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25/11/2022

There is a new post about Black Friday for Quality Managers on our new page Vlitix: check it out!

11/11/2022

We're excited to show you our new identity!

Please follow us to our new Vlitix page: www.facebook.com/vlitix to keep updated.

09/11/2022

A FREE add-on to one of our programs... to do the right thing!

I just received the first phone call ☎️ that my envelope with our big news inside arrived. Congratulations and compliments well accepted 🙏🏻, thank you very much.

In the run-up to this Global Quality week, we also had a close look 🔎 at how we help our customers.

And after we added an extra service to our Supplier Verification Program (SVP) last year, we found something in our Call-an-Expert+ program (CaE+) we must further improve. 💪🏻

We listened to you and reflecting on that, we recognized ourselves: sometimes you write something down to ask next time you talk to your coach. A small, not urgent thing you don't want to bother your coach with to have an immediate answer. And within our CaE+, these notes could get lost 😩.

That's why we add, without an additional cost, a monthly video-call with us within CaE+: a fixed monthly moment in your calendar 📅 to have an online meeting with us.

The unlimited support and the days we work together remain, but this addition must give you the possibility to go through your notes with us, to make sure nothing gets lost.

Not familiar with our programs CaE, CaE+, SVP and QTIP? Comment INTERESTED and I'll get in contact with you to discuss what we can do to help you.

Have a good Global Quality Week and stay tuned 🔔 for more news!

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07/11/2022

To all quality professionals out there: Have a Great Global Quality Week! 🎉

The theme this year is: "Quality Conscience – Doing the Right Thing"

Reflect on how you operate, are you doing the right things? 🤔

We made that exercise and saw we could improve: it was not an easy exercise to do, as we were consciously looking for our weak spots 🫣.

We use this Global Quality Week to kick of some actions, reflecting the outcome of our exercise.

Last Saturday, I brought about 200 personalized envelopes ✉️ to the post office and they will be sent to people in 17 different countries. I truly hope that a lot of them will grab the opportunity I'm offering them for free. When you're in Australia, it might take a bit longer to receive it 🤣.

On Thursday 10 November, Global Quality Day, I will share the above with all of you on my feed (with the same opportunity).

Follow me 🔔 to be notified on further news this week: we have something to celebrate 🎁

04/11/2022

Almost ready to go out… to about 200 people worldwide 🌎.

They will receive the big news next week, during the Global Quality Week.

When you are not one of those 200, you will have to wait until the end of next week when I will share the big news here as well 😉.

Or you can hope that someone will post what’s inside this envelope with 😄.

25/10/2022

A generic quality policy won’t give you the handles you need! 🤷🏼‍♂️

And it won’t help you positioning quality as a contributor to the purpose of the company.🤔

It is essential to link 🔗 the quality policy to the vision and mission of the organization.

When doing this, you make clear HOW quality will contribute to the long-term mission and vision of the company.

And as every company mission and vision will be unique, so must be your quality policy. 💡

From the policy, you define the processes needed to make it happen. And the performance of these processes can be measured in process indicators.

These process indicators show how well quality is contributing 📊 to the mission and vision of the company. And the most important process indicators can be defined as Key Performance Indicators.

These data can be used to demonstrate the added financial value of quality to the business.💰

Both as a quality manager and a CEO/General Manager, having a clear knowledge on how quality is contributing to the business is a necessity.

QTIP is our online coaching program that will guide you in every step of this process and in which you will get personal feedback on every step you take: results guaranteed! 🏆

Comment QTIP 👇🏻or send me a DM ☝🏻to show me your interest in our online coaching program: we will then discuss if you qualify to participate in this coaching program.

24/10/2022

You can’t drive on an empty tank 🤷🏼‍♂️.

That’s what I experienced myself last weekend: not a drop of energy left. 😓

So, I did absolutely nothing on Saturday and Sunday

to make sure I have sufficient fuel for this week.

But something big is coming up,

and I find it worth giving all I have to it. 💪🏻

That’s also the reason I was not able to add much value through this channel lately.

Give me a couple of more weeks

before I will reveal what is now

My own little-big secret.🤫

In the meantime, I will pick up

adding value around quality management.

