ISO 9001 is the most widely accepted and applied standard in the quality management system worldwide. The content of the ISO 9001 standard specifies minimum requirements for a company and its functioning quality management system. The focus is on the economic benefits: it is necessary to improve the overall performance of the organization. In concrete terms, this means a continuous improvement of financial success. A holistic view of a company is essential for this process-oriented approach.
Quality-specific core elements of ISO-based management systems are aimed at ensuring that companies comply with legal, regulatory and customer expectations with their products and services and thus establish a standard for customers and supplier relationships.
In this way, the standard characterizes the quality thinking in many organizations and has become a decisive success factor. The trend is reflected in the fact that the audit process itself and its quality assurance in the company are now a very high priority. Today more than 1.1 million organizations worldwide are certified. The main application regions are Europe and Asia.
Our audit experts offer tailor-made solutions / management systems to national small and medium-sized companies as well as to internationally active companies in order to achieve their goals.
Together with you, we develop a tailor-made schedule for you. At the same time, we do not require expensive and lengthy training. Our audit experts will take care of the actual analysis of your existing processes, the audit planning and execution, and even the reporting and certification process.
Your advantages in working with us:
- Security in planning and execution at an individual fixed price
- Compact, unbureaucratic and flexible approach
- Fast implementation through years of audit expertise
- Shortened audit duration and certification in 6-12 weeks
The benefits of ISO 9001 for your company:
- Proof of certified quality management according to the requirements of the ISO 9001:2015 standard:
- Objective proof of a consciously introduced standard of your processes, products or services
- Creates trust with stakeholders: Employees, (interested) customers and business partners, the public
- All employees of your company are included in quality assurance
- Increases employee and customer satisfaction
- Improvement of value creation for your organization and customers:
- Increases competitiveness by adhering to international standards
- Objective assessment of your products and services by future clients
- Prerequisite for placing orders on the part of manufacturers, suppliers and large international companies
- Access to new sales markets and customer groups at home and abroad
- Indicates the adaptability of your company to changing market, industry and customer requirements
- Participation in public tenders and preferential assignment of the certificate
- Risk reduction and making use of opportunities:
- Requests and complaints can be systematically processed
- Savings potential is realized
- Your overall performance and financial success will be improved
Order of ISO 9001 certification process
1- Pre-audit (optional): Audit experts assess the certification readiness of your company and check whether the requirements of DIN ISO 9001 are already implemented or in process.
2- Certification audit: The audit is divided into two stages.
The stage 1 audit, also referred to as a "friendly audit", is used to plan the certification audit. In this case,
- Examination of documentation: an auditor examines the documentation on site to determine whether the documentation of your quality management system is congruent with the requirements of the ISO 9001 standard.
- An auditor checks whether external framework conditions for the certification audit in Stage 2 are available. In this stage, possible deficiencies can be corrected effectively in order to successfully pass the certification audit.
- The auditor will show you the effectiveness of your quality management system as well as its practical application.
The certification audit in your company takes place in stage 2 audit.
3- Issuance of certificates: After the certification audit, a certificate for a quality management system according to ISO 9001 is issued. The certificate provides proof of the standard conformity and functionality of your quality management system. At the same time, your company is included in the public online certificate database.
4- Monitoring audits: Monitoring audits will be carried out annually in the next two years. In the monitoring audit, the continuous optimization of your processes and the maintenance of the standard conformity are checked.
5- Re-certification: The audit will be repeated at the end of three years. With re-certification, you document your continuous improvement process as well as your commitment to customers and partners.
