
Posts by Grant St. Clair
3 Ways to Improve Truck Driver Safety During COVID-19
Learn best practices and tips for keeping your truck drivers safe during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
How to Define a SMART Leading Indicator: A 5-Step Plan
Leading indicators are a way to provide line of sight into future performance, as well as indicate how you have performed so far.
Microlearning on the Production Floor
We are constantly bombarded by information from all directions. Microlearning allows a learner to focus on a specific concept in a bite size piece. A person can focus on a topic “just in time” when it is needed.
New Look, Same Mission: Introducing Intertek Alchemy
Intertek Alchemy reveals new logo and new tagline “Powering Your Workforce” to represent the expansion of
company as we increase our power in investing in our people, processes, and our platform.
The Contrast Between Verification and Validation
Verification and Validation assure food safety plans are being followed properly and they are written accurately. Verification and Validation have specific regulatory requirements defined by the USDA, FDA, and GFSI schemes.
Environmental Monitoring – A Critical Component of Food Safety
Effective environmental monitoring programs are imperative to protect your facility. EMPs are designed to detect, eliminate, and exclude pathogens.
Protect Food Against Intentional Adulteration
The Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) enacted 7 rules to make the US food supply chain safer. One of those rulings, known as Mitigation Strategies to Protect Food Against Intentional Adulteration, is aimed at preventing intentional adulteration from acts intended to cause wide-scale harm to public health.
Leverage New Learning Methods in Manufacturing
Finding universal ways to effectively train manufacturing workers is key to maintaining quality and safety on the floor, such as taking advantage of innovations in training, and using a more interactive, learner-centric style of instruction for improved manufacturing training that boosts retention rates among younger generations.
3 Tips for Operational Excellence within Pet Food Manufacturing
Investing in a solid employee training program is one way to cut down on the risks associated with toxic pet food related incidents. By incorporating the right interactive courseware that teaches pertinent topics, and a suite of digital tools that can facilitate successful adult learning methods and training strategies, you can empower your workforce on the production floor and throughout the entire supply chain.
6 Methods of Preventing Food Safety Risks
The new SQF Fundamentals Code outlines 6 common causes of food safety hazards to watch out for and account for in your food safety plan. Learn how to spot if they apply to you, and how to implement a solution before you risk failing an audit, or worse, compromising consumers’ safety.