Quality Management System

QMS – ISO 9001

The ISO 9001 standard outlines requirements for organizations to establish, implement, maintain, and improve a Quality Management System. ISO 9001 standard has become the international indicator for quality and consistency.

Using a process-based approach, the ISO 9001 standard lays out tools for companies to assess, and improve their day-to-day processes that make them run. Conforming to the ISO 9001 standard can help organizations ensure that everything that reaches its customers meets their requirements and has the levels of quality desired.

Benefits of Quality Management System include

Few of the benefits of implementing QMS include

Ability to consistently provide products and services that meet customer and applicable statutory and regulatory requirements
Increased productivity and better financial performance
Increased profits as a result of reduced warranty claims, improved processes, reduced rework and rejections
Improved Customer Satisfaction
Better and effective management of risk
Advantage over competitors when tendering for business
Integration of Quality Management Principles through its design
Integration of multiple standards (ISO 14001, ISO 45001, IATF 16949, AS 9100, etc.)

Consulting Methodology

A proven Quality Management System development and implementation approach should be used based on project management methodologies. A structured approach should be used for defining project plans, specific responsibilities and verification of results. The result will be a development and implementation strategy that is more efficient and provides for first time compliance or registration to the ISO 9001 requirements.

Following phases are involved in development and implementation of an effective Quality Management System

Development of Project Plan
Review and Gap Assessment
Process Mapping and Management System Development
Management System Implementation
Internal Assessment and Management Review

Benefits of QMS Consulting

Best practices and depth of knowledge and experience significantly impacts the QMS design and ability to meet the organizations’ business goals. An experienced consultant helps your organization live and own the QMS and operate it at its optimal level.

Following can be some of the benefits of having and experienced consultant for development of management system

An effective and reliable management system
Increased objectivity and impartiality
Reduced number of operational process defects
Increasing business opportunities
Reduced QMS development and implementation time
QMS designed to suit the organization and your customers’ requirements