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Category " ISO 9001"





ISO 9001 Project Management & Interim Management Assistance

Date: 11 Nov 2019
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Traditionally, clients want consultancy to help to achieve ISO 9001 or other Management certifications. However, we have recently seen an increase in the number of clients who are wanting to achieve or support continuing certification but have limited resources. This could be due to limited available internal resources, lacking the right internal skills or going through significant organisational...


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Biggest Mistakes you can make with the ISO 9001 standard.

Date: 15 Oct 2019
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1. Quality is not about Business - No longer is ISO 9001 about the quality of the Product and supporting Documentation. Customers expect consistent compliance to the requirements / specification. They are now looking for other factors to decide who to order from. - Before ISO 9001: 2000, the Standard was concerned with the internal operation of the business to provide consistent product quality....


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Government Grants for Businesses

Date: 08 Oct 2019
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Government Grant assistance for businesses is now available to assist achieving ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and other Management Standard certification. Government Grants have been up to 30%. Traditionally the funding has been very defined by the area or the special activity. Then Grants were available under the Growth Accelerator scheme nationally. This changed suddenly when the Scheme was abolished in November...


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About the ISO Management Standards Certification Organisations

Date: 18 Jun 2019
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For ISO 9001 and other Management Standards - the Certifications Organisations check compliance and issue the Certificates The Certification Organisations or Bodies for the different ISO Management Standards including ISO 9001, ISO 14001, provide Assessors to audit or check Organisations wanting to be certified as meeting the requirements of the relevant Standard. The Certification Organisations...


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The secrets to a successful business according to ISO 9001

Date: 18 Jun 2015
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1 Purpose - What are you in Business to achieve? Put into words, then 2 Decision Making – effective Decision Making is key to success. Decisions need to be effective and implemented. They do not need to be perfect 3 What makes you different in the customer’s Mind? Define it. 4 Define & document repeatable Processes 5 Monitor your Business – Identify what is important drivers for your...


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What is ISO 9001 Standard ?

Date: 29 Dec 2014
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ISO 9001 is an international standard created and published by the ISO organisation (for more information about ISO refer to our “What is ISO“ blog) According to ISO – “A standard is a document that provides requirements, specifications, guidelines or characteristics that can be used consistently to ensure that materials, products, processes and services are fit for their purpose”. Most...


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Incorporating Risk in Management Standards

Date: 05 Apr 2014
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Risk at present is very popular. More of different Management Standards are now incorporating Risk as part of their requirements. The reason is that it is a more robust and auditable requirement to assist Improvements than the traditional "Preventative Action", which companies have often struggled to demonstrate  compliance. Too often with smaller Organisations, they are regularly implement improvement...


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API Q1, ISO 9001 and Other Management Standards – Better support in Scotland

Date: 01 Mar 2014
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Charter 4 is very pleased to announce better support Scottish Companies wanting to achieve or maintain Certification to the relevant Management Standards. These include API Q1 & Q2 & Monogram (Oil & Gas), ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and CE Mark for the Construction Products Regulations. Charter 4 Solutions, can now provide consultancy to assist Clients achieve and support Certification to the relevant...


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List of ISO Management Standards

Date: 27 Nov 2013
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ISO Management Standards is a generic term, which covers compliance to an expanding range of Management related International Standards. ISO have published over 22,000 standards. However most are technical standards related to product specifications. The expansion into Management System Standards was started with the publishing of ISO 9001 Quality Management Standard in 1987. Since then the Management...


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ISO 9001 Quality Certification: Is it worth it?

Date: 08 Sep 2013
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With all things that cost your business money, the prevailing question is "Is it worth it?". What returns can you expect from investing the time and effort to achieve ISO certification? Research has shown that costs can be reduced by 1600% per £1 spent on Quality management and Certification, there are some pretty big claims. Also profits increase by 300%. Of course, the returns you will get, are business...


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