Organizations use ISO 9001 to build their Quality Management systems there by improve customer satisfaction, efficiency and to reduce defects. The process of ISO certification typically involves the following five steps namely
Typically organizations hire consultants to take them through these phases and achieve successful certification. Off late, software packages are available in the market which takes the organization through all these phases and hence helps them achieve successful certification. The software packages address the requirements of each of these phases as these requirements are pre-built in the software packages. Needless to say, use of such software packages reduces the time required for the certification cycle. Also, the manhours required from the organization towards these activities are also reduced significantly. Moreover as the entire flow of processes is automated, there is significant reduction in effort/time spent by the employees in complying with the defined processes. In all, these software packages provide advantage to the organizations in cost, time and effort front.
Effivity is one such software package which helps the organization in the ISO 9001 certification journey. Effivity comes with a built in Quality Management System which meets the requirements of ISO 9001:2015. Having been developed by seasoned Quality Management professionals, all the requirements of ISO 9001:2015 have been seamlessly translated into various modules of Effivity. The Quality management system of Effivity is suitable for any organization, regardless of the size and type. The need for specific training on ISO 9001 and Quality Management system is addressed by Effivity, thanks to its intuitive modules and features. Effivity makes a disruptive difference in the way the Quality Management System is deployed in the organization.
As it reaches the desktop of every employee of the organization, the Quality Management System aspects are driven to every employee, seamlessly. Thanks to its role based and process based architecture, Effivity ensures that the organization moves in smoothly into the new Quality Management system process. The intuitive user interface of Effivity makes the QMS deployment a cakewalk for the organization. The major requirements of ISO 9001 standard namely Internal Audit and Management Review are automated in such a way that even a novice can start following these processes without any additional support.
Also, Effivity supports the organization in maintaining all the required documentation and records towards the ISO 9001 certification audit. Creating, maintaining and securing these documentation and records requires no additional effort from the organization as these requirements are already built in into the system and just by following the work flow of the application, these documentation and records get automatically generated and archived. At the time of External certification audit, Effivity serves as a readymade and single point repository for the organization which can be showcased to the auditors. In all, Effivity facilitates your organization throughout the entire ISO 9001 certification process by all means.