• August 27, 2014

Selecting ISO 9001 Consultants

Selecting ISO 9001 Consultants and What They Can Do For Your Organization

Utilizing a proven, successful ISO 9001 Consultant will maximize your odds of achieving success in designing and deploying an effective Quality Management system that delivers real value to your organization.

Selecting the ISO 9001 Consultant

You want someone who you are comfortable with.

• Do they have experience? Look for companies that have a long history of success with multiple types of clients.
• Can you work with them? Organizational chemistry is an important component of success in working with a consultant organization. Make sure you mesh with the vendor you choose.
• Are they an individual or do they represent a firm? Check out the team you’re offered.
• Are they “Virtual” or do they have a real brick and mortar presence? This is another way of establishing their longevity and stability as an organization.
• Are they a “one trick pony” or do they provide the variety of complementary services that will ensure the healthy growth of your systems as your company grows? – look for vendors that can support and train your company in all the major ISO 9001 based Quality Management Systems

Implementing ISO 9001:2008 enables continual improvement of your organization’s processes and quality management systems (QMS), and improves the ability of your operations to meet customer requirements and expectations.

Demonstrating real commitment to product and service quality can transform your corporate culture because, as a result, employees understand the requirement for ongoing improvement and that will help your bottomline.

ISO 9001 Consultants will help your organization understand the essentials of ISO 9001:2008

• Understand the benefits of a QMS
• Know the purpose of ISO 9001:2008 and the ISO 9000 series of standards
• Gain familiarity with the eight quality management principles
• Know the factors that make an effective QMS
• Understand requirements for key clauses of ISO 9001:2008 

Experienced ISO 9001 Consultants will help you understand essentials of the Quality Management Systems Auditing Process

• Understand fundamentals of quality management systems
• How to maximize the effectiveness of the Auditing Process
• How to uncover and realize the value
• How to couple Internal Auditing with Continual Improvement
• Understand management systems
• Gain familiarity with basic skills of the auditing process

Who Should Work With an ISO 9001 Consultant?

• Management professionals and employees involved with the implementation of a quality management system
• Professionals seeking to enhance their basic knowledge base, or looking   for a refresher
• Quality Managers and Management Representatives seeking to implement ISO 9001 Quality Management Systems

What can working with the ISO 9001 Consultant help you learn and understanding ISO 9001:2008?

An experienced ISO 9001 Consultant will explain the clauses of ISO 9001:2008 in detail, and provide a foundation for understanding Quality Management Understand quality management definitions, concepts, and guidelines

• Understand the purpose of the ISO 9000 series
• Understand the requirements of the ISO 9001:2008 standard
• Understand the eight Quality Management Principles
• Understand the process approach
• Supervisors
• Recognize the role of management
• Recognize the benefits of a quality management system
• Understand how to register a quality management system
• Laboratory quality professionals

What can working with the ISO 9001 Consultant give to the Executive Team?

Outline and demonstrate how management can support and optimize an ISO 9001 process-based quality management system, as well as the role of, and benefits to, top management members; A clear understanding of the five clauses of ISO 9001 with an emphasis on clause 5, “Management Responsibility.”

How does the ISO 9001 Consultant Assist in Implementing ISO 9001:2008

Developing the concepts needed to understand, deploy, and implement a quality management system.

• Understand quality management definitions, concepts, and guidelines
• Understand the purpose of the ISO 9000 series
• Understand the requirements of the ISO 9001:2008 standard
• Build an efficient and effective quality management system
• Learn best practice processes to implement each clause of ISO 9001:2008
• Learn tips for winning employee and management support
• Prepare for an audit
• Plan for registration

What else can my ISO 9001 Consultant do for me?

They can help you and your Organization understand why Quality Management Systems are Important as well demonstrate your organization’s commitment to quality. And you’ll discover how regular assessments ensure your organization continually uses, monitors and improves processes. You will understand how Certification has proven its potential to help boost business performance, reduce uncertainty, and increase market opportunities and profitability.

How can my ISO 9001 Consultant Help Me Build a Foundation for Effective Management, Continual Improvement and Financial Return?

Formal, internationally-accepted management system standards are critical to the profitability of many organizations.

Organizations who adopt ISO 9001 realize faster sales and employment growth, and are more likely to survive than non-adopters.

ISO 9001 is a foundation for effective management, continual improvement and financial return. As a management representative or quality manager, it is up to you to make a business case for adopting ISO 9001. Any concerns about the ROI should be dispelled when it is over. However –

If you are certified to ISO 9001 and not recognizing a ROI, an ISO 9001 Consultant can show you why – Reviewing and re-evaluating your quality management system, metrics and continual improvement process should help you realize the advantages being realized through your ISO 9001 process, and how implementing ISO 9001 solutions can improve operations, compliance and ultimately the bottom line.

Establishing a Foundation for Effective Management, Continual Improvement and Financial Return.

An ISO 9001 Consultant can help you understand PDCA –

Plan–Do–Check–Act or plan–do–check–adjust (PDCA) is an iterative four-step management method used for the control and continuous improvement of processes and products across many industries.

One of the key concepts of any Quality Management System it is addressed in Section 4 of ISO 9001. The ISO 9001 standard is based in the PDCA cycle, which is adopted by all ISO quality and environmental standards. Plan, Do, Check, Act.

Just remember to make sure you select a consultant organization that is experienced, has good synergies with your company, and can support all of your ISO certification needs.

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• August 27, 2014
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