ISO 9001 is a Quality Management system standard which helps organizations to deliver consistent quality of products/services. ISO 9001 follows a process approach towards Quality Management standard. ISO 9001 is published by International Organization for Standardization. The latest version of ISO 9001 is ISO 9001:2015. ISO 9001 prescribes the requirements for the Quality Management system of organizations. When complied to these requirements, organizations are certified to ISO 9001. An external audit by accredited certification bodies verifies the compliance of the organizations to the standard’s requirements, before recommending for certification. ISO 9001 is the most popular quality management system standard which is widely across the world. Being a generic standard, ISO 9001 is applicable for all industry sectors. It is used widely both in product as well as service sectors.
Organizations desirous of getting certified to ISO 9001 typically follow the following approach.
The above described approach is not only time and effort consuming but also tedious. Moreover, due to this approach, often the ISO 9001 based systems are deployed as an additional activity over and above the existing routine operations. i.e., the quality management system processes (based on ISO 9001) are not integrated into the organizational processes. Due to this approach, apart from missing out on the true benefits of the system implementation, organizations end up losing previous man-hours of their staff. Off late, software packages have arrived in the market that automates the entire set of activities described above. The advantage of using software packages for the system deployment is manifold.
Effivity is one such package which provides a state of the art environment for ISO 9001 deployment. The following features of Effivity ensure that your organization’s processes are fully in line with the requirements of ISO 9001.
Apart from ensuring 100% compliance to the standard, Effivity provides a robust and user friendly environment that facilitates efficient management of the organizational process. The modules of Effivity have been designed such that it makes you create and maintain the various documents and records required by ISO 9001, hence keeping you audit ready, at any point of time. Effivity platform ensures process conformity and discipline in the organization, thanks to its workflow and module design. Effivity is fully configurable to your organizational requirements, without compromising on ISO 9001 compliance. In short, Effivity is the experience and knowledge of seasoned quality management professionals which makes your quality management journey simple, efficient and beneficial.