Leadership and worker participation It doesn’t matter what you fill in as the blank in that statement, culture kills people. I’ve known this for years, having spent nearly a decade in Health & Safety, but got to see it first hand in a recent audit. That does NOT for one second discount people’s individual choices…
I’m Kyle Chambers. I’m the founder and owner operator of Texas Quality Assurance. I get asked by friends and family frequently about what I do.. I tell them Quality Management (Auditing, Consulting and Software Development) most commonly dealing with ISO 9001 ( I end it there, 18001, 14001, API, that will just muddy the conversational…
For those that don’t know me, I’m Kyle Chambers, Founder of Texas Quality Assurance. I’ve lived my entire life in Texas, raised in the small town of Italy Texas, pronounced “It-Ly” for those of you that don’t know. My degree is in Management Information Systems, I got my CompTIA A+ certification in the 8th grade,…
Risk Based Thinking and the transition from ISO 9001:2008 to ISO 9001:2015 There’s been a shift in how companies view quality and compliance, and as a result, businesses are looking for a more comprehensive method for measuring operational efficiency. Risk management processes are proving to be an effective option for this. ISO 9001:2015 now promotes…
#18 Oil and Gas HSE Podcast: Quality Management Systems and Eliminating Endless Paperwork https://oilandgashse.com/quality-management-systems/ We spent some time with Kyle Chambers and Chad Henry of Texas Quality Assurance talking about quality management systems and how you can eliminate a vast majority of the paperwork associated to HSE in your business. Learn how software can help streamline your processes, reduce the amount of…
TQA Cloud is a cloud based Quality Management System for Small and Bid Size Business Document Approval Process Simplified Approval Process – common management system standards like ISO 9001 & API Q1 requires approval and control of documents prior to issue and use. We will be able to custom fit a system to your business…
Guest blogger today. Pat Patterson it’s LAAP. OSHA’s Revised Rule for Reporting of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses Year-end 2017 companies in certain industries are required to send, electronically, their accident and illness data (OSHA 300 and/or 300A) to OSHA. This has been getting a LOT of attention. However, the more urgent concern that was established…
Occupational Health & Safety Management Software ISO 45001 and Occupational Health & Safety Assessment Series (OHSAS 18001) Before Texas Quality Assurance I worked as a Quality,Health, Safety, Environment manager (QHSE). In that role I was solely responsible for all OH&S duties and responsibilities. Early in my career as the QHSE manager I found myself inundated with…
To maintain a world class QHSE system, the foundation is Excellence in Leadership in Occupational Health and Safety. I cannot over emphasize how vital this is to the entire Quality Management Program. I think it’s important to define a few terms. Excellence: having extremely good quality in __________ Quality: stating your objectives and consistently following…
In the past few years we have developed a quality management system from the ground up in Share Point. At first we made the mistake of only mildly using the power of SharePoint. We managed our Nonconformance Reports (NCR’s) and Corrective Action Reports (CAR’s) by hand. Papers changed hands 3 and 4 times. It was a…