After the management has decided that having an ISO 9001 Certificate can be fruitful for the business. Some senior person, who is well informed of ISO standards, should be made in charge of all this process. ISO certification requires businesses to write down all procedures, job descriptions, different department functions, etc in accordance with ISO standards.
Next step is the implementation. Start with educating the employees; tell them about the importance and significance of ISO certification, once motivated, they should be directed on how they can help in acquiring certification? Perform internal audits frequently to check if everybody is following the procedures. Make corrective actions when some error is found. If needed, you can hire an advisory service as well.
Read more on ISO 9001 Certification at http://www.iso9001-standard.us
Sunday, July 1, 2012
ISO has been developing a number of Management System Guidelines for various aspects of business. The most recent are the ISO 14000 Environmental Management System Guidelines. This is an international standard that will affect business in the near future.
ISO 14000 has been designed to integrate with ISO 9000. However, apart from international standards there are local standards a company has to comply with. To remain compliant with local standards, further manuals and/or procedures are required (eg. lifting procedure in a warehouse to satisfy Work Safety requirements). A company may have several Manuals describing its Management Systems (eg. Human Resources, Quality, Security, Health/Safety, Finances).
An overall link between the systems is often missing which makes the monitoring and the assessment of effectiveness difficult. Double handling of information, contradicting instructions, high maintenance costs, administrative excess and lack of overall transparency are common results.
ISO 9000 Standard Series for Quality (of) Management Systems provide generic guidance for the development of an overall Management System, ISO 14000 provides guidance for Environmental Management, etc. Transparency and monitoring of all business activities can be achieved by integrating all systems into one.
Read more on ISO 9000 Standard & ISO 14000 Standard at http://www.iso9001-standard.us
ISO 14000 has been designed to integrate with ISO 9000. However, apart from international standards there are local standards a company has to comply with. To remain compliant with local standards, further manuals and/or procedures are required (eg. lifting procedure in a warehouse to satisfy Work Safety requirements). A company may have several Manuals describing its Management Systems (eg. Human Resources, Quality, Security, Health/Safety, Finances).
An overall link between the systems is often missing which makes the monitoring and the assessment of effectiveness difficult. Double handling of information, contradicting instructions, high maintenance costs, administrative excess and lack of overall transparency are common results.
ISO 9000 Standard Series for Quality (of) Management Systems provide generic guidance for the development of an overall Management System, ISO 14000 provides guidance for Environmental Management, etc. Transparency and monitoring of all business activities can be achieved by integrating all systems into one.
Read more on ISO 9000 Standard & ISO 14000 Standard at http://www.iso9001-standard.us
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