ISO 9001 Consulting, Training and Auditing

Why Should Your Organization Get ISO 9001 Certified?
The ISO 9001 Standard is a tool that can help you better manage your organization. Like any other business tool, how much it helps will depend on how well you put it to use. This requires your organization to be clear on the benefits to be gained and how it plans to use ISO 9001 to achieve them.

ISO 9000 quality management standards has been around for over 30 years and the worldwide industry feedback on how it has helped companies is summarized below:

External Benefits
• Increases your competitive edge and market share
• Improves customer confidence and satisfaction
• Improves conformity to customer and regulatory quality requirements

Internal Benefits
• Improves operational efficiency and productivity
• Improves process consistency and stability
• Facilitates continual improvement
• Improves focus and effectiveness of training programs
• Improves employee motivation and participation
• Leads to improved supplier performance
• Increases business profitability

The extent of these benefits obviously vary from one organization to another, but those organizations that planned and implemented ISO 9001 using external professional help gained far superior results, both in terms of speed of implementation and effectiness of results. The payback on investment was recouped anywhere between 1-2 years, often sooner.

How Can We Help You?
Ask Art Solutions provides expert consulting, training and auditing services for ISO 9001, TS 16949, ISO 14001 and AS 9100 management system standards. Our focus is on providing timely and cost-effective solutions for your system development, implementation, training and auditing needs.

Business management systems - whether for quality, automotive, environmental, or other, are generally not too difficult to implement and get certified. The difficulty arises in truly using it as a tool to improve your business and obtain the benefits listed above to the fullest extent.

Our goal is to help you develop business management systems that besides getting certified, improve operational performance and customer satisfaction, reduce business risks and increase profitability.

Here Are Three Consulting Options To Consider:

Want To Do It Yourself? - For those that want to do it on their own, we provide a ton of resources on our free resources page. You will find all the information you need to educate yourself on the standards; tools to implement what you learn; and useful articles to help solve problems and improve what you have implemented.

Need Onsite Consulting? - If you need onsite help we offer any combination of consulting, training and auditing services at your site to suit your specific requirements. We are committed to providing you with effective solutions at cost-effective rates. We can help get certified faster and cheaper than any other avenue.

Prefer ISO 9001 Online Consulting?
In response to increasing requests, we are offering our services online to organizations worldwide. We will help you install internationally recognized online Quality Management System software; develop and implement your ISO 9001 or other business management system with all the documentation and controls necessary to get your organization ready for your certification audit by an accredited Registrar.

All of this will be done online using MS Live Shared View and Skype over a period of five to twelve months depending upon the size of your organization. This is the most comprehensive online ISO 9001 quality management system software and consulting service available worldwide.

Call us today at 905-593-8867 or email us at artjlewis@rogers.com to discuss your specific needs.

Here is a list of our services:

Accredited Lead Auditor Courses

Free ISO 9000 Resources
In addition to the range of services listed above, we provide useful information to help you make informed management system decisions.

Check out our FREE Resources Page, before you do any of the following,

• Buy any books or services
• Select a Certification Body (Registrar)
• Use a Consultant
• Sign up for a training course
• Develop or upgrade your management system
• Initiate operational improvement projects
• Tackle a management system problem or customer complaint

Our free articles, documents, tools, and templates could save you thousands of $$$ and valuable time and effort in system development, implementation, maintenance, auditing and training activities.

Here are some of our FREE resources. Visit the Resources Page for more.

Understanding ISO 9001:2008 Requirements - A Detailed Explanation Of The ISO 9001 Standard

Understanding TS 16949:2002 - A Detailed Explanation Of The TS 16949 Standard

ISO 9000 Lead Auditor Training - A full-fledged Lead Auditor Course. Study this course; do all the exercises and you are certain to pass any formal accredited ISO 9001 lead auditor course.

ISO 9001 Quality Manual - A Template For small business including the mandatory
procedures

Read our ISO 9001:2008 FAQ on the latest ISO QMS Standard

New! - Business Management Tools. To help you with continuously improving your Quality Management System and your company's productivity and efficiency, we have added a Business Management Tools and Software Section. Our goal is to add new information every week. Each tool will become a clickable link as it is added. So please visit often to see fresh information on the latest software and tools you can use to improve you business performance and profitability.

Project Management Software - is designed to help project managers deal with scheduling, cost control and budget management, resource allocation, collaboration, documentation management, project planning and management. Getting the project done successfully, on schedule and budget leads to effective project management.

Continuous Improvement Software - CIS is a leading-edge internet based integrated solution solution for managing all aspects of an organization including ISO 9001:2008, AS9100, NADCAP, FAA and other business standards and requirements. It is quality management software integrated operations to continuously improve your operations.

Business Process management Software - Use business process software to model, automate, and optimize your company's processes with your customers for faster time to market, increased customer satisfaction, higher productivity, and reduced costs.

Customer Management Software - Use customer management software to enhance customer satisfaction and increase your sales productivity and profitability

Lean Manufacturing - Learn how to use lean manufacturing strategies for achieving the shortest possible cycle time by eliminating waste. Learn about best practices and processes to optimize resources; yield the best products in the fastest manner and at the lowest cost.

Six Sigma Certification - Learn how to use six sigma to improve the quality of process outputs by identifying and removing the causes of defects (errors) and minimizing variability in manufacturing and business processes.

Idea Management Software - Idea management software technology is enterprise software that facilitate companies to compete by helping to solicit targeted ideas from customers and employees -- regardless of their geographic location -- and gather them into a centralized online database. Idea management software systems provide structured processes for gathering, sharing and evaluating ideas, so managers can quickly zero in on those with the greatest potential.

If you need assistance beyond what you find on this website, contact us at artjlewis@rogers.com or call Art Lewis today at 905-593-8867 with your specific management system needs.

Note: The information provided on this website is totally FREE! And there is a lot of it. We are constantly adding new material every month. Our primary goal is to help you help your organization better manage itself using the standards and tools provided on this website.

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