10 Reasons for Quality Initiatives Failure – An Understated Number

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Posted By Felix Amiri

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Felix Amiri is the current Food Sector Chair of GCSE-Food & Health Protection

Demystifying Food Safety Assurance

This blog post has been moved to the author's eBook.

Posted by Felix Amiri

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Felix Amiri is currently the chair of GCSE-Food & Health Protection, and a sworn SSQA advocate.

Contribute to the Growing Compendium and Be Recognized

The first volume of the GCSE-Food & Health Protection Compendium of Guiding Principles has been available for some time now. However, this is being continuously updated and contributions are needed from industry professionals and experts. You are invited to freely share your “words” of professional wisdom. If approved, your contribution will be published in the Compendium. This is a continuing opportunity because the Compendium will continue to be updated from time to time.

The guiding principles are short bits of advice that are helpful to industry operators, managers, consultants and evaluators. The names of contributors are listed alphabetically (by Last Name/Surname) in the acknowledgment section of the Compendium.

Contributions are to be unique, useful and easy to adopt by the industry. The scope covers a wide range of subjects that align with the scope of the GCSE-FHP goals and objectives. All submissions are subject to approval before they are included in the Compendium. Contributors with up to 5 or more approved entries will receive access to download a current copy of the Compendium. Depending on the number of contributions, contributors may also receive additional recognition and GCSE-FHP membership benefits.

Please send your submissions to: gcse@afisservices.com  with at least the following information:

 

1.     Full Name

2.     Membership certificate number (only contributions from members of GCSE-FHP are being accepted at this time)

3.     Name of current company or organization

4.     Country

5.     Email Address

6.     Your suggested guiding principle (brief advice)

You may submit as many guiding principles as you wish.

Ideas for submissions:

Contributed principles are to be unique, brief, useful and easy to adopt by industry operators and evaluators. The scope covers the same considerations as are outlined in the goals and objectives of GCSE-FHP:

–      protecting public health

–      promoting regulatory compliance

–      producing sufficient and safe food, pharmaceuticals and other health-related products

–      keeping food fresh

–      avoiding wastage

–      ensuring equitable and efficient distribution

–      encouraging social responsibility

–      maintaining environmental sustainability

You may view examples of the Guiding Principles here:  

http://www.afisservices.com/gcse-fhp/GPs.html
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GCSE-FHP Systems Management – Safety, Security and Quality Assurance (SSQA) Project

This project introduces the GCSE-FHP model for ensuring effective consumer safety, security and satisfaction. 

The SSQA system has several  Economic Benefits.

What differentiates the GCSE-FHP SSQA system from other approaches?

The GCSE-FHP Safety, Security and Quality Assurance (SSQA) system involves the mobilization and direct collaboration of the entire supply chain that is linked to the participating operation. It actively promotes a chain-wide responsibility and accountability with on-going measurement and tracking of success. There are built-in mechanisms for ensuring friendly scrutiny through the supply chain. Qualified SSQA Facilitators work collaboratively with participating operations. An operation may even have qualified SSQA Facilitators within its workforce.

Unique Aspects: 

There are some non-negotiable obligations in the adoption of the SSQA concept that  ensure the effectiveness and success of established programs. At the same time, participating operations  have enough room to be creative in the implementation of unique, cost effective and practical control measures. 

• Each participating operation is aided in the implementation of strategies for enlisting and maintaining cooperation and collaboration with joint responsibility and accountability through the entire chain.
• SSQA criteria for evaluating the effective implementation of control measures/programs are based more heavily on reality.
• An approach that evaluates sustained consistency is followed in assessing (auditing) the effectiveness and success of established programs. The SSQA model includes the use of qualified and well trained SSQA Facilitators (assessors) for the “internal” and “exchange” assessment programs.

Operations that are able to adopt the SSQA concept early in the development of their product safety and quality management systems find it most beneficial. However, operations that may not have adopted it right from the start are able to easily adapt their systems to SSQA. This is one of the key advantages of the SSQA concept. With the right guidance, SSQA concepts can be readily and productively integrated into existing management systems. While this flexibility is very useful, there is nothing like adopting the system right from the new facility building and/or operation initiation stages.

Who can participate in the SSQA Program?

Any operation anywhere in the world may enlist and participate. There is also no limit to the number of operations that may participate. The process begins with GCSE-FHP membership registration.

Ongoing GCSE-FHP Guidance

The GSCE-FHP Compendium of Guiding Principles is available to enlisted companies upon request with a small donation to the coalition. There is also the direct assistance that may be provided by the GCSE-FHP Team and Panellists if requested.

Full details about the project are available to all enlisted operations. Upon enlisting, the participating operation obtains a copy of the implementation guide and receives the updated version of the GCSE-FHP Compendium of Guiding Principles. Participants may also request the updated versions of the Compendium from time to time.

Interested persons or operations may contact the GCSE-FHP Team to inquire about this project and how to enlist.

You may REGISTER to receive SSQA Updates.

You may also read "Adopting the SSQA Concept": http://gcse-food-health-protection.blogspot.ca/2012/07/adopting-gcse-food-health-protection.html