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How do I get a job, as a young, newly qualified auditor, when I have no experience, and have never done an audit before?

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The G7 Want More from ISO

The International Standards Organisation (ISO) reports: “In a post-meeting communiqué, G7 leaders called for the use of common standards,...

Green Auditing - How can Auditors Significantly Reduce their Impact on the Environment?

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Green Auditing - How can Auditors Significantly Reduce their Impact on the Environment?

When you consider the tools and opportunities already available within the industry, if makes the idea of challenging the status quo both pr

How have Industry Leading Food Audit Organisations got their teams onboard with Digital Auditing?

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How have Industry Leading Food Audit Organisations got their teams onboard with Digital Auditing?

The technology is here, so how do you get your auditors to embrace change, drop their pens, and pick-up digital tools? The best way to...

To all those Auditors and Assessors out there. You do one of the most valuable jobs in the world.

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To all those Auditors and Assessors out there. You do one of the most valuable jobs in the world.

Every day, you work with producers to make sure that they are conducting best practices. You help ensure that the world’s food is safe....

Remote Audit Success with CCPB in Italy!

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Remote Audit Success with CCPB in Italy!

Due to the coronavirus pandemic, global travel restrictions prohibited CCPB from sending an auditor to Lebanon to conduct an annual audit...

Meet Bob. Bob is the CEO of the 'Crunchy Apple' Cooperative. Bob is worried about his audits.

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Meet Bob. Bob is the CEO of the 'Crunchy Apple' Cooperative. Bob is worried about his audits.

His cooperative has 150 growers that have to meet a range of compliance schemes, including GLOBALG.A.P. Option Two. He needs to be sure...

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How Close Is Remote Auditing?

It looks as if lockdowns are not going away anytime soon, which means that remote audit may become the new normal, sooner than we...

Growers Can't Ignore Expanding Compliance Burden

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Growers Can't Ignore Expanding Compliance Burden

In these difficult economic times, growers can't afford to ignore the expanding compliance burden they carry. The cost burden of...

Helping Small Farms Overcome Compliance Roadblocks

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Helping Small Farms Overcome Compliance Roadblocks

How will small farms comply with increasing food safety and sustainable standards? “Most of the world’s farms are very small. Worldwide...

Join Keith - and other speakers - at the VIRTUAL ‘Future of Auditing Expo’ - online during October.

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Join Keith - and other speakers - at the VIRTUAL ‘Future of Auditing Expo’ - online during October.

Keith will be drawing on a lifetime of experience of digital transformations in different industries, to explore how auditing is being...

Esta Semana Tenemos Tres Acontecimientos Importantes - y Todos en Español

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Esta Semana Tenemos Tres Acontecimientos Importantes - y Todos en Español

Estamos sorprendidos por el creciente interés procedente de los mercados de habla hispana que desean servicios digitales de...

QuantumLeap Professionals have a Worldwide Reach

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QuantumLeap Professionals have a Worldwide Reach

Exciting news from QLBS this week as we launch our new QuantumLeap Professional network; a team of trained professionals who represent...

Your industry is going digital… so, where should you invest your budget? Should you Buy or Build?

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Your industry is going digital… so, where should you invest your budget? Should you Buy or Build?

You know that spreadsheets are not providing the type of insights, visibility, access, and control that you need in the future. You can...

Remote Auditing – a Long Term Solution, Not just a Stop-Gap

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Remote Auditing – a Long Term Solution, Not just a Stop-Gap

Market leaders like GLOBALG.A.P. are ahead of the game and have already invested in remote auditing solutions - both their own and by...

Beware GLOBALG.A.P. November Deadline - Have you used Audit Online yet?

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Beware GLOBALG.A.P. November Deadline - Have you used Audit Online yet?

GLOBALG.A.P are warning certification bodies that, whilst the GLOBALG.A.P. Audit Online is already mandatory for GLOBALG.A.P. remote...

Agritech - A Priority Growth Initiative for New Zealand Exporting

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Agritech - A Priority Growth Initiative for New Zealand Exporting

A significant event was held at Zespri’s HQ in Tauranga to launch the Agritech Industry Transformation Plan which had been developed over...

QLBS: Approved Software Provider for GLOBALG.A.P. Audit Online

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QLBS: Approved Software Provider for GLOBALG.A.P. Audit Online

QLBS are the first audit software approved partner to submit IFA results via the GLOBALG.A.P. API in accordance with new 2020 audit...

Certification Bodies need Remote Auditing

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Certification Bodies need Remote Auditing

One of the most critical issues facing a world in lockdown is keeping the food supply-chain open. Currently retailers and purchasers of...

Fruit Logistica Conference, BERLIN February 2020 - Exciting Updates

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Fruit Logistica Conference, BERLIN February 2020 - Exciting Updates

It’s that time of year again… 3,200 exhibitors from 90 countries, 78,000 trade visitors from 135 countries, and four days of speaking...

Webinar - Using QuantumLeap with GLOBALG.A.P.

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Webinar - Using QuantumLeap with GLOBALG.A.P.

Join us for a brief demonstration of Quantum Leap. CEO of QLBS Keith Phillips will show how easy it is to do audits and provide the...

Auditing; Are audit teams struggling to keep-up with multiple and changing audit schemes?

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Auditing; Are audit teams struggling to keep-up with multiple and changing audit schemes?

Because consumer demand for high quality food products is increasing, many new public and private standards for food safety have been...

Can NZ growers deliver the compliance required by global supermarket chains - into the future?

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Can NZ growers deliver the compliance required by global supermarket chains - into the future?

The reputation and capital value of a retailer or manufacturer can plummet very quickly if a negative story goes viral.

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GLOBALG.A.P.

GLOBALG.A.P. and QLBS have been working together to bring certification bodies an easy-to-use cloud option for conducting GLOBALG.A.P audits