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Title: Iso 9001 .... Is it needed?
Post by: Shane sharples on March 08, 2016, 02:27:12 pm

Just had a call from some quality firm asking to make an appointment with me to give me a quote for an iso 9001 certificate, just had a quick google and can't really see any benefits (for me) , I didn't have a clue what it was, so will your regular joe blogs form no. 23 pay any attention to it?
Has anyone else been certified?
Cheers

Title: Re: Iso 9001 .... Is it needed?
Post by: AuRavelling79 on March 08, 2016, 06:44:32 pm

Sounds like all the BS5750 rubbish and self justification by "course" providers (aka money makers) to me.

Title: Re: Iso 9001 .... Is it needed?
Post by: Smudger on March 08, 2016, 06:52:17 pm

Everyone I. Engineering went down this route - led by the likes of British aerospace.

It had practical advantages in the fact everything was traceable and procedures were all written down, downside it cost thousands even for a small firm to get it all in place.

You would even have to have a procedure written on how you store your squeegee, when you change the rubber the location of spares ( all labelled, boxed, and recorded ) and you'd be inspected/audited once a year at your expense

Have fun !!! ;D

Darran

Title: Re: Iso 9001 .... Is it needed?
Post by: JSMC on March 08, 2016, 06:53:53 pm

I am a qualified iso 9001 auditor. Yeah you could go fornit but it is a load of work. It also means you can do work for iso accredited companies. Anyone who is iso 9002 should have an approved list of contractors. They can also audit you if required.

You will need a quality manual with all manner of stuff in it.

You will need to keep an audit timetable of your own audits which someone will need to do for you as you cannot audit yourself.


Anything you do in your business wiĺl be required to be written down as standard operating procedures. Ranging ftom tasks such as filling water tank to setting up ro system n di etc. Ye will be required to do all sorts and it costs you to keep someone on top of the quality system.

Aye charge on if ye want mate lol.

Title: Re: Iso 9001 .... Is it needed?
Post by: slap bash on March 08, 2016, 07:15:56 pm

Mate you don`t need all that crap to clean glass only a head with a little brains and a pole.

Title: Re: Iso 9001 .... Is it needed?
Post by: Shane sharples on March 08, 2016, 08:48:44 pm

...... Think il give it a miss , sounds like extra headache and no reward , cheers 👍

Title: Re: Iso 9001 .... Is it needed?
Post by: 8weekly on March 08, 2016, 08:58:15 pm

I would think Solar Steve is ISO 9001.  ;D

Title: Re: Iso 9001 .... Is it needed?
Post by: Dave Willis on March 08, 2016, 09:00:19 pm

Last I heard he'd gone AWOL

Title: Re: Iso 9001 .... Is it needed?
Post by: Shane sharples on March 08, 2016, 09:12:02 pm

Quote from: 8weekly on March 08, 2016, 08:58:15 pm

I would think Solar Steve is ISO 9001.  ;D

Solar who? is he the guy with the free t shirts? 😆

Title: Re: Iso 9001 .... Is it needed?
Post by: cgh window cleaning on March 08, 2016, 09:19:30 pm

Iso won't bring in work and for a one man banned will it will be a lot of grief.
 A lot of accreditations don't bring in jobs  it can just make the tendering process easier.