SQA appoints new President/CEO, Michael Guymon: “SQA’s New Face of Quality”
Los Angeles, CA, October 18, 2022 – Today, SQA Services, Inc. announced Michael Guymon has been appointed as the new SQA President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Guymon succeeds Mike McKay, who was appointed Co-Chairman after serving as President and CEO for the past 27 years. “I feel privileged to take on the role of […]
SQA Regulatory Surveillance Summary 6 | Monthly Update 2021
By Laurel Hacche & Debra Cortner SQA Associates SQA Regulatory Surveillance Summary #6, 2021 Agência Nacional de Vigilância Sanitária (ANVISA) Brazil’s New UDI Requirements for Medical Devices: Compliance Implications for Manufacturers, 02 August 2021 ANVISA has rolled out its proposed framework for Unique Device Identification (UDI) requirements. According to ANVISA Public Consultation 1051/2021, the regulator […]
SQA Regulatory Surveillance Summary 5 | Monthly Update 2021
By Laurel Hacche, Debra Cortner, & Dondi Pulse-Earle SQA Associates SQA Regulatory Surveillance Summary #5, 2021 International Organization for Standardization (ISO) Extra Guidance on Food Safety: A New Handbook to Accompany ISO 22000 Has Just Been Published, 09 March 2021 Keeping food safe involves the combined effort of every single player in the food production […]
North America Outlook Magazine
SQA was featured in Issue 1 of the North America Outlook Magazine, a digital and print publication that reaches an audience of more than 220,000 people across the region. For more information, click the link below.
SQA News | Summer 2020
Wins & Challenges In SQA’s 25 years, we’ve never seen the changes and challenges like those we’ve been through since the last newsletter. Like most businesses, we’ve had our share of struggles and wins, but to stay on the right side of the equation, we’ve had to pivot in several key areas along the way. […]
Quality Sustains: the Golden Gate Bridge Turns 79!
Today is the 79th birthday of the Golden Gate Bridge, one of San Francisco, California’s most iconic structures. Continuous improvement is a never ending pursuit. With more than 83,000 tons of exposed steel, keeping the Golden Gate Bridge safe and corrosion free is challenging. Over 200 full time iron workers and painters, often toiling in […]
PDA SoCal Symposium Recap
We had a great time at the PDA SoCal Data Integrity and Security Symposium last Thursday, April 28th! About 80 participants from all over Los Angeles, Orange, and San Diego counties gathered at the Hilton Irvine/Orange County Airport in Irvine, California to learn more about how data integrity can have an effect on business models, products, […]
SQA Sponsoring PDA Data Integrity and Security Symposium
Have you ever wondered what impact network security gaps can have on your data? Which auditing requirements for Data Integrity should your team be sure to implement? Does moving to a Cloud-based system compromise the state of your organization’s compliance? Find out the answers to your Data Integrity questions at the PDA Southern California Data […]
Team SQA Tours the Port of Long Beach
On January 22, the SQA team was invited to tour the Port of Long Beach, one of the nation’s largest shipping and receiving facilities. We had a great time joining ISM-LA on this educational behind-the-scenes trip through the port. Here are some interesting facts we uncovered while cruising through the terminals: The Port of Long […]
Steps to Improve Supplier Quality
To uphold the strongest business model possible, companies can implement the Japanese idea of Kaizen, or, the principle of continuous improvement across all areas of a company. But businesses often choose to focus resources on certain areas. In turn, some areas of the business model may be inadvertently neglected. For instance, have you recently examined […]