Stay tuned!

12/09/2022

Woohoo, I’m a student👨🏻‍🎓!

Last Saturday, my hobby baking 👨🏼‍🍳classes started again: the soft kind of breads like brioche and raisinbread this time.

It’s not the first baking class I’m attending… I guess it’s number 5 already.

And I don’t want to brag, but I think I’m not a bad pâtissier: the picture is a dessert I made last Easter.

So, the teacher asked me why I still came to the classes if I was already that experienced 🤷🏼‍♂️?

Because I never want to stop learning the tips and tricks from professionals who have been or are doing this day in day out.

It adds on to my level of expertise.

The brioche bread 🍞 I made was not good, but I was coached on what I did wrong, and I won’t make that mistake again.

It’s the same with staying relevant as a quality manager.

You need to keep learning new skills.

And I’ve heard the excuse about 20 times already in the last couple of months: Bart, due the current economic circumstances I won’t get any money for training 😭.

But do you know how to translate what you’re doing into a financial benefit for the company?

If not, it may not surprise you that you don’t get the money 💰to follow a training.

I developed an online training program that will guarantee you add financial value to the business, including the calculation of the return on investment of corrective actions you’re proposing.

I will keep coaching you until you can demonstrate your added financial value to the business. Include this in your request to follow this online coaching program.

As I want to keep my guarantee promise, I only want to coach people who are truly committed and want to put the work in it!

Comment with QTIP and I’ll send you a DM on how we move forward.

07/09/2022

Yesterday Bart had an interesting discussion AGAIN about why quality is often seen as a cost, but also about why quality is not always seen as a priority?

He wants you to be part and participate in this discussion and he invites you to his club on Clubhouse 👋, where a room is set up to discuss.

Click the link 👇🏻 to put the event in your 🗓!

Thursday, September 15 at 6:00pm CEST with Bart Bosch. Quality is often considered as a cost 💰. On the other hand, quality managers often don’t feel appreciated and quality not seen as a priority 🔝. Let’s discuss how this can be solved.

25/07/2022

There I was… at the ER last Friday evening 🤕

Why they gave me a red bracelet (urgent help needed)? I don’t have a clue 🤷🏼‍♂️!

It was not something life threatening: I had a terrible pain in my back and couldn’t move anymore.

4 (four) hours later, that’s how urgent it was, I was back home after a shot with a painkiller, something to relax my muscles and a list of prescriptions.

Could it have been avoided?

Probably: I already had some pain in my back for about 2 weeks, but I kept on going. And at a certain moment my body decided: “OK, that’s it: I’ve had it 😖”.

I could have consulted a doctor or a physiotherapist days ago, but I didn’t.

The same goes with quality issues: you see them popping up every now and then, you solve them, and you keep going. 🧯the firefighting syndrome.

You don’t take the time to deep dive into the issues, do some proper root cause analysis and… voilà: there is your big quality issue, in worst case a recall.

Don’t postpone reaching out to an expert to help you out: there are plenty of resources/consultants available, although I would prefer you talk to me first of course 😉.

I’m not sure I’m the best person to help you, but then I can certainly guide you into the right direction or point you to the person who can help you.

My DMs are open: it’s better to prevent the fire from happening than firefighting a whole building that’s on fire.

17/06/2022

The Mastermind with my Bestiepreneurs was cancelled this morning, which brings me back to my "garden office".

It gives me time to work on an online coaching program on how quality can add (financial 💰)value to the organisation! If you're interested, drop me a DM and I'll tell you more.

Why I'm doing this? 🤷🏼‍♂️

I receive a lot of messages from concerned quality managers who see that due to the inflation and margins under pressure, quality is coming under pressure as well

And that might be one of the worst things to do: it will increase rework and landfill costs now and you will pay again with customer complaints and losing business.

👉🏻 have a look at your quality data
👉🏻 define the right corrective actions (with a good ROI)
👉🏻 prevent recurring issues

Quality is not a cost! 💡

15/06/2022

Did you know that the solution to make quality a priority again and to have quality an added (financial) value to the business is the same? 🤔

Send me a DM and I’ll see if I can help you!