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Management Systems
Quality Management
Certification to the requirements of quality management systems standards, such as ISO 9001:2008, is recognised as a tried and tested way of improving company performance and productivity.
Not only are you able to use quality management systems as an effective management tool to add value to your product or service offering, but you can demonstrate to your customers, supply chain and the community at large that you minimise risk and reduce wastage. Increasing customer confidence is critical to your profitability and market edge, achieved through clearly defined objectives and a buy-in from the whole organisation.
ISO 9001:2008 is suited to any sector of industry, type or size of organisation you operate, its guiding principals are suited to you.
With the ability to streamline your systems and processes, together with the opportunity to integrate these with those you have already identified in your business plan you are now in a better position to run your business more efficiently and effectively. Not only are you able to cut out unnecessary duplication of work but more importantly the amount of time and effort spent doing this will be significantly reduced.
The benefits are clear:
- You have the ability to compete on an even playing field
- You can identify where major cost savings can be made
- Your operations are more focused with your path to success clearly mapped out
- You recognise the benefit of having an independent verifier of your work - you know you're the best in your field and someone else is prepared to shout about your work too!
Many other sector specific management system standards have been based on ISO 9000, e.g. schemes for the aerospace, automotive and telecommunications sectors, software development, medical devices, vehicle breakdown and recovery.
- QMS Questionnaire
QMS electronic questionnaire PDF.
- BRC Consumer Products (available only in China and the Asia Pacific region)
The BRC Consumer Products Standard (available only in China and the Asia Pacific region) was first launched in August 2003 and was developed to enable retailers to exercise all due diligence in the avoidance of failure of the safety, legality and quality of non-food products, with particular reference to the EU General Product Safety Directive.
- ISO 13485:2003
ISO 13485 is based on the ISO 9001:2008 process model approach and is a management systems standard specifically developed for the manufacture of medical devices.
- National Agency Sector Schemes
National Highways Sector Schemes (NHSS) are bespoke integrated management schemes which supplement the ISO 9001:2008 the international quality management systems standard.
- AS 9100/AS 9120 Aerospace
AS 9100 is the international quality management standard specifically written by the aerospace industry in a concerted effort to improve quality and assure the integrity of supplies to the industry.
- The TickIT Guide
TickIT is a guidance document that interprets ISO 9001 for specific application to software development.
- ISO 9001:2008 Upgrade
This document highlights the changes between ISO 9001:2000 and ISO 9001:2008 to assist you to identify areas of your system that may require minor modification.
- ISO 9001:2008
ISO 9001 is the internationally recognised standard for Quality Management Systems (QMS).
- ISO/TS 16949:2009
TS 16949 is the international quality management standard specifically written by the automotive industry in a concerted effort to improve quality and assure the integrity of supplies to the industry.
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