigma deployment at over two dozen CVG manufacturing facilities in the US, Mexico, China, India, Australia, UK, Belgium, Czech and Ukraine. Prior to joining CVG, Dr. Feng served different leadership roles within Caterpillar such as Strategy Manager / Master Black Belt, Industrial Engineering Manager, Director of Asia Pacific Lean 6 Sigma Planning and Deployment and Senior Technical Steward. At Caterpillar, he led the development and deployment of Caterpillar Production System (CPS) Master Black Belt program and taught its first four…

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