Meeting environmental, safety and quality standards makes good business sense especially in a dynamic and highly competitive national and international business environment. Whether you are a manufacturer, supplier or service provider, it is vital that you're able to compete globally.
The ISO 9001: 2000 is a significantly changed standard for business and is totally adjusted to the demands of the current business environment.
The standards ISO 9001 and 9004 focus on the process model as a business platform with continual improvement and customer focus as the major objectives of the quality management system. This gives new opportunities for companies to use the quality management system as a strategic tool which can help them to exceed the compliance requirements and move towards business excellence. As well as to use the ISO quality management standard as a vehicle to implement a change management process.
The structure of the ISO 9001: 2000 version will conform to that of a typical process model and bring together the original 20 element requirement structure under 4 major focus areas:
- Management responsibility.
- Resource management.
- Product [service] realization (Process management).
- Measurement, analysis and improvement.
In implementing a continuous improvement drive within your company, the ISO 9001 could be an excellent vehicle to use to transform your management , operational professes and systems, to ensure that business commitment, responsibility, teamwork, process ownership, efficiency, profitability and growth can all be improved.
It makes sound business sense to implement an international accredited quality system to obtain a competitive edge in the market.
Statistics imply that companies with ISO certification report major competitive advantages as well as improved customer demand (75,0%).
The new ISO 9001: 2000 can gear your company for real business growth. Frankly there is no other way to do it. So call ABM and make it happen for you.
