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Are You Blazing a New Path to ISO/IEC 42001 AI Standard?

If you want your organization to use AI, then you need to think long term and plan strategically.
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Carl L. Drechsel
May 20, 2025

Does your organization need the world's first ISO/IEC 42001 Artificial Intelligence (AI) Management System? In a world now immersed in AI activities, the question could be rephrased as, "Can you afford not to use an AI management system?"


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The Sisyphean Task of Quality 4.0

The fourth industrial revolution, or Industry 4.0, and what to do to get engaged with Quality 4.0, began in 2011.
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Carl L. Drechsel
May 7, 2021

Quality 4.0 integrates the features from Industry 4.0 with traditional quality tools to achieve operational excellence, improved overall performance, and innovation. Quality 4.0 combines people, processes, and technologies to accomplish these goals, along with complete digitalization of quality management systems theory. 


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Reengineering Capital Project “Rework”

The goal of limiting rework to 2% is within reach
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Carl L. Drechsel
June 15, 2018

Almost 30 years ago the Construction Industry Institute (CII) researched the “Costs of Quality Deviations in Design and Construction,” and concluded that, “The average cost of rework on industrial projects exceeds 12%.” Design deviations accounted for about 80% of the increased cost and construction deviations only 20%.


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