ISO 9001 : 2008, Quality Management System
Its an upcoming need of an organization to implement QMS to find the way of meeting the requirements that suit its Business Continuity, which in turn relates with the Customer satisfaction and Continual Improvement. ISO 9001-2008 is the auditable Standard, which defines the requirements of 'Quality Management System' and helps the Organizational System to achieve the desired process integrity and / or product conformance.
The standard adopts the 'Process based model of QMS' as major tool for implementation, monitoring & control.
ISO9001-2008 is suitable for any organization – Large, Medium or Small scale Fro many sector.
QMS'-An overview?ISO9001-2008 is the standard, which derives the requirements for Quality Management System. It is designed to identify, implement, monitor& control the organizational core & support processes, which ultimately leads to compliance with stat./Reg. and Customer's requirements.
It is beneficial for several types of Organizational Use including following –- To understand& complywith customer's requirements & stat /Reg. requirements
- To achieveOrganizationalQualityObjectives andGoals.
- To ensure the cost effectiveness w.r.t. RejectionManagement & Control.
- To provide relevant information /OrganizationProfile to the customer thru 'QualityManual'
- Tomeasure the customer satisfaction.
How to go about ISO-9001-2008 -QMS ?
- Define the scope of QMSimplementation,whichmay cover part or all of core functions of organization.
- Identify organizational processes & control over them
- PrepareQualityManual& Procedures outlining the organization Profile.
- IdentifyQuality Policy & Objectives.
- GetApproval frommgt. ensuring Stat./Reg compliances.
- Implementation ofmeasuring&monitoring thru Internal audits &Mgt.Review
Benefits of QMS
It helps to achieve Customer's goodwill, Market reputation, Approved Vendorship to larger potential companies . It opens the doors of National / International markets.
Cost Saving :It helps to reduce process deviations / product non-conformances leading to effective cost saving.
Legal Compliances :It ensures about compliance with various Legal, Statutory & regulatory requirements. Certified organization can display C.B.'s logo on their correspondence, sales, marketing tools
Commitment :It demonstrates the commitment at all levels of organization ensuring the provision of Quality Product / Service to your customers.
Operating Level Risk Management :Leads to better knowledge of QMS , Identification of areas to be improved & Actions arising.
Employees :Improves the employee awareness about QMS , their roles & responsibilities within organization. Proves your Senior Management Commitment to the Quality Service / Product.
Continual Improvement :Regular assessment process will help to continually monitor your performance and improve upon.
- From 1 July 2013, under the Construction Products Regulation (CPR), it became mandatory for manufacturers to apply CE marking to any of their products covered by a harmonised European standard (hEN) or a European Technical Assessment (ETA). This was a major change in the United Kingdom as affixing of CE marking under the old Construction Products Directive (CPD) had been voluntary. This, coupled with other changes introduced by the CPR, left the construction industry facing its most significant change for a decade in the way in which construction products were to be sold in Europe. - See more at: Click Here .
- ISO 9001 is being updated! ISO 9001 Quality Management Systems is under review, with the draft version now available for purchase. The final updated version is expected by the end of 2015. Learn more about the changes and how you can contribute to or purchase the draft version of ISO 9001:2015
- On 13 November, leaders from the European and Japanese standardization organizations have signed a joint Cooperation Agreement in Tokyo. The Cooperation Agreement between CEN, CENELEC and JISC provides a new framework for closer collaboration on various aspects of standardization, which will facilitate trade in goods and services between Europe and Japan.
- On July 11, 2014 the European Commission has published an updated list of European harmonized standards that pertain to the Machinery Directive (2006/42/EC) in the Official Journal of the European Union. Besides updates to existing standards, this list (2014/C 220/01) also contains 16 new standards
