If you operate in a highly regulated market, traceability and conformity matter and are crucial to quality. A mistake many businesses make, especially in the early days, is a desire to produce quantity in an effort to grow their business and profits. What this attitude overlooks though is the value of quality.
Recognising this contrast between these two approaches and the potential benefit to a business that has high-quality standards is a big and difficult shift for established organisations. This is why, the sooner a business can implement processes and systems focused on quality, the easier it is and the better start the business will have within the formative years.
Implementing systems to gain ISO 9001 compliance certification enables you to be recognised globally as a business that meets a high-quality management standard. This gives your customers and shareholders confidence in your company and allows you to flourish and grow.
Achieving ISO compliance is not just a job of the quality department (if you have one), it must be led from the top, With-out management’s commitment, it is impossible to meet all the requirements. Management’s role needs to be documenting and proving that standards have been reached and that it is demonstrable and maintained.
The first step is to have a clear plan in place with your objectives identified and steps for moving forward. These objectives are what you will use to measure your success as you design, implement and monitor the processes.
A Broad Outlook on Quality
To achieve ISO 9001, the level of quality has to be traceable within all areas of your processes. From the manufacturing to the shipping, you have to prove you have planned and organised these systems with your customer’s experience of the finished product at the heart of them.
All operators and staff have to be effectively trained and the equipment used has to be fit for purpose. The materials acquired have to be sourced thoughtfully with clear defined reasons for your choices identified. You have to be able to trace all your materials and know when and where each element built.
Monitor and Develop
As with any part of a successful sustainable business, showing an ability to monitor and develop processes, systems and products is vital. Even after you have achieved ISO 9001 compliance, you need a plan in place to continuously monitor against the objectives you set out at the beginning of the process.
A willingness to keep progressing and developing the systems is very helpful. The ISO 9001 compliance process allows you to improve the performance of your business and continue to keep making improvements as you go forward.
Cost effective Vs Cost savings
Putting time, energy, manpower and money into ISO Compliance can put some short-sighted entrepreneurs off the process but when you give your business the opportunity to operate in the most efficient way possible and achieve the highest quality, you actually save money and make more profit long term. ISO 9001 is a cost-effective process to go through and contributes to the longevity and sustainability of a business.
ISO 9001 Compliant with Nexus
Here at Nexus we are well versed in requirements for ISO 9001 compliance. Many of our clients are working in industries that expect a level of quality as standard and we support them to achieve this with a simple, experienced approach.
When working with us, our clients have access to detailed information about the manufacturing and shipping processes. We know exactly what is built, when and how for every client and our comprehensive QA systems and processes ensure a complete audit trail is available.
For more information on how we can help you achieve ISO 9001 compliance as you manufacture your product, fill out our contact form.
