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[Simon]

Ensuring the effectiveness of our Food Safety and Quality Management System (FSQMS) is critical to our success and reputation. One key factor in this is the level of support we receive from senior management, and it is often lamented by those responsible for maintaining the FSQMS. Please share your experience regarding how much support you feel is provided for FSQMS within your organization. 

[MDaleDDF]

I'm lucky enough to have 100% ownership support.

[Setanta]

<looks both ways>

 

I have ownership and senior management support, but they are reluctant to allow deviations for individual plants and plans. I have doing SQF since 2008(?) I know we can tailor things to what machines or processes we actually HAVE.

[cookinmaple]

I have full support of management because they have worked in my position previously and understand the requirements. At my interview when they told me this, that's what convinced me to become a part of the team!

[TimG]

I answer directly to the president, and in his absence (which is all the time now as he's semi-retired) his son, the VP. This might be the first place I've been where the upper management culture isn't "how can we make this work even if it shouldn't" but instead it has been questions like "hey I don't feel comfortable with this, what are your thoughts?" I guess that's the benefit of family owned over corporate environment.

[ChristinaK]

At my current place, senior management is more supportive than any other employer I've had thus far. I have many different departments ask me about food safety regulations, SQF, etc. relevant to their job duties, so it's nice to see that everyone knows who to go to already (they've never had a QA Manager before). I report directly to the COO and in her absence, the President.

 

And even though training sessions can be boring, I've had great feedback from staff who received training from me on various topics. :-) So far it feels like everyone is motivated to "do the right thing" so-to-speak.