ISO 9001 Consulting

ISO 9001 Consulting

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⇓  Introduction to ISO 9001 Consulting

⇓  Benefits of ISO 9001 Consulting

⇓  Methodology for ISO 9001 Consulting

⇓  Learn More – ISO 9001 Consulting

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Introduction to ISO 9001 Consulting

Poorly designed and implemented Quality Management Systems (QMS) can cause detrimental burdens on an organization, making it difficult to keep customers satisfied and attain business goals.

If the QMS is developed and implemented correctly it can have an immediate and long term effect with successes of:

  • Improved Customer Satisfaction
  • Exceeding business objectives goals
  • Increased operational efficiency
  • Lower Management System administrative burden
  • Less Management System redundancy
  • Integration of Quality Management Principles through its design
  • Integration of multiple standards (ISO 14001, ISO 45001, IATF 16949, AS 9100, etc.)

Quality-One can assist in the development and implementation of the QMS to assure for its immediate and long-term success. We will assess, design and assist in developing and implementing your QMS. We specialize in utilizing best practices from multiple industries to provide a well-balanced QMS solution for our customers.

Benefits of ISO 9001 Consulting

It’s not impossible to develop and implement a Quality Management System without help. However, an unguided QMS development and implementation plan usually produces suboptimal results.

The QMS Consulting expertise from Quality-One benefits your organization by quickly applying our QMS knowledge to your unique circumstances. We have acquired our QMS knowledge by being in the forefront of management system best practices, specifically Management System Support, for over 30 years and hundreds of implementations in various industries.

Benefits of QMS Consulting include:

  • Reduced number of customer complaints
  • Reduced number of operational process defects
  • Exceeding the Organizational objectives and increasing business opportunities
  • Reduced QMS development and implementation time
  • A QMS designed to suit the organization and your customers’ requirements

Best practices and depth of knowledge and experience significantly impacts the QMS design and ability to meet the organizations’ business goals. There is no substitute for experience. An experienced consultant helps your organization live and own the QMS and operate it at its optimal level.

Methodology for ISO 9001 Consulting

A proven Quality Management System development and implementation approach should be used based on project management methodologies. A structured approach should be used for defining project plans, specific responsibilities and verification of results. The result will be a development and implementation strategy that is more efficient and provides for first time compliance or registration to the ISO 9001 requirements.

ISO 9001 Compliance can be achieved through Seven Phases:

  1. Executive and Management Overview / Planning
  2. Gap Assessment and Planning
  3. Documentation
  4. Implementation and Training
  5. Internal Assessment and Management Review
  6. 3rd Party Registration Assessment
  7. Sustain and Continual Improvement

The Quality-One Seven Phase Approach is detailed as follows:

