Expectations of Customers are growing and they are becoming more sophisticated and better informed. For any business, the only way to keep up is to offer a commitment to quality. In fact any organization, whatever their size or type of industry, they can give themselves a secure future by introducing a quality management system (QMS) such as the ISO 9001.
A company’s environmental performance can have a significant impact on its success. ISO 14001 is the internationally recognized standard for Environmental Management Systems (EMS). An Environmental Management System provides a framework for managing environmental responsibilities, so they become more efficient and more integrated into overall business operations.
Health and safety at work is an issue affecting all businesses. Implementing an occupational health and safety (OHS) management system is now a legal requirement in many countries. How do you keep up with legislation and set up a system that protects the staff and the Organisation? The answer is to introduce a management system that can reduce the risk of accidents, litigation and downtime.
Safe food is critical for consumers and businesses. While much of our food supply is safe, several recent high profile cases around the world underline the potential danger of food-borne illness to consumers, employees and brand value.
ISO 27001 establishes guidelines and general principles for initiating, implementing, maintaining, and improving information security management in an organization. The objectives outlined provide general guidance on the commonly accepted goals of information security management.
ISO 13485, published in 2003, and now fully recognized in many countries, is based on the ISO 9001 process model approach. These standards provide a good base model, recognised by the Global Harmonization Task Force (GHTF), for compliance with the European Union (EU) CE Marking medical device directives, Health Canada CMDCAS, Taiwan Medical Device Regulations, Japan JPAL and other international requirements.
The ISO/TS16949 is an ISO technical specification aiming to the development of a quality management system that provides for continual improvement, emphasising defect prevention and the reduction of variation and waste in the supply chain. It is based on the ISO 9001and the first edition was published in March 2002 as ISO/TS 16949:2002.
ISO/IEC 20000 is the first worldwide standard specifically aimed at IT Service Management. It describes an integrated set of management processes for the effective delivery of services to the business and its customers.ISO/IEC 20000 is aligned with and complementary to the process approach defined within ITIL® from the Office of Government Commerce (OGC).
Since publication of ISO 50001, implementation and certification to ISO’s new energy management standard is gaining pace around the world. Statistics (compiled by Reinhard Peglau, Senior Scientific Officer on Environmental Management at the German Federal Environment Agency), indicated that about 100 organizations in 26 countries had already achieved certification, and are reaping the benefits in increased energy efficiency, reduced costs and improved energy performance.
ISO 28001 defines the requirements for the implementation of a security management system along the supply chain (Supply Chain Security). The ISO 28001 is applicable to all sectors, from manufacturing to services, from logistics to transport and covers every stage of production or supply. ISO 28001 a specification for security management systems for the supply chain provides framework for a security management system which aimed at improving the overall security in supply chains. Supply risks such as threats from terrorism, fraud and piracy have serious implications to businesses. Organization shall manage the risks and assure security by identifying potential threats, assessing risks and implementing measure to prevent any risks and threats from adversely affecting the success of their business.
ISO 41001 is a Facility Management (FM) standard designed to help an organization establish, implement, maintain and improve an integrated facility management system. FM supports the integration of people, infrastructures and processes within the working environment with the purpose of improving the quality of life and productivity of the business. The main aim of ISO 41001 is to increase the awareness and support the development, implementation and maintenance of effective facilities management in all sectors of industry.
