Benefits of ISO 9001:2008 QMS

Benefits of ISO 9001 Certification

The ISO 9001 standard outlines a process approach to implementing and supporting a quality management system. As a result, there is increased involvement of top management with regards to the Quality Management System.
Top Management is engaged for the setting of the Quality Policy and Quality Goals and Objectives. It continues with Management Review looking at data from the QMS, and taking actions to make sure that Quality Goals are met, new Goals are set, and continual improvement is achieved.

The Role of the QMS System in Achieving ISO 9001 and ISO 9000 Certification

With the QMS in place and working for you, the organization is focused towards the Quality Goals. Management is provided with data on a continual basis and able to see progress or lack of progress towards goals and take appropriate action. The organized, scheduled process of conducting Management Review ensures that this evaluation takes place. It provides the mechanism of reviewing goals and performance against goals on a scheduled basis, and for taking action based on the evaluation.

When ISO 9001 is implemented in an organization:

• Well defined and documented procedures improve the consistency of output
• Quality is constantly measured
• Procedures ensure corrective action is taken whenever defects occur
• Defect rates decrease
• Defects are caught earlier and are corrected at a lower cost
• Defining procedures identifies current practices that are obsolete or inefficient
• Documented procedures are easier for new employees to follow
• Organizations retain or increase market share, increasing sales or revenue

Top reasons given for registration:

• Internal operational efficiency
• Lower production costs because of fewer nonconforming products, less rework, lowered rejection rates, streamlined processes and fewer mistakes.
• Access to new markets
• Some markets require ISO 9001 Registration, some markets favor companies with ISO 9000 Registration
• Customer request
• Many organizations are asked by a customer to obtain registration as a requirement to continue or to start doing business with them.

How will ISO 9001 reduce costs in my organization?

Reducing costs

Organizations are recognizing that an effective Quality Management System leads to reduced costs and greater operating margins. A well designed and implemented Quality Management System based on ISO 9001 has been shown to provide organizations with the following benefits:

Reduced costs, obtained through:

• Improved product reliability
• Better process control and flow
• Better documentation of processes,
• Greater employee quality awareness
• Reductions in product scrap, rewords and rejections

When ISO 9001 is implemented in an organization:

• Well defined and documented procedures improve the consistency of output
• Quality is constantly measured
• Procedures ensure corrective action is taken whenever defects occur
• Defect rates decrease
• Defects are caught earlier and are corrected at a lower cost
• Defining procedures identifies current practices that are obsolete or inefficient
• Documented procedures are easier for new employees to follow
• Organizations retain or increase market share, increasing sales or revenues
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The Role of the QMS System in Achieving ISO 9001 and ISO 9000 Certification

With the QMS in place and working for you, the organization is focused towards the Quality Goals. Management is provided with data on a continual basis and able to see progress or lack of progress towards goals and take appropriate action. The organized, scheduled process of conducting Management Review ensures that this evaluation takes place. It provides the mechanism of reviewing goals and performance against goals on a scheduled basis, and for taking action based on the evaluation.

The Results of Certification to ISO 9001

• Well defined and documented procedures improve the consistency of output.
• Quality is constantly measured
• Procedures ensure corrective action is taken whenever defects occur.
• Defect rates decrease
• Defects are caught earlier and are corrected at a lower cost.
• Defining procedures identifies current practices that are obsolete or inefficient.
• Documented procedures are easier for new employees to follow.
• Organizations retain or increase market share, increasing sales or revenues
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The Ongoing Benefits of ISO 9001 Certification

A well designed and implemented Quality Management System, based on ISO 9001 has been shown to provide organizations with the following benefits:

·         You will have consistent, repeatable processes and a common system.

·         You will have fewer problems with failures in service or product quality.

·         Your people know what to do and how you want it done.

·         You will have more business, because you can sell to new markets or having the endorsement will distinguish you in the marketplace.

·         You'll know more quickly if things are going wrong, and where; you stop spending money or wasting time on the same old problems. Many problems will disappear because you know how to prevent them; if they do come up, you'll know how to fix them faster.

·         Better management control and reporting - which means that you know how your business is doing.

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