Future-proofing is the process of anticipating the future and developing methods of minimizing the effects of shocks and stresses of future events.

This concept relates to the current ISO 9001 requirement of identifying risks and opportunities and determining actions to address them. It is also similar to the legacy requirement of preventive action.

When an organization addresses these actions, the core of the QMS is strengthened. This workshop will use a combination of real-life illustrations and do's and don'ts for a quality management system.

Each clause reviewed will include a summary of how you can “strengthen your core.” It will also discuss how future proofing can be used to enhance the organization’s QMS.

This training will bring it back to the basics every quality professional needs to know to have an effective ISO 9001 quality management system and will review tools and methods that can be used to ensure the focus stays on the journey and not the race.

This workshop will focus on providing examples of how to strengthen the core of your quality management system.

– Methods to implement core requirements

– How to improve the methods of conformity currently implemented in your organization.

– How to make your quality management system part of day-to-day business activities without losing the focus needed to maintain conformity

Whether you are just getting started on the ISO journey or need to refresh your skills set, this workshop is for you.

Lorri Hunt, President, Lorri Hunt & Associates, Inc., Kansas City, MO, USA

Lorri Hunt has been implementing and auditing quality management systems to ISO 9001 in diverse organizations for over 25 years. She is an active member of the U. S. Technical Advisory Group to ISO Technical Committee 176 (ISO TC176). She served as an expert from ISO TC176/SC2 to participate on revision of Annex SL, the source document that provides the high-level structure that includes identical text and definitions from the ISO Directives.

She was a co-convener for ISO 9001:2015, TS9002, and The Small and Medium Enterprise Handbook for Implementing ISO 9001:2015. She also served as the International Deputy Task Group Leader for the ISO 9001:2008 amendment and as the convener for ISO 10007 Configuration Management.

As the head of delegation for ISO TC176/SC2 from 2009-2018, she was responsible for overseeing the development of consensus positions for the United States related to ISO 9001 and ISO 9004. She was also a member of US TAG to PC 302 Guidelines for Auditing Management Systems.

Lorri is most often recognized for using her extensive experience in standards development and auditing to assist organizations in implementing ISO 9001 using a common sense approach. She is the president of Lorri Hunt & Associates Inc.

Lorri frequently contributes to quality publications and journals and is a co-author to The ISO 9001:2015 Handbook – A Practical Guide to Implementation. She is a frequent speaker at conferences all over the world and an Exemplar Global certified lead auditor.