MandOS: News

Quality
"Fit wye a thingie's fit fir fit it's supposed tae fit"
(The way in which something is suitable for what it is intended to fit)

Competency
"Fit ye're fit for"
(What you are capable of)

Resources
"Handy things tae hae handy"
(Convenient or useful things to have at hand)

- see Peter Fraser's personal pages for more.

WORLD QUALITY DAY 2011
10th November 2011
Question Time (6pm-9pm)in Aberdeen College - "In Pursuit of Excellence".

OFFSHORE EUROPE 2011
September, 2011
Thanks to all of you who visited our stand at another successful Offshore Europe oil show.

FIT LIKE, CHINA?
August 2011
Another software sale from the North East of Scotland to China.

I SO DESPAIR
August 2011
Letter to the Editor of Quality World: I SO Despair about claims for ISO9001

FORWARD LOOK SURVEY
July 2011
Ian Leaver of independent analyst Forward Look explains "user-centric process management" software.

ALL ENERGY 2011
May 2011
See us on the DMC Technology stand [AB16 in the Aberdeen City and Shire Pavilion]

PROMANADE v4.1 released
October 2010
Some significant enhancements to our leading software package - see Main Changes

Deja vu?
July-September 2010
Just out: the most recent edition (September 2010) of our FLOWCHAT newsletter.

As mentioned in the newsletter, Peter Fraser of MandOS is a member of the working group set up by the Chartered Quality Institute (CQI) to advise on the future of the ISO9000 series of standards.

See what we said as far back as 2001 about the weaknesses in some of the concepts and how they have been explained in the standards.

2010 Press Articles etc
These items appeared in the press or media during 2010:

"Systems & Processes - a letter to the editor of Quality World". See Dear Helen

"What is wrong with quality standards?" See Quality Standards

"Who is looking after your Corporate Health and Safety?" See Corporate Health and Safety

And if you need to justify why you will benefit from mapping your processes, see a Business Case for Process Mapping.

What does RACI Mean?
May 2009
We prepared the attached paper to explain to a Norwegian oil and gas operator how we use "Accountable" at the process rather than task level - and why it makes sense!

See Explanation of Our Approach to RACI.

July 2008
Peter Fraser of MandOS contributed 4 modules to the newly revised Body of Quality Knowledge of the Chartered Quality Institute.
Read the originals

Now available...
"Dee the Business" - a tongue in cheek explanation of business concepts and IT terms.

"... the IT error message haikus alone make the book worth reading." (Scottish Business Insider magazine)
Read excerpts / Hae a lookie!

...and "FLOWCHAT" - the first edition of our occasional newsletter.
Download Flowchat