A Quality Management system ensures that the work performed by the organization follows defined processes so that the output product quality is consistent and hence customer satisfaction is ensured. A Quality Management system addresses all the business processes of the organization including support processes like Training. Hence, it drives a holistic approach on Quality Management into the organization. ISO 9001 is the the most popular standard on which the Quality Management System of many organizations are built upon. ISO 9001 lists set of requirements which are to be complied with by the organization for successful certification. These requirements are called as ISO 9001 clauses. Quality Management systems of organizations are built upon these clauses. Development of Quality Management system involves translation of the clauses into procedures, formats, checklists in line with the organization’s business needs, business profile, business processes, number of employees and other specific requirements of the organization.
Nowadays, readymade Quality Management systems are available in the market in the form of Quality Management system software. These software applications not only provide a readymade QMS but also facilitate easy and quick deployment of the QMS. These applications are workflow based which when used ensure automatic compliance to the QMS and hence compliance to ISO 9001. The biggest advantage of a QMS software application is that it has it reduces the paper work while ensuring compliance to ISO 9001.
Effivity is one such software application which is built in with modules that address all the requirements of ISO 9001. The major modules of Effivity are
All the requirements of ISO 9001 clauses have been embedded into these modules in a seamless fashion. These modules are self explanatory and intuitive to use. Anyone with no knowledge of ISO 9001 or Quality Management systems can also get used to these modules quickly. Thanks to the knowledge and expertise of the Quality Management professionals involved in the development of the Effivity, all the requirements of ISO 9001 have been seamlessly translated into the above listed modules of Effivity. When done manually, meeting the requirements of ISO 9001 is often a tedious and time consuming process for the following reasons.
Effivity ensures that all these challenges in meeting the requirements of ISO 9001 are addressed effortlessly through it’s built in Quality Management system, which is user friendly and easily deployable. Since Effivity has already been used in many organizations who have successfully achieved ISO 9001 certification, it goes without saying that the requirements of ISO 9001 are fully met by Effivity.