Keith Phillips2 minPlanting Trees for a Greener FutureGreen initiatives from QLBS. Here at QLBS, we have a global reach, and we care about every part of our planet...
Keith Phillips1 minISO27001 Certified for Data SecurityIn this world of increased cybercrime, many clients are increasingly concerned about the safety and privacy of their data. Here at QLBS,...
Keith Phillips4 minQuantumLeap Remote Audit - How Does it Work? In today’s world of covid, isolation, vaccine passes, and reduced carbon footprints, carrying out remote audits when you can’t be onsite...
Keith Phillips2 minIt's the Biggest Shift in Reporting since Accounting was invented!Climate change, pandemics, and the natural/green-age revolution, have forced a dramatic change in reporting requirements. Throughout the...
Keith Phillips2 minThe Power to be Your BestWhen I was at Apple*, we had significant debates about what we were, and where our focus was. At that time, in the 1980s, we were minions...
Keith Phillips2 minDon’t just Blah! Blah! Blah! Make it happen! The world has gathering in Glasgow, and everyone is making promises to reduce carbon emissions. Over the last 26 years much has been...
Keith Phillips1 minWhen you Look Around your Office, How Much Paper do you See? I just read an interesting article in Exemplar Global’s The Auditor Online publication. Roger Woehl, CEO of Safety Chain Software, wrote...
Keith Phillips3 minWe thought that NOW would be the perfect time to undertake a European Research Tour.Whilst Australia and New Zealand are in lockdown, and the rest of the world bounces between opening-up and closing down, our QLBS CEO,...
Keith Phillips3 minRemote Auditing is Building in Popularity across AsiaA new report, published by the New Zealand-China Food Protection Network, has revealed the results of a recent study into the use of...
Keith Phillips1 minRegulations Growing Wild in EuropeOn my current European trip, I have had one particularly interesting discussion with Giannis Griogorios, the owner/operator of a...
Keith Phillips1 minExemplar Global Launches Online Audit Simulator; How do you compare to other professional auditors? The launch of Exemplar Global's much-awaited Audit Simulator was launched for free use, this Monday. The Audit Simulator is offering...
Keith Phillips1 minJudging the 2021 International Best Practice CompetitionKeith Phillips, President and CEO of QLBS was invited to Judge the 2021 International Best Practice Awards which were hosted by the New...
Keith Phillips3 minWhy did New Zealand Farmers Drive their Tractors into the Cities? In a land where produce prices are good, and there is no covid, the most extraordinary thing has happened. New Zealand farmers, in their...
Keith Phillips3 minGet Free Auditing ExperienceHow do I get a job, as a young, newly qualified auditor, when I have no experience, and have never done an audit before?
Keith Phillips2 minThe G7 Want More from ISOThe International Standards Organisation (ISO) reports: “In a post-meeting communiqué, G7 leaders called for the use of common standards,...
Keith Phillips3 minGreen 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
Keith Phillips2 minHow 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...
Keith Phillips1 minTo 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....
Keith Phillips1 minRemote 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...
Keith Phillips6 minMeet 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...
Keith Phillips5 minHow 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...
Keith Phillips1 minGrowers 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...
Keith Phillips3 minHelping Small Farms Overcome Compliance RoadblocksHow will small farms comply with increasing food safety and sustainable standards? “Most of the world’s farms are very small. Worldwide...
Keith Phillips1 minJoin 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...