ISO certification process involves a sequence of activities/milestones. Typically, the first step is an introductory/awareness training on Quality Management System/ ISO 9001 to the key personnel. The second step is the Gap analysis of current Quality Management systems with the requirements (clauses) of ISO 9001. The development/upgradation of Quality Management system (Procedures, Policy, checklists, templates, guidelines) is the next step. Once the Quality Management system is developed/upgraded, employees across the organization are trained on the ISO 9001 standard as well as the Quality Management system of the organization.
Deployment of the Quality Management system is the next step. Typically, deployment includes supporting the employees in using the defined procedures/checklists/templates, answering their queries and developing sample documents. Then, internal audits are conducted across the organization to verify the deployment of the QMS and check the compliance. The outcome of the internal audit and other inputs required for Management review are collated and presented in the Management review meeting. After completion of this cycle, external audit is conducted, usually in two stages. The Quality Management system documentation is verified in the first stage and deployment is verified across the organization in the second stage. Successful completion of the audit entitles the organization to ISO 9001 certification.
Quality Management system software automate the entire process of the above described ISO 9001 certification journey and hence provide significant cost and time advantage. ISO 9001 compliant Quality Management is pre built into the Quality Management system software packages. Each of the requirements of ISO 9001 are addressed as different modules of the software application. Most of the Quality Management system software is workflows based and are web based. Hence, they can be accessed anywhere, anytime.
Effivity is a Quality Management software which is being used by a number of organizations across the globe. Effivity provides an edge in your organization’s ISO certification journey by significantly reducing the time and cost towards the certification process. Loaded with a proven and time-tested Quality Management system, Effivity makes your ISO 9001 certification journey simple, easy and quick. The time and cost spent on ISO 9001 standard training, Quality management system definition, QMS training, deployment, internal audits, and Management review and document control are significantly reduced by using Effivity as all the processes are automated and records generated & stored automatically. Effivity can be used in any organization irrespective of the industry and size. I.e. Effivity is deployable in a variety of industries, IT, Healthcare, Manufacturing, Financial services, Automobile, Medical to name a few.
Also, Effivity suits all organizations be it small, medium or big. Being a web based application; Effivity provides an instant head-on to your organization by deploying the Quality Management system across every desktop/employee of your organization, within minutes. The competent and responsive support team of Effivity guides you through the entire ISO 9001 certification process, be it application support or for Quality Management domain support. The icing on the cake is that Effivity is compliant to ISO 9001:2015 which is the latest version.