The ISO 9001 is an international standard that outlines a set of requirements for the management of organisations. Over a million organisations worldwide are certified under the standard, making it the most widely used management tools throughout the world. The Requirements of the ISO 9001 standard are generic and can be applied to any organisation, large or small, whatever its product or service, in any sector of activity.
Many refer to the standard as ISO 9000. However, this is the term used to describe a family of quality standards, with the ISO 9001:2015 being the best known standard. ISO 9001:2015 sets out the requirements of a quality management system. Other standards in overarching family include ISO 9000:2015 – covers the basic concepts and language; ISO 9004:2009 – focuses on how to make a quality management system more efficient and effective; ISO 19011:2011 – sets out guidance on internal and external audits of quality management systems.
An ISO 9001 certificate offers many benefits at low costs:
- Increase client confidence in your business, services and products
- Gain you more business – such certification is a pre requisite in most tenders
- Give you better management control
- Implement best business practices
- Increase operational performance
- Facilitate better communication and coordination in the business
- Increase operational performance
- Ensure new staff are inducted swiftly and easily
- Achieve consistent level of service and product delivery.
- Increase employee morale and motivation
- Support future business growth.
Becoming certified means adopting an approach that emphasises the importance of:
- Understanding and meeting customer requirements
- Considering processes in terms of added value
- Measuring performance and effectiveness and
- Continual improvement based on objective measurement.
To become certified to the ISO 9001 Quality Management Standard, an organisation has to develop a Quality Management System (QMS). A Quality Management System consists of policies and procedures that provide a formal framework describing the way an organisation conducts its core business and meets the requirements of the ISO 9001 standard. At ISO Global we developed a unique methodology for developing your Quality Management System.
The steps to develop and certify your business with ISO Global:
1. Business Review
2. ISO 9001 System Development
3. System Implementation
4. Internal Audit
5. Certification Audit
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Numerous studies have found that implementing the ISO 9001 standard resulted in superior performance and that certified companies outperform their competition. The results of these studies confirm the feedback we have been getting from our customers. Many of whom say that they were able to win new contracts and secure government tenders, as well as run their business more effectively.
At ISO Global we have taken a different approach to implementing the ISO standard. Our Quality Management System is business manual which assists you in more effectively and consistently run your business and at the same time meets the requirements of the ISO 9001 standard and achieves certification.
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