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Enhance your company’s environmental performance with ISO 14001

Leave a Comment / Blog, IMS, ISO 14001 / By Raquel Felix

Many companies are interested in enhancing their environmental performance and achieve corporate sustainability. Getting certified in ISO 14001 is a great starting point. ISO 14001 is an international environmental standard that sets forth requirements for companies to follow in order to control and mitigate environmental threats and harms that are present within their business activities […]

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The ISO Certification Process

Leave a Comment / Blog, Management / By Raquel Felix

Here at QMS, we are often approached by companies that inquire about ISO certification but are not sure about the certification process itself. We have come up with a short but concise list of steps involved in the certification process that take place once you decide to achieve ISO certification. The ISO certification process begins

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How to choose an ISO Registrar?

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With so many options to choose from, how can we make sure we choose the right registrar for certification? So you have your ISO system management in place, a process that usually takes companies anywhere from 6-12 months. After the implementation phase comes the certifying part, and surely, choosing the right registrar can be overwhelming,

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Return on Investment on Quality

Leave a Comment / Blog, IMS, ISO 9001 / By Raquel Felix

We keep hearing the question of why companies should pursue certification, be it because they need to justify the cost, or they want to understand how this effort will benefit their business. The benefits of certification is a widely covered topic in our blog, but this time, let’s look specifically at the return of investment

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The Core of ISO Certification

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Many companies invest in implementing ISO standards to achieve certification and compliance with requirements because they are compelled to do so by their business clients. But certification should also be applied simply because you as a company desire to advance and improve for the sake of being better ISO standards are elaborated through an extensive

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Fighting corruption with ISO 37001

Leave a Comment / Blog, Compliance, ISO 37001 / By Raquel Felix

According to Transparency International, 68% of countries worldwide have a serious corruption problem, and not one single country in the world is completely corruption-free.The most commonly reported business ethics issues are bribery, fraud and money laundering. These are applied to various business sectors. Nonetheless, unethical practices harm businesses as it reduces credibility and profits when

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What are the advantages of ISO certification?

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Many people understand the concept of ISO certification, but do they truly understand the benefits? ISO certification is more than just a framed piece of paper on your wall. We have come up with 6 main focus areas that help you understand the added value of certifying your company. 1- Cost Savings Not only

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The 7 quality tools – Ishikawa diagram

Leave a Comment / Blog, IMS, ISO 9001 / By Raquel Felix

The Ishikawa diagram, also known as fishbone or cause and effect diagram, was first applied in 1953 in Japan by one of the greatest pioneers in quality control within organizations, Kaoru Ishikawa. This tool aims to identify the root cause of a problem through a visual categorization of its potential causes. Its efficiency lies, among

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Environmental Aspects and Impacts – ISO 14001

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According to the ISO 14001 standard, “an environmental aspect is an element of an organization’s activities, products, or services that has or may have an impact on the environment” and environmental impacts are “any change to the environment, whether adverse or beneficial, wholly or partially resulting from an organization’s environmental aspects.” The main phase of

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Internal and External Audits of The Management System

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Internal and external audits are a commonly discussed topic in the implementation of management systems. According to ISO 19011, auditing is “systematic, independent and documented process for obtaining audit evidence and evaluating it objectively to determine the extent to which the audit criteria are fulfilled.” The internal audit, or first-party audit, is a requirement described

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