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[Swabyroad18]

Hello all, it would be great if you can share ideas/ tips for next month.  I work as a Quality Manager for a food packaging company in Melbourne.  

 

Regards

Thevan Padayachee

[Setanta]

I was unaware of the designation. Who sponsers this?  

[TimG]

I was unaware of the designation. Who sponsers this?  

 

The whole WORLD!! DUH!!

Seriously though, I also have not heard of this. Are there door prizes?

[Setanta]

The whole WORLD!! DUH!!

Seriously though, I also have not heard of this. Are there door prizes?

 

 

HEY I'm part of the WORLD! Geez.

Forget the doors, I want the prizes!!

[mm.stf]

It's organised by the Chartered Quality Institute (CQI) (https://www.quality....ality-week-2025). They promote Quality as a whole, not only focused on food.

 

I'm thinking about promoting something during this week. Someone suggested a 'Quality Trivia' game with the team - mixing production crew with warehouse and office.

Edited by mm.stf, 24 October 2025 - 03:29 AM.

[GMO]

I'm going to have to admit I hate these events.  I think they do nothing to change behaviour and operators often look at the "fun" things we try to do with disdain.

 

Sorry...

[mm.stf]

I'm going to have to admit I hate these events.  I think they do nothing to change behaviour and operators often look at the "fun" things we try to do with disdain.

 

Sorry...

 

To be honest, I don't disagree with you. But given that in 8 years of company, office and warehouse staff have never had a single training about quality, I thought this would be a good start to introduce them to basic concepts. 

Edited by mm.stf, Yesterday, 10:04 PM.

[MDaleDDF]

I'm going to have to admit I hate these events.  I think they do nothing to change behaviour and operators often look at the "fun" things we try to do with disdain.

 

Sorry...

Agreed.  I put more faith into 'talk like a pirate day'.....  We won't be celebrating quality month..    I do a lot of training for quality in the facility, we're covered in this area.   The idea that my staff would enjoy games or puzzles about anything to do with work is silly to me, childish and unprofessional.   

 

Now if I offered to buy them all a couple rounds at the local joint so we could sit down and talk about quality and how to improve it, guarantee I'd have a crowd, and they'd take the convo seriously... and a few cocktails over a professional discussion is more my speed anyway.