Artificial Intelligence (IA) in the Food Supply Chain Current and Future Potential
From robotic planting and harvesting systems through self-driving trucks, inspection systems, traceability, robotic pick and place loading systems, robotic grading systems, food processing systems, pick and place, inventory control and other areas, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is planning major changes that will impact the food supply chain in ways we can only imagine.If you think artificial intelligence on..
OSHA Materials Handling – The Safe Way
Many organizations have to handle and move heavy or bulky materials. Depending on their size and weight, the means available to handle them varies. Handling such materials involves risk of injury to workers. For that reason, OSHA regulates the way materials are handled in the workplace.Become familiar with safety regulations on powered industrial trucksUse OSHA standards to improve working conditionsIdentif..
Complaint Handling and Adverse Event Reporting, CAPA, Recalls, and Product Life Cycle Management
Complaint handling is essentially the beginning of the process if not one crucial aspect of the process of collecting data concerning the product that is in the marketplace. It is your first “tip-off” that something might not be going as intended. Complaints are ignored at your peril and ignoring them results in a significant risk to the organization and to the patients that use your products.Complaint hand..
How to Assess Risks and Evaluate Controls
Every organization is set up to accomplish its primary business objective. Whether it is a “for-profit” organization or a “not-for-profit” organization, there is always a primary business objective. And whenever there is an objective, there is always the risk that the objective will not be achieved. Management has the responsibility to assess risks and establish controls to ensure that business objecti..
Mastering the Export Administration Regulations
Participants will learn the basics of the Export Administration Regulations, the mechanics of export classification and apply the rules to their products. They will understand that there is more to exporting than just shipping a freight container across a border into another country. The webinar will explain what an export is and what procedures must be implemented and followed in order for their compa..
The Unthinkable: Violence in Healthcare from Bullying to an Active Shooter
The healthcare environment creates a major challenge in the prevention and intervention of violence. The rate of injuries and illness from violence in the healthcare industry is more than three times greater than violence in all private industry. Healthcare organizations include hospitals, outpatient clinics, medical office clinics, home health care, home-based hospice, paramedic, and emergency medical serv..
Conditions and Covenants: The Banker’s Guardrails that Keep Borrowers on the Road to Repayment
Conditions and covenants protect the bank’s repayment sources. For example, typical conditions include adequate and sufficient insurance coverages to protect the borrower’s earning assets, borrower certification that its taxes are current, assets are in good working order, etc. Covenants often require minimum working capital and prohibit excessive leverage.How many covenants are too many? The course offers ..
How to Implement an Effective Human Error Investigation Program
Human error is known to be the primary cause of quality and production losses in many industries. Although it is unlikely that human error will ever be eliminated, many human performance problems can be prevented. Human errors start at the design stage. From procedures, training, and workplace environment many variables that affect human behavior CAN be manipulated reducing the likelihood of these occurrenc..
Sales in the Era of Artificial Intelligence
There's no doubt that the sales world is undergoing change. Artificial intelligence and machine learning are already in place in today's leading organizations. And it's no doubt that every boardroom (and maybe many watercooler chats at other levels) is talking about how to use technology effectively to sell more.This means changes for sales personnel and sales teams. The old ways of selling are going to be ..
Understanding Human Error in Manufacturing: Methodology for Investigations
Human error is known to be the primary cause of quality and production losses in many industries. Although it is unlikely that human error will ever be eliminated, many human performance problems can be prevented. Human errors start at the design stage. From procedures, training, and workplace environment many variables that affect human behavior CAN be controlled reducing the likelihood of these occurrence..
Best Practices in Hiring - This would include Sourcing, Screening, Selection and Onboarding
This webinar will highlight several best practices in the hiring lifecycle from finding great candidates to converting the best of them into new members of your team and getting them up to speed as quickly as possible.It will include proven approaches in the following areasWhere to find candidates, both through paid and free sources, how to screen candidatesHow to screen candidates, through their resumes, L..
CAMELS, CCAR and CLA
US bank regulators have continued to enhance their oversight of the major areas of risks to banks. The major risk evaluation and rating programs that have been introduced are CAMELS, CCAR and CLAR. This presentation provides for a thorough review and understanding of these programs.CAMELS is one of the most significant evaluation methodologies for banks employed by US regulators, namely the Federal Reserve ..
How to Navigate the Social Dynamics of Your Organization
Social dynamics take into consideration the whole person: culture, life experience, emotion, personality, objectives, and power. We will delve into each area and discover the “why” and “what” of how people behave the way they do. Understanding is just the first step.Then we will explore how to read, relate and influence different types of people and what principles are necessary for a successful relationshi..
How to Use Foreign Trade Zones and Bonded Warehouses in the U.S.
The use of Foreign Trade Zones and Bonded warehouses for FDA regulated products create different opportunities and different obligations. Firms need to understand the requirements of each to use them to their advantage. The imported products will have different regulatory requirements depending on the option chosen. In some cases, the FDA does not give you an option and the outcome is expensive. Firms also ..
Information Cyber Security Planning for Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) Framework - Organization and Responsibilities
Information Cyber Security Planning for Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) is essential in this world of new technologies, cyber events, natural an manmade disasters. GRC refers to a company's coordinated strategy for managing the broad issues of corporate governance, enterprise risk management (ERM) and corporate compliance with regard to regulatory requirementsEnterprise IT Governance, Risk, Compliance..