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Why Do I Need ISO 9000 Certification?

Competitive Advantage: 72.3% of corporations with ISO 9000 report a major competitive advantage. This means they are winning more business. (Source - Dun and Bradstreet Survey)
Improves Customer Demand: 33.4% of corporations with ISO 9000 report improved customer demand. This means they are winning more business. (Source - Dun and Bradstreet Survey)
Protect Your Business: 69.3% of surveyed businesses that do not have ISO 9000 say they have lost a customer bid or proposal to an ISO 9000 certified competitor. Many of these companies said they didn't know why they were losing the business until it was too late.
Your Competitors Are Doing It: In many industries, 35 to 40% of your competitors are

ISO 9000 certified or in the process. The longer you wait to start, the greater is their competitive advantage.

New Prospects: ISO 9000 certified businesses who always want to do business with other ISO 9000 Certified or Compliant businesses.

Easy & Cost Effective: Getting ISO 9000 is no longer the costly, time-consuming proposition that it once was. Our ISO 9000 consultancy services not just help your company to get ISO9000 certification we help to improve/streamline your process and build the ISO9000 quality system part of you company culture.

Qualify for Government Contracts: The construction section, government departments have all approved the use of ISO 9000 in contracts and bids.

Increased Credibility: You can generate a significant increase in business, as many corporations will only deal with ISO 9000 Certified or Compliant companies.

Enhanced Reputation: This intangible, but valuable, commodity is enhanced because customers are aware that the Company’s management has sufficient confidence in the company to subject it to external assessment, and the company has succeeded.

Reduced Unproductive Time: Any shortage of information, equipment, tools, correct documentation, materials or skilled manpower can cause unproductive time and each minute lost is a minute's cost. For most Companies this cost is both considerable and unmeasured, although all would concede that it exists. A small increase in planning and organisation can save a vast amount of unproductive time during production.

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Reduced Rectification: Rectification is required when the contract is not fulfilled correctly. The need for rectification may be caused by a host of avoidable errors including ambiguous instructions/ information, incorrect materials or equipment, poor tools, training weaknesses, etc. If adequate information is not available, personnel may guess at the Customer's requirement, only to find that the guess was not correct. Result.......rectification. Quality Assurance aims to achieve the contract requirements First Time, Every Time. Anything less increases cost as time is spent on rectification instead of productive, chargeable work.
Reduced Warranty Costs: Warranty work is rectification which is required after handover to the customer. It is worthy of a special mention as rectification during warranty costs substantially more than rectification during the contract period.
Reduced Liability: Liability can result from negligence, product liability and lack of control. While it is difficult to eradicate direct negligence or strict liability, it is possible to improve control and retain good records of contracts to protect against liability claims. Many aspects of the Quality Assurance System all contribute to reducing liability in the future, and may also reduce insurance premiums in the present.
Don't Be Left Behind: On average it takes 150 to 180 hours to complete all the required ISO 9000 documents. Realistically, most businesses spend an average half-hour to one hour per day on their ISO 9000 system. This means it will take you six to nine months to complete the entire manual, (Just like exercise, we know we should do it but other things always seem to get in the way). Next, the implementation (practice makes perfect) will normally take another six to nine months. If you want to be certified by the end of the year 2000, or at least compliant, you need to start yesterday.

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