The ISO 9001:2015 standard is one of the most important revisions of the most popular quality management standard, ISO 9001.
What is ISO 9001?
ISO 9001:2015 is the International standard for Quality Management Systems (QMS).
ISO 9001 is the world’s most established quality standard by far, it is currently being used by over one million organisations in 178 countries and economies across the world, and sets the standard not only for quality management systems, but just about every management system you can think of.
It provides an organisation with a set of objectives. This is designed to make sure that a focused approach to the management of your business activities to regularly achieve customer satisfaction and continually improve the effectiveness of a business.
Every organisation would like to improve the way it operates, right? So whether that means improving your share of the market, lowering your costs (which will improve your revenue), or assessing and managing risks more effectively. These will all improve customer satisfaction. A quality management system gives you the basis you need to improve performance in any area you choose.
It helps all kinds of organisations to succeed by improving their customer satisfaction and staff motivation.
Any organisation can benefit from implementing ISO 9001:2015. It doesn’t matter what size they are or what they do. It can help both product and service organisations achieve standards of quality that are recognised and respected throughout the world.
What Is ISO 9001 Consulting?
ISO 9001 Consulting is the job of an ISO Consultant. For example if an owner of a business wanted their company to become an ISO 9001 approved business, they would hire an ISO 9001 Consultant to:
Help them to achieve the standard.
Then teach them how to implement and maintain their ISO 9001 standard.
Developing clear and realistic objectives and targets for the business.
And help the business to create an improvement culture.
It is not a requirement that you use an ISO 9001 consultant to achieve your standard. However, most organisations choose to use a consultant, mainly to help with implementation of their newly gained ISO standard. Some believe that using a consultant can take away a sense of ownership, choosing to use some help from an experienced professional will ensure that your gaining, maintenance and implementation of an ISO 9001 standard so much easier and overall a smoother process.
Did you know:
On average, an ISO 9001 certified business makes 7% more profit than those that aren’t certified.
China is the country with the highest number of ISO 9001 certificates.
There is an ISO standard for replicating the surface of the moon (Not ISO 9001!)
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