Utilizing Evolving Industry Standards to Improve Business Operations

$695.00

This course is designed to help participants evaluate standard requirements from a fresh perspective—understanding why the requirements exist, how they are interconnected, and how to effectively leverage them to build a stronger, more resilient management system. By doing so, organizations can realize greater operational effectiveness and long-term value.

Thursday, October 15, 2026, 8am-5pm CT – Ivy 2 (Moody Gardens Hotel)

This is an In-Person at the Gulf Coast Conference: www.gulfcoastconference.com

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ISO standards establish requirements for accreditation, certification, and self-declaration of conformity. Embedded within these requirements are powerful tools that organizations can use not only to achieve compliance, but also to drive continuous improvement and enhance overall performance. These tools include risk-based thinking, cause analysis and corrective action, internal audits, and management review.

This course is designed to help participants evaluate standard requirements from a fresh perspective—understanding why the requirements exist, how they are interconnected, and how to effectively leverage them to build a stronger, more resilient management system. By doing so, organizations can realize greater operational effectiveness and long-term value.

Rather than serving as an introduction to any single standard or focusing on a specific industry, this course is broadly applicable across sectors. It is ideal for quality managers, technicians, engineers, and other professionals who contribute to organizational performance and are looking to foster a culture of quality.

The content is especially relevant for personnel working in the petroleum industry, calibration and testing laboratories, manufacturing environments, and other technical fields, as well as anyone seeking to deepen their understanding of standard implementation and its practical benefits within business operations.

COST PER PERSON: $695.00

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Presenter

Deanne Emory

Deanne Emory

Deanne is the Instructional Designer for ANAB where she develops and instructs training courses and assists with recruiting and training of our contract Instructors.  With over 30 years of experience in Quality and Quality Management in laboratories, petroleum and manufacturing, Deanne spent 10 years as a Consultant, Independent Internal Auditor and Assessor before coming to ANAB full-time.  She has extensive standards development experience as an active member of ASTM.  She had a three-year term on COTCO (the Committee on Technical Committee Operations) and holds the honorary title of Fellow, having received ASTM’s Award of Merit in 2009.

  • Learn skills in:
    • Risk analysis
    • Internal auditing
    • Corrective action
    • Cause analysis
    • Management review
  • Learn how to add value and a culture of improvement in your organization or laboratory
  • ISO culture of improvement
    • Risk based standards- why the change?
    • Plan, do, check, act
  • Risk Analysis
    • Definitions and common components
    • Tools and resources
    • Identification and evaluation of risks and opportunities
    • Basic process of risk analysis
    • Discussions of industry specific risks (from participants)
  • Internal Auditing
    • Types of audits
    • The power of observation
    • Nonconformance or OFI
    • Measuring effectiveness
  • Cause Analysis
    • The problem statement
    • Common cause analysis techniques
  • Corrective Action
    • It’s not just for nonconforming work
    • Corrective action vs correction
    • Measuring effectiveness
  • Management Review
    • Inputs and outputs
    • Effective implementation
  • Culture of improvement
    • Putting it all together

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