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Best Practices: Automotive Internal Quality Audits Based on IATF 16949: 2016

Free Webinar IATF 16949: 2016 Creation, Implementation, Maintenance and Improvement Tuesday, October 31, 2017 Presenter: Michael Wolfe, IATF 16949: 2016 Auditor and expert, McDaeGroup (Note: Please send any questions related to the IATF: 16949 to info@nimonik.com anytime before October 31, 2017. The expert will answer the questions after the presentation on a first come first … Read more

Build your business case for a centralized comprehensive compliance program

One company, one compliance approach – that is what Nimonik recommends. Too many companies take a siloed and ad-hoc approach to compliance. With growing compliance issues across privacy, trade, cyber-security, environmental, safety and other areas – this whack-a-mole approach is no longer tenable. This webinar discusses how to build a business case for taking a … Read more

Canada, we have a compliance problem

Times of crisis show the true nature of a system. COVID is laying bare our culture of non-compliance and recklessness. Introduction A report released today by the Canadian Armed Forces outlines a culture of wreckless non-compliance that led to many innocent deaths in Ontario aged persons homes. This is a symptom of a broken system … Read more

Challenge 2021: Internal Obligations Management Best Practices

Challenge Resources Download the weekly Challenge Worksheet Fill out the weekly Friday Retrospective Form Standup Session 1 Slides Standup Session 2 Video Standup Session 2 Slides Standup Session 3 Video Standup Session 3 Slides Standup Session 4 Video Standup Session 4 Slides Standup Session 5 Video Standup Session 5 Slides Webinar Challenge Introduction Nimonik is … Read more

Compliance is culture

Compliance is fundamentally a systems problem that sits on top of a culture problem. In this 1986 interview with Richard Feynman, the famed Nobel physicist explains what led to Space Shuttle Challenger disaster. To explain the dysfunction at NASA, he uses the powerful analogy of a child who runs into the street and is reprimanded … Read more

ESG and Compliance: Where do we go from here?

Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) issues are growing in importance for nearly all businesses. ESG is a hot topic these days, but how does compliance to regulations, standards and EHS requirements fit into the ESG puzzle? Agenda This webinar will discussed how growing ESG requirements will impact the need for better compliance programs, data gathering … Read more

Free Checklists for ISO 9001:2015 and IATF 16949:2016

Nimonik works with a number of automotive companies and their suppliers. One of the recurring challenges we hear about is ensuring quality control across operations and across OEMs who are clients of the parts companies. To assist, we prepared two helpful checklists for the automotive industry; IATF 16949: 2016 and the ISO 9001: 2015. The … Read more

IATF 16949: 2016 FAQ & Free Checklist for Quality Auditing

IATF 16949: 2016 FAQ & Free Checklist The automotive industry is driving forward with new changes to international quality compliance standards. IATF 16949: 2016 is replacing ISO/TS 16949: 2009 and automotive companies are moving towards compliance to the new standard. Nimonik works with many companies throughout the automotive industry, both OEM and suppliers. We have … Read more

Introducing Document Extracts

Nimonik strives to help organizations quickly understand their obligations in regulations, acts, codes, standards and internal documents. We do this by adding valuable meta-data such as environmental, safety, HR, privacy or other topics to documents. We also associate documents to specific industries and pieces of physical equipment. Nimonik is happy to announce a new feature … Read more

ISO 45001- The Standard Replacing OHSAS 18001

With nearly 70 countries involved in its development, ISO 45001 will replace OHSAS 18001, the existing management system standard for Occupational Health & Safety (OH&S). Still in its approval stage, the ISO 45001 should come to force by March 2018. The standard would be relevant to all organizations whether large or small with low or … Read more

Overview of the Ontario Emissions Performance Standards (EPS)

The Ontario Emissions Performance Standards (EPS), a program applies new obligations and greenhouse gas performance standards for Ontario industry starting on January 1, 2022. Here we summarized the important content regarding the participation of the EPS program, GHG emission limits and reporting.

Resilience: An Outcome of Comprehensive Compliance

In our previous blog post (Obstacles to Comprehensive Compliance) we explored a strategy of improved comprehensiveness to achieve better compliance and more specifically better coverage. While improved coverage is an important outcome it is not the only one or the most critical. Comprehensive compliance must also contribute to an organization’s resiliency — the ability to … Read more

The Link Between Risk Management, Critical Controls and Auditing

Once companies have covered off base line regulatory compliance, they must embark on a journey to reach operational excellence. Leading companies utilize their risk management business process to identify their biggest risks and associated critical controls, and then implement various assurance processes such as audits and assessments to assure the efficacy of these controls. In … Read more

Three Simultaneities–An Essential Environment Protection Stipulation in China

Register for Free Webinar–Chinese EHS Trends What is Three Simultaneities Three Simultaneities–part of the Environmental Protection Law–requires all enterprises and institutions to design, construct and put to use the pollution prevention and control installations simultaneously with the main body of every new, renewed or extended construction/development projects. The concept of ‘Three Simultaneities’ for construction projects … Read more

Top 5 Reasons ESG Compliance Programs are Important to Shareholder Value

Ways ESG Compliance Programs Create Value ESG compliance programs are becoming an integral component of a holistic approach to compliance, transparency, and accountability. Are you ready? A recent report by the consulting firm McKinsey analyzes the results of their 2019 Global Survey on Sustainability. The report outlines increasingly positive perceptions around environmental, social, and governance (ESG) programs … Read more