The future of ISO 9001 Standard is not just mere compliance with the standard but rather a practical roadmap and framework for the development of competitive advantage and business excellence. To achieve and maintain the ISO 9001: 2000 Standard, organizations must closely focus on generic management principles, promoting continuous improvement and the effective monitoring of customer satisfaction. Quality Management Standard certification is aligned with recognition of business improvement practices and achievement of measurable performance improvements. “To be the best is not enough—you must also be recognized as such.” Obtain international recognition for ISO 9001:2000 from IQS.




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Pre-audit (optional): gap analysis and diagnosis of your current position against the standard
Certification audit (certificate issued)
Surveillance visits to allow continual improvement
Re-certification after 3 years through full audit or continual assessment

International recognition and credibility in markets
Increased efficiency and improved performance
Reduced business risk through better risk management
Greater motivation of staff to provide better service to customers
Continuous business improvement
Audit trail and superior performance measurement

ISO 9001:2000 is based on eight quality management principles (all fundamental to good business practice). When fully adopted, these principles can help improve your organizational performance:

Customer focus: organizations depends on their customers, and therefore need  to shape activities around the fulfillment of market need

Leadership: is needed to provide unity of purpose and direction

Involvement of people: creates an environment where people become fully involved in achieving the organization's objectives

Process approach: to achieve organizational objectives, resources and activities need to be managed as processes, with an understanding of how the outputs of one process affects the inputs to another

System approach to management: the effectiveness and efficiency of the organization depends on a systemised approach to work activities

Continual improvement: adopting this as a part of everyday culture is a key objective for an organization

Fact based decision-making: effective decisions are based on the logical and intuitive analysis of data and factual information

Mutually beneficial supplier relationships: such relationships will enhance the ability to create value

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If you would like more information about how ISO9001: 2000 certification can help achieve better business results, please contact IQS.

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