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Save Time Writing Procedures, Writing Policies and Procedures

What are Microsoft Word Templates?

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Microsoft Word Templates can be frustrating. Did you ever try making a procedure template for your procedures manual using Microsoft Word? Word templates that use the outlining and style features to set the formatting can act really peculiar, sometimes changing the formatting that you set up. When this occurs over and over — and over — again, it can be very frustrating. Why is this happening? Continue reading What are Microsoft Word Templates? →

Better Project Management

What Project Management Documents Do You Use?

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Project Management consists of managing your project plan, achieving your project objectives, and delivering the intended project results to your users, customers and management. As a Project Manager, doing this effectively requires a disciplined project management approach using key project management documents, methods, and tools to guide your progress. What documents do you use for project management?

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Improve Company Governance

What are the Reasons and Outcomes of a DOT Compliance Review?

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Passing the New Entrant Safety Audit isn’t the end of the road for your business; if there are any breaches, a Department of Transportation (DOT) compliance review is required. What are the reasons and outcomes of a DOT compliance review? Continue reading What are the Reasons and Outcomes of a DOT Compliance Review? →

Write Better Policies, Write Better Procedures

What is Revision in the Policy Process?

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What advice do we have to give about writing procedures? Most importantly – employ revision in the policy process. The policy writing process considers activities that successful writers engage in while producing a piece of writing, and it applies whether one is writing an essay, a business letter, or a procedure. These writing activities are typically divided into three steps or phases — Planning, Drafting, and Revising. What is revision in the policy process?

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Obtain ISO Certification

How Do You Create ISO 9001 Quality Management Systems?

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Getting ISO 9001:2015 Certification of your Quality Management Systems (QMS) that fulfills the requirements of the ISO Standard can seem like a daunting task, but the ISO 9001 certification process doesn’t have to be.  Creating an ISO 9001 quality plan should be done like all projects.  Priorities need to be established, responsibilities determined, and milestones set.  But what priorities? How do you create ISO 9001 quality management systems? Continue reading How Do You Create ISO 9001 Quality Management Systems? →

Save Time Writing Procedures, Writing Policies and Procedures

How Do You Write Policies and Procedures?

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Any old policy and procedure format saves time by not having to start from scratch, right? Well, not necessarily. Using a weak starting point can hurt employee usability, introduce confusion and user-error, and may not assist in your compliance and control objectives. The result could set your procedures project back further and cost you even more time to fix it later. So, why else should you write policies and procedures? Continue reading How Do You Write Policies and Procedures? →