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Is Your Business Ready for ISO 9001 Certification?

Our ISO Readiness Checker helps you identify strengths and gaps in your management system. In just a few minutes, you’ll know how close you are to certification and where you may need expert support.

Context & Leadership

Let’s start by looking at your organisation’s context and leadership commitment. These are the foundations of an effective quality management system.

1. Have you identified internal and external issues that affect your QMS?

2. Have you determined the relevant interested parties and their requirements?

3. Have you defined the scope of your Quality Management System (QMS)?

4. Is the QMS established, implemented, maintained, and continually improved?

5. Is top management demonstrating leadership and commitment to the QMS?

6. Has a quality policy been established, implemented, and communicated?

7. Are quality objectives compatible with the strategic direction of the company?

8. Are roles, responsibilities, and authorities assigned and communicated?

Planning & Support

Next, we’ll review how you plan for quality objectives and ensure resources and people are in place to support your system.

9. Have risks and opportunities been determined and addressed?

10. Have quality objectives been established at relevant functions and levels?

11. Are there plans in place to achieve the quality objectives?

12. Are resources determined and provided for the QMS?

13. Are people competent on the basis of education, training, and experience?

14. Are persons aware of the quality policy, relevant objectives, and their role?

15. Is documented information controlled (creation, update, control, availability)?

Operations & Evaluation

Next, we’ll review how you plan for quality objectives and ensure resources and people are in place to support your system.

16. Are requirements for products and services determined and reviewed?

17. Do you have processes to communicate with customers effectively?

18. Are controls in place for the design and development of products and services?

19. Are externally provided processes, products, and services controlled?

20. Are production and service provision carried out under controlled conditions?

21. Is product release controlled (including evidence of conformity)?

22. Are nonconforming outputs controlled and corrected?

23. Is monitoring, measurement, analysis, and evaluation being performed?

24. Is customer satisfaction monitored and analysed?

25. Are internal audits conducted at planned intervals?

26. Is management review conducted at planned intervals with adequate inputs

and outputs?

Improvement

Finally, let’s check how your organisation handles nonconformities and drives continual improvement.

27. Are internal audits conducted regularly to evaluate system effectiveness?

28. Are management review meetings held to assess performance?

29. Are nonconformities addressed, and corrective actions taken?

30. Are continual improvement opportunities identified and implemented?

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