ISO Consultancy
10 good things ISO standards can do for SMEs
- Standards help you compete on a level playing field with bigger enterprises
- Standards open up export markets for your products and services
- Standards help you discover best business practices
- Standards drive efficiency in your business operations
- Standards add credibility and confidence for your customers
- Standards open new business opportunities and sales
- Standards give you the competitive edge
- Standards make your brand name internationally recognized
- Standards help your company grow
- Standards enable a common “language” to be used across an industry sector.
SKM International Consulting Inc. shares a passion for collaboration with only the very best industry leaders to deliver affordable first-in-class consulting, coaching, dynamic training services, and personalized project management.
ISO 9001 Consulting Services
Our Consultants have extensive experience in developing and implementing ISO 9001 Quality Management Systems in a wide variety of industries. We've refined our services through years of hands-on application and we continue to improve our offerings to ensure our customers receive the highest quality service available.
Based on your organization's specific needs and objectives, we can provide you with the following consultant assistance:
Process Study / Gap Analysis
- Quality Management System (QMS) planning, development, documentation and implementation assistance
- System maintenance and on-going support
- Internal Audits and Management Reviews
- Employee training and skills development
- Certification audit, surveillance audit and re-certification support
- Data collection, analysis and reporting
- Process and productivity improvement
- Supplier surveillances; inspections; supply chain audits
- Other outsourced Quality support
- Employee training and skills development
- Certification audit, surveillance audit and re-certification support
- Data collection, analysis and reporting
- Process and productivity improvement
- Supplier surveillances; inspections; supply chain audits
- Other outsourced Quality support
What is ISO?
ISO (International Organization for Standardization) is the world’s largest developer of voluntary International Standards. International Standards give state of the art specifications for products, services and good practice, helping to make industry more efficient and effective. Developed through global consensus, they help to break down barriers to international trade.
What is ISO 9000 family?
The ISO 9000 family of standards is related to quality management systems and designed to help organizations ensure that they meet the needs of customers and other stakeholder’s .while meeting statutory and regulatory requirements related to the product. The standards are published by ISO, the International Organization for Standardization, and available through National standards bodies.
Registration/Certification/Accreditation
What is the difference between Accreditation, Registration & Certification?
Organizations which are accredited to issue certificates to ISO 9001, ISO 14001 etc. are referred to as 'certification bodies'. Any organization which is assessed by a certification body and meets the relevant standard gains a certificate and is placed on a register, and is therefore referred to as a 'registered' organization.
What do consultants do?
Consultants help and advice. Good consultants are similar to trainers and coaches. We work with you to help you understand what is required and do what is necessary for your quality system to reach the required level.
Do and Don't Of Consultants.
Consultant Prepare and coach you. Help you get your system ready. Advise you where you have gaps (a gap analysis) plus explain and show you how to fix the gaps, or even do it for you. Advises teach, guide and help you throughout the process. Prepare you and show you how to meet the various requirements. We can also do internal audits for you (a requirement before your external audit).
Consultants do not: Do an external audit for certification purposes. Award certificates to ISO 9001 or any other standard.
What's a Quality Auditor?
Someone with the skills and experience to audit a quality management system. Where a consultant is like a coach, the auditor is the examiner. And never the twain shall meet: certifiers cannot consult or advise you.
Auditors work for certifiers: the companies who award the certificates. Certifiers are private organizations, who are accredited to award certificates and are service providers.
