ISO 9001 CERTIFICATION
In today’s increasingly competative market there are base targets that companies have to achieve. Some targets stand out over time as being critical to business success:
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To meet customer requirements
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To increase efficiency by decreasing costs
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To develop new products and services
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To supply new products and services to market
ISO 9001 is a tool used by organisations to help them to develop and implement their customer focus. The ISO 9001 quality management system standard is intended to be a flexible standard and while generic as intended to be applied to business in all service and production sectors.
Benefits of ISO 9001 Certification
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Providing an increase in market presence for the company
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Redoubling quality awareness of the employees
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Providing an increased competetive advantage by providing a point of difference from rivals in marketing activities
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Profiting through access to different market segments where quality certification is a national or legal requirement.
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Adopting a customer and process focussed approach
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Providing an increase in customer satisfaction and customer faith
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Decreasing error rates, wastage and reprocessing costs
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Actively carrying out appropriate quality checks at input production and despatch stages
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Through a better understanding of the systematic approach and process approach to production or service provision.
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Providing a system fort he selection, assessment and appraisal of suppliers.
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By providing competence to customers in the company’s ability to manage its system within a quality management system framework
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Standardising business processes through documentation of key processes and activities
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Continual improvement through the analysis of data and statistical measurements and using these as the basis for future improvements.
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By locking in the gains that are made in each time period