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Quality & Safety · November 13, 2026

Human Factors in Aviation: The Dirty Dozen and SHELL Model

What are human factors in aviation? The Dirty Dozen's 12 error precursors, the four parts of the SHELL model and Part-145's two-yearly training rule.

ISO 31000 Risk Management Process and IEC 31010 Techniques

What is ISO 31000 risk management and what are its process steps? The 2018 edition, the 2026 revision draft and IEC 31010's techniques in 10 groups.

What Is AS9100? AS9100D Aerospace Quality Management

What is AS9100 and how does AS9100D differ from ISO 9001? Additional aerospace requirements, certification, OASIS and the upcoming IA9100 revision.

What Is AS9110? AS9110C Aviation Maintenance Quality

What is AS9110 and how does it differ from AS9100? AS9110C for MROs and CAMOs, its link to Turkish SHGM approval and the upcoming IA9110 revision.

What Is Configuration Management? ISO 10007 and EIA-649

What is configuration management? Five functions per ISO 10007 and EIA-649C: planning, identification, change control, status accounting, audit.

What Is FAI? First Article Inspection and AS9102 Forms

What is First Article Inspection (FAI) and when is it required? AS9102 Rev C changes, Forms 1-2-3, partial FAI and changes that trigger a new FAI.

What Is FMEA? FMEA and FTA: Failure Modes and Fault Trees

What is FMEA and how is fault tree analysis (FTA) done? IEC 60812 and IEC 61025, RPN versus Action Priority (AP), and using both methods together.

What Is Hazard Analysis? Risk Matrix, HAZOP and PHA

How are hazard analysis and risk assessment done? Hazard identification, the risk matrix, HAZOP and PHA, and Türkiye's 2-4-6 year review rule.

What Is ISO 13849-1? PL, IEC 62061 SIL and IEC 61508

What is ISO 13849-1? Performance level (PL) in machine control systems, IEC 62061 and SIL, the IEC 61508 link and the EU Machinery Regulation's 2027 date.

What Is ISO 14001? Environmental Management, 2026 Edition

What is an ISO 14001 environmental management system? ISO 14001:2026 published in April 2026, certification steps, transition period and EMAS.

What Is ISO 9001? Quality Management and the 2026 Edition

What is ISO 9001 and what is it for? The seven core areas of a quality management system, what ISO 9001:2026 changes and how the transition works.

What Is RAMS? Railway Functional Safety and EN 50126

What does RAMS stand for? EN 50126, EN 50129 and EN 50716, which replaced EN 50128; SIL levels and the logic of safety demonstration in rail projects.

What Is an SMS? Safety Management System and ICAO Annex 19

What is a safety management system (SMS)? The four components in ICAO Annex 19 and Doc 9859, Türkiye's SHGM rules and Annex 19 Amendment 2 (26 Nov 2026).

Corporate Carbon Footprint: Scope 1, 2, 3 and Formula

How to calculate a corporate carbon footprint: Scope 1, 2 and 3 under the GHG Protocol, the calculation formula, CO2e conversion and Türkiye's TSRS rules.

How to Get a Zero Waste Certificate in Türkiye: Steps

Who needs Türkiye's zero waste certificate and how to apply: steps under the Zero Waste Regulation, 30-day review, 5-year validity and four levels.

Individual Carbon Footprint: What It Is, How to Calculate It

What is an individual carbon footprint and how is it calculated? Emission factors for electricity, gas and fuel, a worked example and Türkiye data.

Sustainability at Work: Building Employee Awareness

What does sustainability at work mean, and how do you build employee awareness? A practical guide based on UN principles, ESRS and Turkish legislation.

What Are Sustainability Performance Indicators?

Sustainability performance indicators for carbon, water and energy: what GRI and ESRS require, and how to collect, calculate and manage the data.

Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): 17 Goals for Business

What are the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)? 17 goals, 169 targets and indicators, the UN's 2026 progress report and how companies can use the SDGs.

What Is a Circular Economy? Benefits of Resource Efficiency

What is a circular economy and how does it differ from the linear model? Three principles, the EU's 12.2% circularity rate and Türkiye's resource data.

What Is ESG? Corporate Sustainability and ESG Basics

What does ESG stand for? Environmental, social and governance topics, the term's 2004 origins and Türkiye's mandatory TSRS reporting since 2024.

What Is the European Green Deal? Impact on Turkish Exporters

What is the European Green Deal and what are its targets? The 55% cut by 2030, Türkiye's Green Deal Action Plan and what it means for exporters to the EU.

