Helping You Automate Your Business & Achieving The ISO 9001 Standard

It is no secret that the processes followed by most small to medium-sized businesses to prepare for or maintain an ISO 9001 registration has been largely manual rather than computerized. Employees are expected to key in or type the required quality documents, physically draw process diagrams, and spend hours creating and cross footing reports and validating data to show ISO auditors that the business has actually followed the documented processes which can be such a huge hassle!

Achieving the ISO 9001 standard is not about establishing a set of procedures that are complicated and difficult to manage. The aim is to provide a workable management system that is suitable for your organisation. With the right support and the knowledge of your employees, you will end up with a system that will improve all areas of your organisation.

Implementing an effective and robust ISO 9001 Quality Management System (QMS) will help you to focus on the important areas of your business and improve efficiency. The management processes that are established throughout your business will provide a sound foundation, leading to increased productivity and profit. This, in turn, will improve your customer acquisition and retention.

Some of the main benefits of ISO 9001 certification include:

  • Suitable for both small and large organisations
  • Better internal management
  • Less wastage
  • Increase in efficiency, productivity and profit
  • Improved customer retention and acquisition
  • Consistent outcomes, measured and monitored
  • Globally recognised standard
  • Compatible with other ISO standards

Benefits of the ISO 9001:2015 to your customers

The ISO 9001:2008/ISO 9001:2015 standard is recognised worldwide and your customers will understand the benefits of working with companies that are ISO 9001 certified. In fact, some of your customers will only do business with certified companies because it gives them the assurance that your management systems are constantly assessed and approved.

They will know from experience that working with ISO 9001:2015 certified companies provides many advantages:

Minimises mistakes

Improves reporting and communications

Better quality products and service

More reliable production scheduling and delivery

Standards maintained by annual assessments

How We Can We Assist You

Within the requirements of the ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management System, certain aspects might become a bit cumbersome and tedious. By utilizing the power of the Microsoft Office 365 technology, a huge amount of these tasks can now be automated.

Our solution offers you:

  • Document approval before they are published
  • Document Cycle management for documents that need to be reviewed/re-approved or removed after a set amount of time
  • Document version control, complete major/minor versioning  for all documents
  • Sharing policies or process documents externally
  • Documents always accessible, yet secure
  • Audit trails, exportable and reportable
  • Separated security, users/groups will only see what has been shared with them
  • Automated Corrective/Preventative Actions system, with automated alerts, PDF creation and full analytics
  • Digital calibration reports with real-time information
  • Completely flexible to accommodate any new requests for any type of business.

Built on the backbone of Microsoft’s infrastructure, make the most of your Office 365 subscription, reduce costs, accelerate time and use the technology to automate your business.

 

 

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