Attaining IS0-9001 Certification

Introduction.

As a newly forming company hoping to trade within the next year, it is our duty as an employer and also as a service provider to comply with the statutory rules and regulations within today’s working environment. This is not a fast and easy process and takes plenty of care an attention as it is vital to conform to the ISO 9001 standards in order to trade legally and therefore begin our steps on the ladder of delivering our products and services. There are many basic principles to be considered when hoping to acquire ISO certification, for example: Customer focus, leadership, the involvement of people, process approach systems, approach to management, continual improvement, factual approach to decision making and mutually beneficial supplier relationships. In this report, we will look at all avenues that we needed to explore in depth, in order to gain our certification so that our company can begin the process of entering the competitive switchgear, panel, protection and instrumentation market and optimistically become one of the most illustrious companies available to buyers.

What is ISO 9001 Quality Management?

An ISO 9001 quality management system would help us to continually monitor and manage quality across all operations. As the world’s most widely recognized quality management standard, it outlines ways to achieve, as well as benchmark, consistent performance and service. With ISO 9001 we could put in place processes that would allow us to improve the way we operate at all levels. (Institute), 2013)

What are the benefits of ISO 9001 Quality Management and why did we need it?

ISO 9001 allows us to become a more consistent competitor in our marketplace. It would give us better quality managemen...

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...t is an internal process and our quality manager and another quality engineer were trained in auditing provided again by BSI, at £745 + VAT each (Institute), 2013). This gave our quality men a comprehensive overview of ISO 9001 certification which in turn gave them the ability to audit to a high standard. On 8th April 2012, both the quality manager and quality engineer conducted the first audit of the quality system in place. Unfortunately due to teething problems, the company failed on its first audit which is very common in new companies with new quality systems that have recently been put in place but this can be amended through time and staff cooperation.

Works Cited

Institute), B. (. (2013, November 06th). http://www.bsigroup.com/en-GB/iso-9001-quality-management/Introduction-to-ISO-9001/. Retrieved from www.bsigroup.com: http;//www.bsigroup.com