Achieve ISO 9001 Certification with QMS Audits! We can conduct internal 9001 audits and the implementation of an entire Integrated Management System, covering off ISO 9001, 14001 and 45001. We assist you at every step in the process through to the external audit. At QMS Audits we work with our preferred certification bodies, negotiating audit fees. Our materials and templates have already been to audit many times, therefore are more than audit ready! We know what the auditors want to see.
We get our clients great audit outcomes so you can start supplying new customers in a few weeks.
When it’s time for your stage 1 audit we will help you through the process of selecting a certification body. Because of our reputation and lasting relationships with auditors we can assure you will get a fair price.
Our consultants come from a wide range of industries where they have implemented lots of ISO Standards and helped our clients achieve excellent audit outcomes.
Our ISO Plans and integrated management systems have been to audit many times. We customise line by line for your business, covering the ISO standards you need. Our documents are simplified to make the system easy to maintain. Everything is provided in editable documents, which you can modify as your business grows
Is your business looking for new opportunities or under pressure from a customer to have ISO certification? We understand your urgency so we won’t hold you up with unnecessary requirements. Just enough to comply, just enough to conform and whatever the business needs – nothing more, after that its just overpromising and causing unnecessary work.
Choose the ISO training that works for you
ISO 9001 is becoming a prerequisite for an ever-increasing number of state and federal government departments both within Australia and overseas. For Importers and exporters it is becoming an essential gauge of an established and reliable supplier. More and more governments overseas are using ISO 9001 as a form of regulation of importers.
ISO 9001 is the basis for many industry standards, such as the Feed Ingredients And Additives Association (FIAAA) as well as FSSC 22000. Almost any and every type of business, from general manufacturing to flight training schools to accountancies and training organisations can become ISO 9001 certified.
Integrated Management Systems encompass various processes within a unified framework that addresses multiple standards. For example, many people decide to implement ISO 9001, ISO 45001 and ISO 14001 within one integrated management system to cover of quality, environment and occupational health and safety. At QMS Audits we are able to help write up and develop an integrated management system for your business that covers these ISO standards.
ISO 9001, whilst still complex, is far more straight forward today than the ISO introduced to many organisations 20+ years ago that required a full time consultant for multiple years.
Thorough analysis of your strategic direction and a SWOT analysis of your markets and business, you are able to narrow the scope of your ISO certification to only what is required.
Interested parties, such as suppliers, customers and regulators and their requirements of your organisation need to be identified.
A process flow chart of your business practices must be documented and this is used to identify your quality criteria and what needs to be checked to drive consistency to spec and fulfil regulations.
A quality policy, with a framework for setting objectives and actual quality objectives needs to be set. Often ISO 9001 standards are implemented within a business in combination with ISO 14001 and ISO 45001 as part of an integrated management system.
Support programs, such as competence and training, calibration, communication and awareness and organisational knowledge need to be covered off.
At QMS Audits, the basic guide is “Document what you do, then do what you have documented”.
For small to medium size businesses we can usually set up the ISO 9001 system within a few weeks from the first day that we start working in your business. Once the processes are in place and your staff are comfortable using them, we then book in a certification body, such as SAI Global or Compass Assurance, to perform the audit. We try to keep the entire ISO certification process, including writing up the processes, as simple as possible.
If you are not sure which Certification Body to choose, we are happy to make a recommendation based on what you are trying to achieve and the maturity of your organisation.
Once certified, your business is required to have an annual surveillance audit, every three years a full audit is completed.
How can QMS Audits help you to prepare for ISO 9001 Accreditation?
At QMS Audits, we build straight forward quality management systems (QMS) for ISO 9001 certification for all types of businesses.
Where possible and if deemed suitable, we write work instructions up as standard work. At QMS Audits, we do this because they are simpler to read and understand. Standard work instructions also detail the reasons why we perform each step. It also means that they are more likely to be followed every day, not just during the audit.
We meet with you on a regular basis throughout the project to ensure we all agree on the next step.
Whilst ISO Certification isn’t mandatory many government departments such as the Department of Defence look for ISO certification in their tendering process. Being ISO certified can differentiate your business from the rest in the tendering process.
ISO certification shows a commitment to best practice in your business. It is often looked on favourably by large corporations and government departments looking for suppliers or contracting services. Being ISO certified also improves systems internally to ensure the quality management system of the business is developed and implemented properly. This gives an extra level of confidence to your customers.
The ISO certification process can be summarised into 5 steps:
