About APLOMET

MISSION

We help organizations increase performance through consulting and education in quality management technologies.

PHILOSOPHY

Organizations shape their future through continual learning and action. Leaders ensure congruence of words, behaviors and systems, and demonstrate high ethical standards.

OUR CLIENTS

We’ve consulted to Fortune 500 companies, family-owned businesses, nonprofit organizations, and start-ups in the manufacturing, healthcare, education, government and service sectors in the US. Canada, Mexico, Caribbean, Europe and Asia.  We’ve also delivered public workshops in partnership with many educational and professional training organizations.

 

 

 

 

Musings: My Blog

RCA/CA Maturity

If you didn't happen to see my post on LinkedIn where I submitted a maturity matrix for evaluating the Root Cause Analysis & Corrective Action process you can get it here on my website. I've also added more videos to my YouTube channel, which can make for good...

Podcast on RCA

I was recently interviewed by Jon Taber who hosts a bi-weekly podcast on auditing.  Brief but good discussion of root cause analysis. https://podcasts.apple.com/be/podcast/episode-34-root-cause-analysis-duke-okes/id1590407172?i=1000577361463

More RCA Videos

I always enjoy seeing how others approach root cause analysis.  Here are links to a couple of videos that are pretty good. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D77iE0kSkLc   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zk7Hg4w1Jsg

Long time, no see!

Yes, it's been several months since I've posted, although that doesn't mean I've not been musing.  Just too many things on the plate. However, here's a short collection of thoughts. Webinars: 1) One of the most frustrating things I've experienced in the past couple of...

Technology and Auditing

The use of Zoom, etc. for auditing has certainly taken hold, albeit driven primarily by COVID rather than a desire to improve the audit process. There are several other areas where technology can help, including Analytics, Process Mining, and Text Mining. I've already...

Some Wisdom Here

Whether it's investing or self-development, this interview of Chamath Palihapitiya by Barry Rithholtz is worthwhile.  You can listen or read here.

Good Article on Risk Management

Over the past couple of years I've spoken several times on problems with many risk assessments, and also published an article on it (see here). I recently ran into an article from 2005 that discusses similar issues, but especially points out problems with...

Should They be in Quality Profession

It's amazing how I still see/hear complaints about risk-based thinking (RBT) being included in ISO 9001.  It always makes me wonder whether or not the individual should even be allowed to call themselves a quality professional. Consider that one of the earliest things...

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