  1. Executive and Management Overview / Planning
    • Planning
      • Define Context of Organization
      • Define Interested Parties and Requirements
      • Define QMS Scope
      • Define High Level Processes and System Map
      • Define High Level Project Plan Description
      • Define High Level Risks
      • Define Organizations Objectives and Targets
    • Communication and Training Plan
      • Define Communications Plan
      • Define Training Plan
    • Executive and Management Overviews
      • Executive and Management Overviews
      • Requirements of the ISO 9000 Series of Standards
      • Process Approach to Quality Management Systems
      • Managing The Interaction of Processes and Systems
      • Description of the Organization’s Project Plan
  1. Gap Assessment and Planning
    • Gap Assessment
      • Perform a Gap Assessment of the current QMS against Revised or Added requirements of the ISO 9001 Standard
      • Use Quality Management Systems Map as a guide
      • Perform Assessments with Process Owners
      • Document Results and Use Results as inputs into Process Development
    • Planning
      • Re-assess planning performed in Phase 1
      • From Gap Assessment Findings Revise / Update (as required):
        • Project Plans
        • Communications Plans
        • Training Plans
  1. Documentation
    • Policy Development
      • Create Level 1 Policy Document
      • Involve Leadership in Policy Development
      • Include Quality Management Systems Map
      • Use as a guide in Policy Development
      • Include QMS references versus the ISO 9001 Requirements
    • Process Development
      • Create QMS processes using the process approach
      • Define Roles and Responsibilities
        • Process Owners / Process Teams / Facilitators (i.e. QA Dept.)
      • Determine Document Control Requirements
      • Review / Approvals / Document Nomenclature
      • Review ISO 9001 Requirements with Process Owner/Teams
  1. Implementation and Training
    • Implementation
      • Develop Implementation Plans
      • Define by Process
      • Amount of Detail Dependent on Process Risk
        • New
        • Revised
      • Current Non-Conformances with Process
      • Implementation Plan Detail
        • Purpose: describes the implementation requirements for the defined process in order to support the QMS Requirements
        • Scope: Define the scope the plan covers (process / area)
        • Activity: Define required Activity Steps
        • Who is Involved: Define Who needs to be Involved
        • Timing: Define Timing Requirements
        • Deliverables: Define Plan Deliverables
        • Responsibility: Define Responsibilities
        • Other as appropriate
    • QMS Training
      • All Employee
        • Use communications process developed in phase 1 to cover general requirements
        • Communicate Quality Plan Requirements
        • Leadership / Process Owner / Manager / Internal Assessors
        • Review new Quality Management System
        • Quality Manual
          • High Level Processes (Procedures)
      • Management
        • Review new Quality Management System
        • Quality Manual (Policies)
        • High Level Processes (Procedures)
      • Functional Area Requirements
        • As per Implementation Plans for those areas
      • Other
        • As appropriate to the organization
      • Internal Assessor Training
        • Current Assessors
          • ISO 9001 Overview
          • Process Assessment Methodology
        • New Assessors
          • ISO 9001 Overview
          • Internal Auditing Basics
          • Process Auditing Methodology
  1. Internal Assessment and Management Review
    • Internal Assessment
      • Internal Assessment Planning
      • Based on Quality Systems Map and Defined Processes
      • Assessments by Core and Support Functional Areas
      • Internal Assessments (Validate QMS Implementation)
      • Define Who Will Perform Assessments
      • Define Assessment Schedules
      • Communicate Assessment Schedules to Process Owners / Auditees
      • Perform Assessments and Initiate Corrective Actions as Required
      • Prepare Internal Assessment Reports for Management Review
    • Management Review
      • Plan Management Review Meeting
      • Attain all process output and Analyze Data
      • Summarize Analyzed Data for Review Input
        • Results of Internal Assessments
        • Customer Feedback
        • Process Performance and Product Conformity
        • Status of Corrective and Preventive Actions
        • Follow-up Actions from previous Meetings
        • Changes that could Affect the QMS, and Recommendations for Improvements
      • Prepare and Summarize Man. Review Output Decisions or Actions Required to
        • Improve the Effectiveness of the QMS and its Processes
        • Improve the Product Related to Customer Requirements
  1. Compliance / 3rd Party Registration Assessment
    • Close any Open Items / Corrective Actions from Internal Assessment or Management Reviews
    • Complete Cross-Reference of QMS versus ISO 9001 Requirements
      • Where to find Documentation
    • Prepare Registrar Assessment Plan with Registrar / Select Guides (Process Owners)
    • Schedule Assessment and Communicate to Process Owners and Auditees
  1. Sustain and Continual Improvement
    • Summarize Continual Improvement Activities by Process and Align to
      • Business Goals
      • Quality Objectives
      • Quality Planning Activities
      • Measures of Effectiveness
    • Continued Internal Assessment and Management Review to Assure Process and System Continual Improvement
QMS Project Plan
QMS Project Plan
QMS Project Plan
QMS Project Plan
QMS Systems Map
QMS Systems Map
QMS Systems Map
QMS Systems Map
ISO 9001 Gap Assessment Checklist
ISO 9001 Gap Assessment Checklist
ISO 9001 Gap Assessment Checklist
ISO 9001 Gap Assessment Checklist

Learn More About ISO 9001 Consulting

Quality-One offers Quality Management Systems Development through Consulting, Training and Project Support. Quality-One provides Knowledge, Guidance and Direction in Quality Management Systems development activities, tailored to your unique wants, needs and desires. Let us help you Discover the Value of ISO 9001 Consulting, ISO 9001 Training or ISO 9001 Project Support.

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