How does this Mastery Module Quality and Food Safety Management System work?

  • This is one of the Mastery Modules that you can follow via the Compliance Accelerator Program.

    Required Level: Senior QA-Professional / QA-Manager

  • WHAT topics will we cover during this Mastery Module:

    - Learn WHAT the Typical Pains are of a Quality and Food Safety Management System

    - Learn HOW to Identify the Pains of Your organisation

    - Learn WHAT the Requirements are of a good functional Quality and Food Safety Management System

    - Learn WHICH Requirements are of Importance for Your organization

    - Learn WHAT the Building Blocks are of a good functional Quality and Food Safety Management System

    - Learn HOW to Build Your Functional Quality and Food Safety Management System

    - Learn WHO your Stakeholders are

    - Learn HOW to Influence your Stakeholders

    - Learn HOW to Create Your Project Plan to Implement Your functional Quality and Food Safety Management System.

    - Implement everything you learned within 4 weeks!

    - You keep access to this Mastery Module for 1 year! This way you have enough time to implement what is needed

  • This is an ON DEMAND Mastery Module. You can decide WHEN you would like to follow a lesson. WHICH lesson you would like to follow. HOW often you would like to follow the module. Just go to the Search option and type a name for a specific part of the mastery module you would like to follow.

  • Sometimes you don't have the time finalize the training that you are following. You can pause the training and come back when you have the time to continue. At your Dashboard you have an overview of all the training modules that are available for you. In every tile you can see how far you are with the module.

  • After following the training 100% you can download your certificate as a proof of learning. We do not use exams in the Mastery Modules.

  • It is always possible repeat or review a lesson you have completed in the past.

  • Subtitles for Video's are available in the following languages: English, Spanish, French, German, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Hindi, Chinese, Russian, Arabic, Korean and Japanese.

    Downloads are available in the following languages: English, Spanish and Dutch.

What You Get in this Mastery Module

Exactly the boost you need HOW to get to the next level!

    1. 1. Welcome and Typical Pains - Duration video ± 1 minutes

    2. 2. Why are so many quality and food safety management systems not working properly? - Duration video ± 2 minutes

    3. 2a. DOWNLOAD: Overview problems of a not properly functioning Quality and Food Safety Management System

    4. 2b. Explanation video Overview problems of a not properly functioning Quality and Food Safety Management System - Duration video ± 2 minutes

    5. 3. What are the requirements for you? - Duration video ± 10 minutes

    6. 3a. DOWNLOAD: checklist Overview requirements for a quality and food safety management system

    7. 4. What are the Building blocks of a high-performance Quality and Food Safety Management System - Duration video ± 20 minutes

    8. 4a. DOWNLOAD: documents Building Blocks of a high-performance Quality and Food Safety Management System

    9. 5. Stakeholder management done the right way - Duration video ± 15 minutes

    10. 5a. Explanation video Checklist Stakeholder Management - Duration video ± 3 minutes

    11. 5b. DOWNLOAD: checklist Stakeholder management

    12. 6. How to get everyone moving towards an effective quality and food safety management system - Duration video ± 10 minutes

    13. 6a. DOWNLOAD: Project Plan template for upgrading your quality and food safety management system

    14. 7. How to use and create your time line to upgrade your quality and food safety management system? - Duration video ± 1,5 minutes

    15. 7a. DOWNLOAD: Time line template to manage the upgrade of the quality and food safety management system

    16. 8. What is next - Duration video ± 2 minutes

    17. Monthly Open Office Hour / Hora mensual de oficina abierta / Maandelijks open kantooruur

    18. Evaluation Of This Module

About this course

  • 18 lessons
  • 1 hour of video content

Instructors and Coaches

With over 29 years of experience, Kitty Appels has helped countless quality professionals grow into confident, senior-level experts in the food industry. Her background in food technology gives her a strong technical foundation, while her coaching style focuses on practical leadership and personal development.

Kitty is known for her people-first approach. As an interim QA manager, she has guided struggling teams — often working under high stress or unsupportive leadership — back to a place of confidence, clarity, and food safety excellence. Her motto, “Many roads lead to Rome,” reflects her flexible, empowering mindset.

She finds joy in helping quality professionals unlock their potential, overcome internal and external challenges, and become balanced, respected voices within their organizations.

💬 “Nothing is more fulfilling than seeing a QA professional stand tall, speak up, and truly own their role.”

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Kitty Appels

Senior Instructor and Coach

Instructors and Coaches

Rob has over 27 years of experience in the international food industry and has supported QA teams in more than 70 countries. With a background in physics and econometrics, he combines scientific insight with strategic thinking to help organizations improve their food safety and quality systems.

As a frequent speaker at global conferences including the IFC (World Bank) and FI Global, Rob is recognized for his practical expertise in GFSI standards and organizational improvement. Over the past decade, he has coached many QA Directors and Vice Presidents in the food industry, helping them influence senior management and embed food safety into business culture.

💬 “I help QA professionals turn complex requirements into real-world results.”

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Rob Kooijmans

Senior Instructor and Coach

Instructors and Coaches

Luis cuenta con más de 25 años de experiencia en aseguramiento de la calidad, inocuidad alimentaria y gestión de riesgos. Está especializado en ofrecer soluciones prácticas y efectivas, alineadas con los estándares internacionales, para empresas alimentarias y agroindustriales en América Latina y Europa. Con una sólida trayectoria tanto en la industria como en organismos de certificación, ha realizado más de 400 días de auditoría como auditor líder para empresas productoras de alimentos. Su experiencia incluye el desarrollo de proveedores y co-fabricantes, así como la capacitación técnica en temas clave de inocuidad alimentaria y cumplimiento con esquemas GFSI. Luis es reconocido por su enfoque práctico y orientado a resultados, ayudando a equipos operativos y a la alta dirección a traducir los requisitos normativos en acciones concretas y sostenibles.

💬 “La mejora real surge cuando conectamos las normas con la aplicación práctica en el día a día.”

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Luis Fissore

Instructor y entrenador (Español)