Illuminate your business' potential with ISO9001:2008
Converting your business to operate to the ISO9001:2008 standard could help you outshine your competitors. Find out about what ISO can do for your business by exploring the links across the top of the page. For details about preparing your company for an assessment read on...
ISO9001:2008 your preparation for an assessment
You need to prepare a system of documentation to meet the stated requirements of the ISO9001:2008 Standard. This will consist of a Quality Manual, which is a document which provides an overview of your organisation and processes, which take place in the pursuance of processing a customer’s requirements.
There is also a requirement to document some of the processes which are followed in pursuance of processing a customer’s requirements. These will include internal auditing of your quality management system on a planned basis, processing non-conformances such as customer complaints, failure to follow procedure both internally and externally, ensuring your suppliers are delivering products and services in accordance with your specified requirements.
Once you have prepared your quality management documentation, you then need to implement your system i.e. do what you have stated in your quality management documentation.
When you have fully implemented your quality management system, you can employ the services of an accredited certification body (one which is approved by the United Kingdom Accreditation Service UKAS) who will carry out an assessment of your quality management and its implementation to ascertain if you are meeting the requirements of the ISO9001:2008 Standard.
When your company has successfully demonstrated your compliance with the Standard, You will become a registered Company and a certificate to that effect will be awarded. In addition you will then be entitled to display on your premises, paperwork and vehicles, the so called Tick & Crown symbol which indicates to the World that you are a registered Company.
You will benefit from employing the services of a consultant to assist with the preparation of your documentation and guidance on its implementation. In doing so you will avoid the stumbling blocks of your learning process and reduce the period of time taken to put your system in place.