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  How to Optimize New & Existing Quality Initiatives As a quality professional, you're responsible for meeting the needs of a sea of internal and external stakeholders while managing the cost, quality, and timely delivery of supplier products. With so many moving parts, your job can get complicated. But it doesn't have to be. By taking a proactive approach to supplier quality management, you can build a strategic plan that effec... Read more

How to Start Building Stakeholder Trust & Communication One of the most basic challenges you face as a quality professional is the sheer number of stakeholders you have to manage. From top management to suppliers to team members, you have a lot of people to answer to, which can feel confusing even at the best of times. That's why you need a stakeholder management strategy. Done right, a stakeholder management strategy can reduce stress an... Read more

A Balanced Approach to Improving Supplier Quality Programs The success of your business depends to one degree or another on your suppliers, so it's in your best interest to find the most effective way to develop these relationships. If your job involves supplier development, chances are you're already familiar with reactive and strategic styles — as well as the notion that you should strive for the latter option. That may be easier said than d... Read more

Like many executives, RizePoint CEO Frank Maylett wanted to engrain community service into his company’s mission and culture. Giving back to the community was something Maylett believed in personally, and he was committed to making service part of RizePoint’s core. “Every quarter, we’d take a full day to do service. We’d choose different charities and spend a full day as a company doing things like working at the food bank, United Wa... Read more

Helping to Empower Children for the Future   Butler Elementary student Savanna Moursal wants to learn how to hack into a computer if she should ever be locked out. So the fifth-grader decided to apply for a RizePoint STEM scholarship to attend the camp Girls Go Digital to learn more about coding. “I applied because coding is fun to learn and I hope to learn more about software at the camp,” Savanna said. “I’ve learned to co... Read more

Giving Back to the Community COTTONWOOD HEIGHTS — RizePoint, a management software firm based in Cottonwood Heights, awarded scholarships to 20 Canyons School District students for stem summer camps. The recipients — nine girls and 11 boys — are in fifth through 10th grades. The awards cover the cost of summer camps in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math, with camps focusing on fields such as robotics or marine scien... Read more