Quality & Productivity Solutions, Inc.

Management System

Management System is a requirement of every organization to conduct business worldwide and to do effectively. The ISO set of standards have become an important mechanism to allow companies to inform their customers and competitors that they have implemented an externally-accepted quality system in addition to enabling companies to increase conformity and efficiency in their operations. It poses the opportunity for continued improvement, thereby creating a forward-looking mindset for the organization. ISO is continually increasing its global presence and becoming a regulatory requirement for many industries.

Applying the Strategy

There are many different ISO standards designed to meet the needs of the various industries. The systems are designed to help businesses standardize their quality by providing a balanced set of core processes that maintain a foundation for management to operate, employees to perform, and products to be made properly in an efficient and effective manner. This in turn, allows for widespread visibility of problems and offers ability to manage those issues at their root, changing processes to continue improved outcomes. Though it can be designed to be simply a process management system, it has the ability to bring out the best in people, process and performance if used well.

How QPS can help?

QPS has assisted hundreds of companies to develop Management system for many ISO standards. We have guided many companies across the following industries: automotive, medical device, pharmaceutical, health and human services, food and other manufacturing (e.g. consumer goods, aerospace, defense). Our customer testimonials offer you a sampling of the experience they have had with QPS on ISO. We guarantee your satisfaction, including first attempt registration for:

• AS 9100 Aerospace QMS
• ISO 9001 QMS
• ISO 13485 Medical Device QMS
• ISO 14001 EMS
• ISO/TS 16949 Automotive QMS
• ISO 17025 Laboratories QMS
• ISO 20001 Service Management System
• ISO 27001 Software Security
• TL 9000 Telecommunication QMS
• Malcolm Baldrige

Other Systems:

• Nuclear Quality Assurance
• Crisis Intervention
• CE Mark
• HACCP

Using proven techniques, QPS provides the consulting and training that clients need to understand what is required to implement the quality system appropriate for your business, acquire registration, and realize its potential to improve the workplace. Our services give providers the knowledge they need using a comprehensive, empowering method that teaches teams in every function how an ISO system can make gains for everyone—including all the shareholders! QPS offers many courses in ISO standards and systems. For a complete list of all the courses we offer, please click here.

QPS will help you take your business where you want it to be—whether it be upgrading a current system, an initiative to streamline efficiency and/or costs, or the implementation of a new system, we can help. With QPS, our clients get ‘the works’. From gap analysis and planning to implementation and registration, we stand alongside you, training employees and auditors to be team players. We help manage culture change, build confidence in the system and support management as well as all the process owners to make your system a success.

We start at the beginning, doing a gap analysis to determine how and if the current system in use can be used or developed, into what is required for registration. This planning helps determine Master plan for resources. QPS helps to set up work plans and process maps for the preparation of documenting processes and procedures. We create a plan with you to meet your needs, keeping resources and staffing in mind. We provide all training to all levels of staff from management to the production line employee, providing course materials and certificates to all attendees. Internal Auditors are trained and certified to maintain the system to the standard using both classroom sessions and hands-on auditing.

Our consultants will manage the entire project for you. Where there are multiple sites or business units involved, we maintain the schedule and integrity of the project to meet the target dates and keep costs at a minimum. We have spent over 12 years creating systems to better manage businesses and prepare them to succeed. Contact us to find out how QPS can help you!