CORVID-19 related lockdowns & restrictions, has created
a novel situation. However Certification-related Audits are still required to
be conducted in-spite of current restrictions. To enable Certification audits
to continue, most Certification Bodies worldwide have or are moving to Remote
Auditing. This means that the Auditing is carried out remotely as the default.
In the past, they were the exceptions.
Note...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...