ISO 9001 & TS 16949 Consulting, Training and Auditing Services

Why Should Your Organization Get ISO 9001 Certified?
ISO 9001 is a tool (standard) that can help you better manage your organization. Like any other business tool, how much it helps will depend on how well you put it to use. This requires your organization to be clear on the benefits to be gained and how it plans to use ISO 9001 to achieve them.

ISO 9000 quality management standards has been around for nearly 30 years and the worldwide industry feedback on how it has helped companies is summarized below:

External Benefits
• Increased competitive edge and market share
• Improved customer confidence and satisfaction
• Improved conformity to customer and regulatory quality requirements

Internal Benefits
• Improved operational efficiency and productivity
• Improved process consistency and stability
• Facilitated continual improvement
• Improved focus and effectiveness of training programs
• Improved employee motivation and participation
• Led to improved supplier performance
• Increased business profitability

The extent of these benefits obviously vary from one organization to another, but those organizations that planned and implemented ISO 9001 using external professional help gained far superior results, both in terms of speed of implementation and effectiness of results. The payback on investment was recouped anywhere between 1-2 years, often sooner.

How Can We Help You?
Ask Art Solutions provides expert consulting, training and auditing services for ISO 9001, TS 16949, ISO 14001 and AS 9100 management system standards. Our focus is on providing timely and cost-effective solutions for your system development, implementation, training and auditing needs.

Business management systems - whether for quality, automotive, environmental, or other, are generally not too difficult to implement and get certified. The difficulty arises in truly using it as a tool to improve your business and obtain the benefits listed above to the fullest extent.

Our goal is to help you develop business management systems that besides getting certified, improve operational performance and customer satisfaction, reduce business risks and increase profitability.

We Help You In Two Ways:

• Want To Do It Yourself? - For those that want to do it on their own, we provide a ton of resources on our free resources page. You will find all the information you need to educate yourself on the standards; tools to implement what you learn; and useful articles to help solve problems and improve what you have implemented.

Note: Every bit of information on this website is totally FREE! And there is a lot of it. We are constantly adding new material every week. Our main source of revenue comes from organizations requesting consultancy and training services. We also get supplementary income from advertisers when readers visit some of the advertisers sponsoring this website. Our primary goal is to help you help your organization better manage itself using the standards and tools provided on this website.

• Need Consultancy Help? - If you still feel you need external help because you are pressed for time and short on internal resources, we offer any combination of consulting, training and auditing services to suit your specific requirements. We are committed to providing you with effective solutions at cost-effective rates.

Contact us today at (905-593-8867) or email us at artjlewis@rogers.com for your specific management system requirements.

Here is a list of our services:

Consulting Services

• Gap Assessments
• Project Planning and Organization
• Process Identification and Documentation
• System Development and Implementation
• Management System Documentation
• Documentation Reviews
• Pre-Assessments
• Support during the Certification Process
• Continual Improvement Process

Auditing Services

• Gap Assessment
• Pre-Assessment Audit
• Hands-on Practice Internal Auditor Training
• Develop and Maintain your Internal Audit Program
• Supplier Development Program

Accredited Lead Auditor Courses

Free ISO 9000 Resources
In addition to the range of services listed above, we provide useful information to help you make informed management system decisions.

Check out our FREE Resources Page, before you do any of the following,

• Buy any books or services
• Select a Certification Body (Registrar)
• Use a Consultant
• Sign up for a training course
• Develop or upgrade your management system
• Initiate operational improvement projects
• Tackle a management system problem or customer complaint

Our free articles, documents, tools, and templates could save you thousands of $$$ and valuable time and effort in system development, implementation, maintenance, auditing and training activities.

Here are some of our FREE resources. Visit the Resources Page for more.

• Understanding ISO 9001:2000 - A Detailed Explanation Of The ISO 9001 Standard

• Understanding TS 16949:2002 - A Detailed Explanation Of The TS 16949 Standard

• ISO 9000 Lead Auditor Training - A full-fledged Lead Auditor Course. Study this course; do all the exercises and you are certain to pass any formal accredited ISO 9001 lead auditor course.

• ISO 9001 Quality Manual - A Template For small business including the mandatory
procedures

• New! - Read our ISO 9001:2008 FAQ on the latest ISO QMS Standard

If you need assistance beyond what you find on this website, contact us at
artjlewis@rogers.com or call Art Lewis today at 905-593-8867 with your specific management system needs.

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