ISO 9001 Quality Management System
Straight forward cost effective ISO 9001 Implementation!
Interested in achieving accreditation to ISO 9001 but concerned about the costs and the hastle?
Qualtec have been involved in assisting companies implement management systems for the past 15 years and have helped over 200 companies achieve various accreditations. In 99% of cases, they achieve accreditation first time.
Their approach is simple and cost effective. They produce a documented Safety Management System that reflects your current system and that meets the requirements of ISO 9001.
You only pay based on results. We charge a fixed fee of 1,000 euro for the production of your safety documentation. We only invoice you when it is completed. You only pay when the auditing body have assessed that documentation and we deal with any issues they raise!
We then charge a fixed fee of 1,000 euro for carrying out of an internal audit of your documented Quality Management System.
The final fee of 1,000 euro is payable when you achieve ISO 9001 accreditation!
We will liaise with the different auditing bodies and ensure that you get the most competitive quotation for your audit. This will save you thousands!!!
Why should your company implement 9001?
- It will assist your company in meeting regulatory requirements.
- It is a great marketing tool.
- Certification may become a prerequisite for tendering to EU public bodies.
- It will increase your company’s vendor rating by blue chip companies.
- It may become a requirement to do business with blue chip companies.
- It may improve your company’s ability to bid for contracts.
- It can improve productivity
How would Qualtec approach implementing 9001 into your company?
Project Management
A person with the necessary authority and ability must be appointed as Quality Co-ordinator. His/her job is to liase with the consultant, co-ordinate and monitor the Quality System and to see that prompt and effective action is taken when required. It is expected that the Quality Co-ordinator would be available for approximately an hour and a half per week. If this is not practical a number of people can fulfill this role. Our consultant will manage the project.
This management will include:
- drawing up a project plan,
- assessing the company's procedures,
- identifying shortfalls in procedures,
- agreeing corrective action to ensure compliance with the standard,
- documenting the company's procedures,
- auditing the procedures to ensure compliance with the documented system,
- chairing progress reviews.
Phase I Documented Quality System
The first phase of the Implementation Plan is to agree and document the new documented quality system. To document these procedures, our consultant will have to visit your company once a week to talk to the relevant people responsible for different areas of the company. It is important that procedures are agreed directly with the people responsible for implementing them. All procedures will be agreed through consensus and there will be no extra paperwork added nor any change in procedures that cannot be justified on the basis of added value to the company and achieving quality objectives. It is expected that any changes in procedures will be implemented throughout the documentation phase.
Phase II Internal Quality Audits and implementation
Once the Quality System has been agreed and documented, the Internal Quality Audits phase can commence. The consultant will formally go through every procedure in the same way as the external auditor will in order to ensure that company personnel are operating in accordance with the agreed procedures. Any non- compliances will be recorded. The consultant will meet with the person responsible for the area where the non-compliance arose, to investigate why the procedure is not being complied with and to agree corrective action. The reason may very well be that the procedure is impractical and, if this is case, the procedure must be amended. However, if it is agreed that the procedure is correct, practical and necessary, agreement must be sought on when the procedure will be implemented. These procedures will be reviewed within a month to assess the effectiveness of the implementation. Once the audits have been “closed out” to the satisfaction of the consultant, the company is then ready for a formal audit by an external auditing body. Once satisfied with the new documented quality system meets the requirements of the new quality system and that it is fully implemented, the company will be approved to ISO 9001:2000