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