ISO certification is a statement to your stakeholders that the business has a management system(s) in place that is established in line with & certified to the international standard(s) and that through having the policies, procedures, and other controls (arrangements) in place, thereby giving an assurance to any of the stakeholders including clients of meeting and exceeding their requirements whether statutory or regulatory, first time, every time on a continual basis. The return on investment is huge and it’s guaranteed provided the Top Management involves itself through the middle management in Continual Improvement Initiatives in routine. Each of these standards is a set of international best practices and the associated benefits are, but not limited to the following:
- Reduce risk throughout the life cycle of a product, equipment or an asset
- Minimize the cost of production or service provision in all the departments e.g. production, maintenance, procurement etc.
- Assess, evaluate and manage all kinds of risks whether technical, financial or managerial
- Enhancement of employee morale
- Enhanced capability to contribute to a sustainable development
- Enhanced consistency in operations
- Effective communication, both internal & external
- Fulfillment of legal requirements
- Optimal performance and reliability of installations, equipment and processes
- Improved capability to bring products to worldwide markets more quickly
- Ability to monitor, measure and analyze the performance of human resources, products, and processes
- Protect brands
- Secure a competitive advantage
- Identify and disseminate best practices
- Enhanced capability to tackle staff competency issues through training & development
- Compliance with regulations and standards