policies procedures Articles

Below you will find all articles and posts tagged with policies procedures. These articles are either primarily about policies procedures or about topics that are directly related to policies procedures.

Do You Really Have to Write Procedures?

Not all processes require procedure writing.  There’s a lot of overhead associated with every business procedure you write.  Therefore, the more business procedures you write, the more procedures you have to edit, implement, train, audit, and

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Author: Chris Anderson    Published on: October 19th, 2009
Categories: Business Management & Operations, Process Management, Writing Policies and Procedures

Has Your Process Procedures Project Stalled?

Your process is not living up to expectations, so you’ve decided to implement standard operating procedures (SOP) to improve process consistency, compliance, and effectiveness.  However, that project is stalled: employees are not buying into your proposed changes, and management is growing impatient.

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Author: Chris Anderson    Published on: October 12th, 2009
Categories: Business Process Improvement, Process Management, Writing Policies and Procedures

Are You On a Business Process/Procedure Journey?

Business and organizational development is about business process change: not as in “process change – the event”, but “process change – the journey“.  Your business processes change in response to market forces, competition, regulations, customer demand, the economy, culture, personal beliefs, and many other factors.  The question isn’t about what is causing the business process changes — we know your business processes are going to change — the question is…

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Author: Chris Anderson    Published on: October 5th, 2009
Categories: Business Process Improvement, Procedures & Process Training, Writing Policies and Procedures

Updated ISO 9001 Policies and Procedures Manual Simplifies Compliance with the Standard

Lean approach simplifies the ISO 9001:2008 quality procedures manual and clearly points out the required QMS procedures and records.

St. Louis, MO – June 18, 2009 – Bizmanualz, Inc., a business publications, training, and consulting company based in St. Louis, MO, today announced the release of the updated ISO 9001 Policies and Procedures Manual. The company has greatly improved its product by modeling its policies and procedures on the Deming (“Plan-Do-Check-Act”) Cycle.

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Author: Editor    Published on: June 18th, 2009
Categories: ISO Quality Management, ISO Quality Standards, News and Announcements

The Softer Side of Sales

We have used our recent series of articles to talk about applying the philosophy of the continually improving process philosophy to business operations outside of the factory floor.  Specifically, we have talked about viewing Sales and Marketing as a business process

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Author: Editor    Published on: April 2nd, 2007
Categories: Strategic Process Improvement

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