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What is ISO 9001?
ISO 9001 is an international standard for managing the quality of your products and services—ISO 9001 Quality Management Systems
To comply with it you need to be reliably doing things like:
- Evaluating and acting on risks and opportunities
- Finding out exactly what your customers want
- Having the knowledge and resources on hand to be able to deliver your product
- Keeping your information up to date
- Making sure that what you deliver has no defects
Yes. It is common sense. Complying with ISO 9001 is a great idea. Every business should do it—but always in a way that is appropriate and beneficial. You could start working on it today!
Wikipedia article (opens in a new window or tab)
What is ISO 9001 certification?
If you take singing lessons and practise well then you can perform for your friends or in shows. If you are serious about singing want more gigs, it may help you to take singing exams. A singing expert will hear your performance and give you helpful feedback. If you meet the exam standard you’ll get a certificate. That might help you get more gigs, especially if you need the certificate to get an audition.
It is the same with ISO 9001. You can follow its guidelines and benefit from over 50 years of accumulated wisdom of hundreds of business experts. This will help you do better in your business.
To go to the next level, you can take the exam. A certifying expert examines your quality management system and gives you helpful feedback. If your system meets the standard then you get a certificate.
Clients want to know that they can rely on your business. ISO 9001 certification can increase their confidence. Some potential clients insist that you have ISO 9001 certification before they will talk with you.
How we help you comply
We are like your singing teacher—we want you to be a star! Our job is to focus on excellence in your systems.
We follow these steps:
- Learn how your business works and how well it already complies with ISO 9001.
- Do a gap analysis to see what you need to improve
- With you, create a project plan for achieving compliance
- As required, up to certification:
- Manage or help to manage the project for you
- Do tasks from the plan, including internal audit
- Attend the certification review
- As required, regularly:
- Perform internal audits
- Send you reminders for annual reviews
The management standard collection ISO 9001, ISO 45001, ISO 14001
We can help you become certified in the three basic business management standards together (links open in new tabs or windows):
- ISO 9001 (Quality Management) Wikipedia article
- ISO 45001 (Work Health and Safety) (previously AS NZS 4801 and OHSAS 18001) Wikipedia article
- ISO 14001 (Environmental Management) Wikipedia article
It is a little more work than just ISO 9001 but it is the same process and much cheaper to do all together.
Why use our services?
Our competitive advantages—we:
- LOVE what we do.
- Help you do it efficiently.
- Make sure that you only spend resources on work that benefits your business—no pointless paperwork with us on the job!
- Provide, as needed:
- An intranet-based integrated procedure manual system with zero duplication of effort
- A simple record-keeping system that:
- Has a free software option
- Never forgets
- Is searchable and sortable
- Stores issues, tasks, meeting minutes and audit reports
- Eliminates those endless folders of word processor documents
Contact us to book one hour of free consultancy.
For more information, see:
- Perfecting your management systems—Quality, Safety, Environment
- How we work with you
- How we help you do it yourself:
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