Certification Readiness Program
What is the certification readiness program?
It's a structured process to get your company ready for ISO 9001 or AS9100 third-party management system certification. If you are a company owner or are in charge quality for your company, we recommend this service as it will simplify and shorten your path to certification. This program enables many companies to get certified in as little as ninety days with an investment of $20,000.
Why hire us?
Having led companies through the process and with extensive third-party auditing experience, we know what auditors are looking for and where organizations tend to perform poorly in an audit.
Our years of experience in manufacturing engineering have taught us to find the most practical, and cost-effective solution to any problem.
This combination of intimate auditing knowledge and manufacturing common sense allows us to ensure you meet applicable requirements at the lowest possible cost. With Towers of Quality, you get results and save money.
Structured process, customized implementation
We structure a program that fits your organization and can get you ready in as little as ninety days. We guide you through each step of the process while minimizing disruptions to your daily operations. Along the way, we provide any necessary training to ensure your organization is able to maintain its own certification going forward, with or without our services.
The process applies just as well regardless of the standard or type of the organization (product or service, manufacturer or distributor, etc.). However, factors like size and maturity level can affect the implementation timeline.
STEPS OF THE IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS
STEP 1: The basics
1. Train key personnel on the applicable standard
2. Develop foundational documents
– Context of the organization (scope, relevant
interested parties, needs and expectations)
– Quality policy and quality objectives
– High-level risk and opportunity matrix
– Organization’s processes and their sequence
and interaction
STEP 2: Develop the organization’s QMS processes and manual
1. Define individual processes
– inputs and outputs
– sources and receivers
– swim lane diagrams
– process owners
– key performance indicators
– methods to collect, analyze and act on data
– specific risks and opportunities
2. Prepare Business Process Manual.
STEP 3: Prepare QMS for management review
1. Select an accredited certification body and set tentative certification date.
2. Prepare procedures
– documented information management
– internal audit
– management review
– design
– control of external providers
– control of nonconforming outputs
– any others as needed
3. Train all employees on the quality policy and their role in the QMS.
4. Conduct internal audit.
STEP 4: Prepare the organization for certification
1. Implement corrective actions
2. Conduct management review
STEP 5: Certification
1. Certification stage 1 audit
2. Correct areas of concern from Stage 1
3. Certification stage 2 audit
