Quality & Management Systems

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Management Systems provide a basic framework to ensure that a business’ systems conforms to either mandatory or voluntary Standards or Technical Specifications.  Whether it is a ‘Customer’, ‘Industry’ or a ‘Legal’ requirement, you can be assured that these standards contain proven guidelines for developing and maintaining the highest level of customer satisfaction, environmental, safety, and health systems. These management systems can serve as an excellent base for continual improvement efforts as well.

How RIMES Can Help:

RIMES Quality Management Specialists can assist you with:

  • Gap Analysis - Evaluate the current system
  • Preparation for Certification
  • Show how revisions to Standards may affect your organization
  • Perform internal audits
  • Provide internal training for maintaining your management system

International Standards & Management Systems:

Benefits of Implementing an International Standard or Management System:

In some instances, ISO certification or CE Marking is a requirement for doing business.  This may be due to customer, legal or trading bloc requirements.  Whether certification is required or not, ISO certification provides a variety of internal and external benefits to companies large and small.  The documentation of company processes leads to more consistent and efficient production processes and less waste.  Employees gain greater understanding of their roles and responsibilities, and the documented system forms the basis for training of current and new employees.  With a focus on customer satisfaction and corporate responsibility, companies that have achieved certification have systems in place that help them produce higher quality products and as a result increased business.

Recent Success Story:

Bullard Abrasives Uses RIMES to Cut Through Competition
Kenyon Industries Physical Testing Laboratory is Certified to ISO 9001:2008

About ISO:

The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is the world’s largest developer of voluntary international standards for business, government and society.  Of these, the most well known standards are ISO 9001:2000 (Quality Management Systems Standard) and ISO 14001:2004 (Environmental Management Systems Standard).

The future ISO 50001 standard for energy management was recently approved as a Draft International Standard (DIS).  ISO 50001 will establish a framework for industrial plants, commercial facilities or entire organizations to manage energy.  Targeting broad applicability across national economic sectors, it is estimated that the standard could influence up to 60% of the world’s energy use.