What Is Machine Learning? Business Use Cases and Examples

What is machine learning, how does it work, how does it differ from AI? Supervised vs unsupervised learning, business examples, Eurostat data on Türkiye.

What Are Power Automate and UiPath? RPA Tools Explained

What is Power Automate, what is UiPath, what do they do? Cloud vs desktop flows, Studio-Robot-Orchestrator and Eurostat data on RPA use in Türkiye.

AI in Accounting: Which Tasks Are Being Automated?

AI in accounting: ACCA survey puts invoice and payment processing at 28%; Eurostat has 23.1% of EU AI users in finance. Which tasks automate, which stay?

How to Choose an Interim Manager: 5 Contract Clauses

How do you choose a manager for interim management, and what goes in the contract? Selection criteria and 5 core clauses from the IIM code and HR sources.

The First 90 Days: An Interim Manager's Plan

Planning the first 90 days of an interim management assignment: four steps for scope, learning, priorities, early wins and handover, per Watkins and IIM.

When Do You Need an Interim Manager? 5 Signs

When do you need an interim manager? Five signs: an executive exit, a crisis, growth, an ownerless transformation and a family business handover.

What Is Interim Management? How It Differs from Consulting

What is interim management and how does it differ from consulting? Typical length, roles and use cases, drawn from Eurofound and Turkish sources.

What Is an Information Security Policy? Company Examples

What is an information security policy and what is it for? Sample headings based on Türkiye's security guide, Circular 2019/12 and the KVKK guide.

Forward Deployed Engineer: Transformation on the Ground

What is a Forward Deployed Engineer, why is it the AI era's hottest role, and how does it turn transformation from a report into a working system?

What Is the NIS2 Directive? Impact on Turkish Companies

What is the NIS2 Directive and whom does it cover? Essential and important entities, 24/72-hour reporting, supply chain and Turkish firms serving the EU.

Türkiye's Cybersecurity Law No. 7545: Scope and Obligations

When did Türkiye's Cybersecurity Law No. 7545 take effect, and who does it cover? Company duties (Art. 7), audits, sanction types and Law 7590 changes.

Is KVKK Mandatory? Company Obligations and Fines

Is KVKK mandatory for companies? Core obligations under Law No. 6698, VERBİS registration exemption decisions and the administrative fines in Art. 18.

KVKK Data Breach Notification: Deadline and First 72 Hours

Is the KVKK data breach notification deadline 72 hours, and when does it start? Board Decision 2019/10, the form, notifying people and a 72-hour plan.

Is an e-Archive Invoice Mandatory? When Is It Issued?

Is an e-Archive invoice mandatory in Türkiye? Scope, the 2026 rule with no amount threshold, exceptions and automation, per VUK Communiqué No. 509.

Is e-Defter Mandatory? Deadlines and Closing Calendar

Is e-Defter (electronic ledger) mandatory in Türkiye? Scope under Communiqué No. 1, berat upload deadlines and month-end close calendar automation.

Is e-İrsaliye Mandatory? 2026 Transition Rules & Automation

Is e-İrsaliye mandatory in Türkiye? Who must switch, 2026 transition dates and steps per VUK Communiqué No. 509, and how to automate shipments.

What Is CRM? CRM System Examples and Proper Setup

What is CRM and what is it for? CRM system examples by type, CRM usage in Türkiye (TÜİK 2026) and a setup built on process, data and ownership.

What Is ERP? ERP System Examples and Migration Readiness

What is ERP, what is it for and which processes does it cover? ERP system examples, use in Türkiye (TÜİK 2026) and process readiness before migration.

What Is Generative AI? Business Use Cases and Examples

What is generative AI and how does it differ from AI? How it works, tool types, use cases and examples, with 2026 Turkish Statistical Institute data.

Digital Transformation Examples and Maturity Assessment

What is digital transformation? Company examples, a maturity assessment and a roadmap, with 2026 TÜİK data and Türkiye's public support programs.

EU AI Act Article 4: What AI Literacy Requires of Companies

What does EU AI Act Article 4 require? AI literacy explained, what the AI Omnibus changed, and how to set up in-house training for your staff.

What Is an AI Agent? How to Set One Up in Your Company

What is an AI agent and how does it differ from an assistant? A step-by-step guide to setting one up: use case, permissions, human approval and risk.

What Is ISO 42001? The AI Management System Standard

What is ISO 42001, who is it for and who certifies it? The AI management system standard, how it differs from ISO 27001 and its link to the EU AI Act.

What Is ISO 27001? How to Get Certified

What is ISO 27001, who issues the certificate and how do you get it? ISMS basics, accredited certification and certificate verification, step by step.

