Manufacturing organisations have for years had the opportunity to show their customers that they have systems that are managed, giving the customer confidence in their ability to design and reproduce product consistently, and to requirement. This confidence has been seen in the form of improved supplier/customer relationships, often resulting in repeat orders.

Standards for managing these quality systems are continually evolving; we have had the generic standards of BS 5750, ISO 9001, ISO 9002, and ISO 9003, with the current evolution of these being ISO 9001:2000.

This is only a selection of the standards that can apply, standards and regulations from various bodies affect most aspects of an industy or organizations operations, For this reason many of these industries and organizations have developed their own refined requirements specific to their needs, all of which require managing to ensure compliance.

Showing evidence of compliance has been one of the hardest tasks. In early systems this resulted in large quantities of information needing to be recorded, causing lots of extra paperwork for overstretched departments.

To help with this, aided by the development of computers, individuals have tended to utilise these new computer tools to reduce the effort needed, and increase accuracy of repeatable analysis. Unfortunately these satellite systems have often grown with the skills of the person using them, often making them diverse in structure and operation.

What’s really needed is an integrated system, where all this information can be drawn together under one standard format that is easily maintained.

If you are looking for an integrated solution, that is modular, can be assembled as your needs grow, then contact us to see the solutions we have for you