ISO 9001 is the world renowned Quality Management system standard. ISO certification process constitutes a sequence of activities/milestones. Usually, the first step is an introductory/awareness training on Quality Management System and ISO 9001 to the key employees of the organization. The next step is the Gap analysis of currently existing Quality Management system with the requirements (clauses) of ISO 9001. The development/up gradation of Quality Management system (Procedures, Policy, checklists, templates, guidelines) is the next step. Once the Quality Management system is developed/upgraded, all employees are trained on the organization’s Quality Management standard along with an introduction to ISO 9001.
This is followed by deployment of the Quality Management across the organization. Deployment includes supporting the employees in using the defined procedures/checklists/templates across the projects and developing sample documents. Then, internal audits are conducted across the organization to verify the compliance to the defined Quality Management System. This is followed by Management review meeting where the different inputs are collated and presented in the Management review meeting. This is followed by external audit which is conducted 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 qualifies the organization to ISO 9001 certification.
Quality Management system software packages are available in the market which automates the entire process of the above described ISO 9001 certification journey and hence they provide significant cost and time advantage. ISO 9001 compliant Quality Management system is embedded into these Quality Management system software packages. Each of the requirements of ISO 9001 is addressed across different modules of the application. The Quality Management system software is workflows based and are web based. So, they can be accessed anywhere, anytime.
Effivity is popular Quality Management software which is being used by a number of organizations across the globe. Effivity provides an advantage in your organization’s ISO certification journey by significantly reducing the time and cost of the ISO 9001 certification process. Equipped 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 added advantage is that Effivity is compliant to ISO 9001:2015 which is the latest version.