Employees Build Apps With AI: Governing Shadow IT

Employees build their own apps with AI and low-code. In light of Gartner's 2029 prediction, a framework to register shadow IT instead of banning it.

What Is RPA? Robotic Process Automation Examples

What is RPA, how does it work and where is it used? Robotic process automation examples, attended vs. unattended robots and a first-process checklist.

RPA or AI Agent? How to Choose and Avoid Agent Washing

Gartner: only about 130 of the thousands of 'agent' vendors are real. RPA for routine work, agents for decisions: a framework for choosing by process.

AI in SMEs: From Off-the-Shelf Tools to Strategic Use

OECD D4SME 2026: 76% of AI-using SMEs use off-the-shelf tools for individual tasks. How can an SME move beyond them to strategic AI use?

Audit Software Not Delivering Value? Fix the Workflow

Gartner: 84% of audit functions use audit management software, yet satisfaction varies. The workflow drives the value; here is where to start.

Chatbots Get No Second Chance: Design for Human Handoff

Gartner 2026: only 27% of customers would try a chatbot again after a bad experience. How do you design customer-service AI with human handoff?

Data Governance for AI: The Barrier Is Culture, Not Budget

Gartner: cultural resistance outweighs budget as the top reason data governance fails. How to build the culture that AI-ready data requires.

Sovereign Cloud and Data Localization: Why Location Matters

Sovereign cloud: Gartner expects over 75% of European and Middle Eastern organizations to localize by 2030. A data-location checklist under KVKK Art. 9.

AI Agent Permissions: Who Limits Access, and How?

Gartner: 54% of organizations have no defined approach to limiting AI agent access or rely on human permissions. How can agent permissions be limited?

Digital Product Passport: Data Readiness for EU Exporters

The EU's Digital Product Passport registry opened in July 2026, and the battery mandate starts 18 February 2027. What data should exporters prepare?

E-Sales Share Hits 17%: EDI and Order-to-Invoice Automation

TÜİK 2026: share of firms making e-sales in Türkiye rose to 17.1%. How to link web, marketplace and EDI orders to ERP and invoices without re-keying?

Türkiye AI Action Plan 2026-2030: What It Means for Business

What does Türkiye's AI Action Plan 2026-2030 bring companies? Its 16 actions explained: SME vouchers, GPU access, data spaces, risk-based rules.

Warehouse Automation Is Inevitable: A Low-Risk Start with AI

Gartner: warehousing is at an AI tipping point. Labor pressure makes warehouse automation a must. Where do you start without a big robot investment?

AI in Finance: From Productivity to Decision Quality

Gartner: 45% of finance AI investments lean toward productivity, 20% toward decision quality. How can finance get closer to the value its board expects?

AI Vulnerability Discovery: Speeding Up Patch Management

Gartner: AI vulnerability discovery is Q2 2026's top emerging risk. Speed up patch management with risk-based priority, automation and ready-made plans.

Automating e-Borcu Yoktur Checks for Tenders and Incentives

Türkiye's Social Security Institution (SGK) updated e-Borcu Yoktur on September 17, 2026. How to collect debt certificates for tenders and incentives?

GİB e-Document Updates: Keep Integrations and Bots Ready

GİB issued at least 17 e-Document announcements in 2026; the e-Döviz package goes live Nov 2. How to keep integrations and bots ready for each update.

OECD SME Policy Index 2026: Türkiye's Digital Report Card

OECD's 2026 Türkiye profile: 93% of surveyed SMEs use digital tools, under 5% use big data analytics. What does the report card say, and where to start?

AI-Powered RPA in Europe: A Quarter of Large Firms Use It

Eurostat 2026: 24.4% of large EU companies use AI-based workflow automation (RPA). Adoption, use cases and how to choose your first process.

e-Müstahsil Makbuzu SMS Verification: Prepare by Nov 5

From Nov 5, 2026, Türkiye's e-Müstahsil Makbuzu (e-Producer Receipt) replaces the wet signature with SMS verification. Scope, changes and prep steps.

e-Tebligat Is Mandatory: Tracking and Routing Automation

Law No. 7587 rewrote Tax Procedure Law Art. 107/A: e-Tebligat is mandatory, and service counts at the end of day five. How to track incoming notices?

Supplier Data Breach: Managing Your KVKK Liability

KVKK's September 2026 notices show data breaches starting at suppliers. Contract and incident steps under Law 6698 Art. 12 and the 72-hour rule.

