About QConsult, Inc.
As experts in International Management Systems Standards (such as ISO 9001, 14001, 18001, 22000, 27001, and 16949), QConsult, Inc. is involved in every stage from planning to implementation to completion offering support thru trainings and internal audits. Our extensive skills encompass all aspects of implementation and operation, including assistance on getting Customer Feedback from clients customer and data analysis. Typically, we are on-site at the client locations establishment of their chosen International Management System Standard.
Our consultants are well versed in all aspects of multiple management systems, from quality to environment, occupational health, safety to Food Safety and Information Security. We pride ourselves on our consultants proven track record for effectively administering multiple implementations. This is due to effectively directing team members in the development of management systems to ensure that all business requirements are met within budget restraints and time schedules.
Consultancy Services
1. ISO 9001:2008 (Quality Management Systems)
2. ISO 14001:2004 (Environmental Management Systems)
3. OHSAS 18001:2007 (Occupational Health and Safety)
4. ISO/TS 16949:2002 (Automotive Production and Service Part Organizations)
5. ISO 27001:2005 (Information Security Management System)
6. ISO 22000:2005 (International Standard for Food Safety Management Systems )
7. Integrated Management Systems
8. Healthcare (For Hospitals, Clinics, and Clinical Laboratories)
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Public and In-house Trainings
1. Awareness trainings on Management System Standards
2. Internal Audit Trainings
3. Train-the-Trainer
4. Disaster Management
5. HACCP
6. Good Manufacturing Practices
7. Management Representative related trainings
8. Legal Requirements Update related to Management System Standards
9. Team Building seminars and workshops
3rd Qtr – 4th Qtr 2009 Training Schedule
- Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP)
- ISO/TS 16949:2002 Internal Audit
- Disaster Management Program
- Train the Trainer
- ISO 9001:2008 Internal Audit Training
- MR Skills Enhancement Training
- Statistical Process Control (SPC)
- ISO 14001:2004 Awareness Training
- ISO 14001:2004 Internal Audit Training
- Root Cause Analysis (RCA)
- ISO 9001:2008 Upgrade Training on Significant Change
- OHSAS 18001:2007 Awareness
- OHSAS 18001:2007 Internal Audit Training
- Fundamentals of IT Project Management
- ISO 22000:2005 Awareness (FSMS)
- Building Leadership Skills: Problem-Solving and Decision-Making
- ISO 27001:2005 Awareness and Risk Assessment
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ISO Management System Consulting | Trainings | Internal Audits
August 13th, 2009Key points of Synergy – Quality and Environmental Management
August 9th, 2009s period of decreased business expenditure there is a significant reduction in the willingness of organisations to embark on new ventures, such as the application of ISO management systems. What is in evidence is a rejuvenated drive to delve into policies and strategies that have customer appeal. For us, new business has appeared from the need for organisations to be worried about environmental issues, and ISO14001 has become a focus of attention.
From a study of both of these standards there is quite bit that is the same in the documented requirements, and integrated management systems have become the end result of this similarity. It would follow that an organisation can legitimately claim to be operating an environmentally friendly (and ISO14K compliant) business without having formally adopted the 14K standard through third party assessment and registration.
The ISO9001 document allows for the organisation to take cognisance of requirements not arising from the customer, or statutory legislation, but adopted through choice by the organisation. So apart from the registration, and the public recognition(?) that is expected to follow, the ISO14K standard has little to offer an organisation with a sensibly implemented ISO9001 management system and a determination to develop it sensibly. Herein lies the actual problem with the ISO standards as usually implemented and publicly recognised.
With ISO9001 having the potential to combine environmental with quality issues in its scope, the 14K standard is of little value – as a standard. But it isn’t being used as a standard for management purposes, but for registration and publicity. Arguably the only real beneficiaries of ISO14001 are the registrars. But is this situation peculiar to the environmental standard? I think not.
The ISO9001 standard has as its title – Quality management systems. Followers of the stated rules are told to believe the end result to be constantly improving quality. Quality of what? Certainly not the product, there is no claim for that to happen. Any improvement that happens is an improvement to the system. What constitutes an actual improvement seems not to have been seriously considered by either the ISO standards authority, the registrars, or those who pay for the assessment and registration process.
The real problem lies in the nomenclature and the consequential expectation of all stakeholders. Quality management isn’t just about following systems, but understanding and managing work objectives and procedures. ISO9001 is not about quality management, it may be quality control, even quality assurance, but it is not quality management.
By: Ed Bones
