In simple words, a Quality Management System (QMS) can be described as a set of corresponding activities which are considered essential for creating or providing high quality products or services. This means meeting the requirements of specific standards or specifications that satisfy the requirements of customer in an effective as well as efficient way. [...]
The ILO (International Labour Organisation) estimates that approximately 2.3 million people around the world die from work-related accidents or diseases every year; this is over 6000 deaths every single day. Worldwide, there are around 340 million occupational accidents and 160 million victims of work-related illnesses annually. This burden of work-related harms and illnesses turns [...]
An Integrated Management System (IMS) can be defined as an arrangement which integrate every process and system of an organisation into a single complete structure. The benefits of an Integrated Management System is that it perform as a single entity with shared objectives instead of individual ones. IMS is an organisational approach which can [...]
An essential control instrument within your Quality Management System (QMS) is the internal audit. The audits are used to ensure your processes work and also a vital part in driving continual improvement within your organisation. Although an ISO 9001 audit checklist is not a requirement in the ISO 9001 standard, they are extensively used [...]
In our global marketplace, certifications are often used to demonstrate an organisations capability and compliance. Without this it becomes challenging to ensure quality and consistency across industries, companies and nations. Many international standards, such as the ones published by ISO (International Organisation for Standardization), help to maintain a quality level within your supply chain. [...]
An internal audit scope of work is the scope of what is being audited. This can be limited to a particular area or function of an organisation or cover an area or set of processes used. Internal audits are one of the best tools to drive continual improvement within an organisation if used correctly. [...]
A PQQ (pre-qualification questionnaire) is a questionnaire which contains a range of questions related to degree of experience, capability, capacity limit, and monetary standing amongst others. The responses to these questions and inquiries empower an organisation to deliver a shortlist of service providers and suppliers who has the best fit for a given project. [...]
The Cyber Essentials Certification Cyber Essentials is a UK-Government supported scheme which came into existence in 2014. In 2013, the UK government started to promote that companies should start to consider their risks to cyber stacks and start to manage it better. It was done by taking some initiatives which started to gain attention. [...]
For a company to get ISO 9001 certification and meet the requirements of the standard, internal audit is an important and mandatory activity for the organisation. Internal auditors review the processes and system of the organisation and review the outcome with senior management. The purpose of these reviews is to identify how proficiently the [...]
ISO 27001 ISO 27001 is the standard for an Information Security Management System which authenticates a company has designed its IT security to efficiently manage information security threats. The biggest advantage of this management system is that when an organisation displays its ISO 27001 certifications, their customers will know that their information is going [...]