Türkiye's AI Advertising Rules: What Companies Should Do

Since August 1, 2026, Türkiye requires ads to disclose AI-generated digital characters and bans false digital-replica endorsements. What should firms do?

AI in Hiring: Discrimination, Transparency and KVKK

When is AI in hiring legally risky? CV screening and interview analysis under Türkiye's Law 6701, KVKK and the EU AI Act, plus a checklist.

AI in Marketing and Sales: Getting Measurable Results

TÜİK (Turkish Statistical Institute) 2026: 51.0% of AI-using enterprises apply it to marketing or sales. How to choose a use case and measure results?

EU Data Act in Practice: Checklist for Turkish Exporters

The EU Data Act has applied since 12 September 2025. Which obligations should Turkish firms exporting connected products or using cloud services check?

Supply Chain Planning Automation: Spend Doesn't Buy Autonomy

Gartner: by 2030, only 5% of firms automating supply chain planning will make at least 10% of planning decisions autonomously. What to prepare first?

Toward a Türkiye AI Law: What the Parliament Report Says

Türkiye's parliamentary AI commission made 100 recommendations, but a framework AI law is still only a proposal. How can companies prepare today?

Deepfake Executive Impersonation: Rethink Payment Approvals

Gartner: deepfake threats are mainstream, so recognition can't justify approval. How to design payment approvals to withstand fake voice and video.

From e-Invoice Mandate to End-to-End Digital Finance

Türkiye's e-Invoice and e-Archive coverage has widened. How can e-document data reconcile orders, dispatch notes and invoices? Scope and steps per GİB.

Employees Already Use AI: From Unchecked Use to Governance

TÜİK (Turkish Statistical Institute) 2026: 37.6% of individuals use generative AI. How to govern employees' AI use: inventory, approved tools, training.

IT Specialist Shortage: Hire, Outsource or Upskill?

TÜİK 2026: 31.7% of firms hiring ICT specialists in Türkiye struggled to recruit. How to choose between hiring, outsourcing and building in-house skills?

Procurement Automation: Why Gains Stall at the Team Level

Gartner: only 36% of CPOs are very confident in redesigning roles for AI. How should procurement automation and role design be approached?

AI Use Nearly Doubled: Ready-Made, Outsourced or In-House?

TÜİK 2026: 67.8% of AI-using firms in Türkiye used open-source software; 46.5% had external providers build solutions. Which route fits when?

Automating KVKK Data Subject Requests: On Time, in Writing

KVKK's October 1, 2026 notice: replies to data subject requests must be written or electronic. The 30-day limit, required content and how to automate it.

Biometric Attendance: What to Do After the KVKK Decision

KVKK Decision 2026/921 finds biometric data processing solely for attendance tracking disproportionate. What does it say, and what should firms review?

57% of Large Firms Pay for Cloud: Where to Start Migrating?

TÜİK (Turkish Statistical Institute) 2026: 57% of firms with 250+ staff use paid cloud. Where does a cloud migration start, and what should you watch?

Cyber Incident Response: 1 in 10 Turkish Firms Had a Breach

Per TÜİK, 9.4% of Turkish firms had an ICT security breach in 2025. Preparing for cyber incident response under Law No. 7545 and the NIST framework.

AI Agents: Why 40% of Projects Face Cancellation Risk

According to Gartner, over 40% of agentic AI projects could be canceled by the end of 2027. Where do AI agents create value, and why do projects stall?

Why AI Boosts Productivity but Profit Lags: McKinsey 2026

McKinsey 2026: 80% of employees gain productivity from AI, but only 37% report EBIT impact, unchanged. Workflow design and measurement set leaders apart.

Embedded AI in Existing Software: Inventory Before You Buy

Gartner says firms increasingly use embedded AI in the software they already run. Here is how to inventory those features before buying a new tool.

Finance Automation: Which Processes Deliver in 9-10 Months?

Gartner: data extraction, payables/receivables automation and report creation deliver returns in 9-10 months. Where should finance automation start?

KVKK Compliance and Generative AI at Work: A Policy Guide

What does Türkiye's KVKK guide on generative AI say? The main headings of an internal company policy for employees' use of AI tools.

New EU AI Act Timeline: What Changed for Turkish Companies?

The AI Omnibus pushed back EU AI Act high-risk rules to 2027-2028. Which date covers what, and what should Turkish companies selling to the EU check?

AI Adoption in Business: A Roadmap from 7.5% to Scalable Use

Turkish enterprises' AI adoption rose from 7.5% (2025) to 14.0% (2026), per TÜİK. A roadmap to overcome expertise, cost and legal-uncertainty barriers.

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