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Still unsure about iso9001 certification?
It's a common thing advertised by almost every company on their promotional ads. The ad states, 'we are ISO 9001 certified.' However, what use is this certification? Is it supposed to help customers? Will it help them in quality, production or costs? Customers are not...
Benefits of Internal Audit
In the ISO world, All ISO management system standards require the business to have an internal audit process and system to regular internal audits. Many small and medium business owners think that internal audits are usually only needed for larger firms and mostly...
What Does ISO9001 Help Achieve?
Companies who produce products? or deliver services that are supplied to customers, whether countrywide, or worldwide need to have standards by which they measure their products? oe services in order to ensure that quality is maintained at a level that is acceptable....
The value of ISO 9001 certification
What Is ISO Certified? If a system is ISO certified it assures the people who have purchased the system that it is in fact reliable and of a high quality. The ISO 9001 system is one that carries many benefits and provides you with approval by many clients both local...
Are all audits the same?
There are three categories of audits; certification audits, surveillance audits and re-certification audits and three types of audits; first party, second party and third party audits. Certification Audits or third party audits are conducted by an external third party...
Benefits of ISO Certification
International standards ensure the quality and safety of the products that we use in everyday life. Without them we would be at the mercy of the claims of the advertising industry. International standards provide a surety and confidence to the consumer that the...
PURCHASING ? ISO 9001 certification
Purchasing is one of the most important processes of the Quality Management System based on ISO 9001 certification standard. It is essential to understand how ISO 9001 works in the context of purchasing. The inputs to the Purchasing or the Purchasing Information comes...
CALIBRATION ? ISO 9001 certification
Calibration is a process through which you confirm that the measurements you have taken are true, which is essential for maintaining quality standards and ensuring accuracy. The measurements can be of the components, final product, or your process parameters....
CORRECTIVE ACTION ? ISO 9001 certification
A correction is that when a problem and you fix it immediately. For example if a machine is making bad parts because the alignment is wrong and you fix it then it is a Correction. But if you look deeper and find out that the machine has to be aligned after every 4...
Quality management system: The most important points we often neglect
Quality management is a management methodology. We often forget the basic management functions and principles, while adopting and implementing quality management system in an organization. Basic functions of management include goal setting, organizing, staffing,...
Minimum Documented Information To Be Maintained For Achieving ISO 9001 Certification
Business organizations use documented information to train employees, for ensuring products and services produced are of consistent quality. It also provides evidence of compliance to various requirements.? As per clause 3.8.5 of ISO 9000 the minimum documented...
How is Systems Thinking as per ISO 9001 connected to Product Management?
Product management is a coordinating role that deals with design, planning, production, forecasting, marketing, and sales of a product during all stages of the product's life cycle. As people and processes from different departments come together to form a product, so...