IOSH Managing Safely – Features and Importance

Construction sites and organizations often witness accidents that lead to huge amount of unforeseen costs that can add to up to the project's budget. You may have to spend for the medical costs of the victim and this will also cause delay in the completion of the project. According to the recent studies, more than 4.1 million workers suffer a serious workplace-related injury or illness every year. These accidents can be avoided by implementing safety consulting measures around the work-site.

GSO-The Standardization Organization of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf

Inspired by the objectives of the charter of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf aiming at achieving coordination, integration and interconnection between them in all areas leading to their unity, and Pursuant to the objectives of the GCC Economic Agreement calling for coordinating and unifying their economic, financial and monetary policies as well as their commercial, industrial and customs regulations in force therein, and Desiring to achieve more coordination and cooperation between them in the standardization areas with a view to unifying their regulations in this resp

Hot Holding of Cooked Food

Cooked foods to be served hot, shall be held at a temperature of at least 60°C.

Abu Dhabi Food Control Authority (ADFCA) launches new food safety apps

Abu Dhabi Food Control Authority (ADFCA) has launched a new smart phone application aimed at helping residents to report the food safety violations along with pictures.

CONTINUAL SERVICE IMPROVEMENT

Continual service improvement, defined in the ITIL continual service improvement volume, aims to align and realign IT services to changing business needs by identifying and implementing improvements to the IT services that support the business processes. It incorporates many of the same concepts articulated in the Deming Cycle of Plan-Do-Check-Act..... The perspective of CSI on improvement is the business perspective of service quality, even though CSI aims to improve process effectiveness, efficiency and cost effectiveness of the IT processes through the whole life cycle.

Temperature Control during Storage and Transportation

Temperature control is an effective way to prevent microbial growth and product deterioration. Temperature abuse during transportation, storage or distribution increases the potential for foodborne illness. Food starts to deteriorate as soon as the crop is harvested or the animal is slaughtered...... The rate of deterioration is related to the growth of spoilage bacteria and mould.Hence, food should be stored under the right environmental conditions (e.g.

SERVICE TRANSITION

Service transition (ST), as described by the ITIL service transition volume relates to the delivery of services required by a business into live/operational use, and often encompasses the "project" side of IT rather than business as usual (BAU). This area also covers topics such as managing changes to the BAU environment.  

SERVICE STRATEGY

The center and origin point of the ITIL Service Life cycle, the ITIL Service Strategy (SS) volume provides guidance on clarification and prioritization of service-provider investments in services. More generally, Service Strategy focuses on helping IT organizations improve and develop over the long term. In both cases, Service Strategy relies largely upon a market-driven approach. Key topics covered include service value definition, business-case development, service assets, and market analysis and service provider types.

SERVICE OPERATION

Service Operation (SO) aims to provide best practice for achieving the delivery of agreed levels of services both to end-users and the customers. Service operation, as described in the ITIL Service Operation volume, is the part of the life cycle where the services and value is actually directly delivered. Also the monitoring of problems and balance between service reliability and cost etc. are considered. The functions include technical management, application management, operations management and service desk as well as, responsibilities for staff engaging in Service Operation.

SERVICE DESIGN

The Service Design (SD) volume provides good-practice guidance on the design of IT services, processes, and other aspects of the service management effort.