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Quality Systems (ISO 9001)

We deploy a full ISO 9001 2015 quality management system built on the Annex SL structure, the process approach and certification preparation

Programme overview

Quality Systems
(ISO 9001)

Quality Systems to ISO 9001 builds your quality management system from end to end on the 2015 edition of the standard. Our team works through the Annex SL high level structure, which runs from the context of clause four to the improvement of clause ten, and embeds the process approach, risk based thinking and proper control of documented information. We design a system that holds up under both Stage 1 and Stage 2 third party audit and the everyday reality of the operating floor.

Quality Systems (ISO 9001) Overview
How we deliver it

Our implementation model

A practical, phased delivery approach that runs from gap assessment through operational embedding and is built around your regulatory context.

ISO 9001 Gap Assessment

Assess current quality management against ISO 9001 2015 Annex SL requirements, identify Cl.4 to 10 gaps.

QMS Design

Design QMS, context, leadership, planning, support, operation, performance evaluation, improvement processes.

Process Approach Implementation

Implement process approach, process mapping, inputs/outputs, interactions, performance criteria, risks/opportunities.

Documentation & Records

Develop required documented information, policy, objectives, procedures, records, per Cl.7.5 control discipline.

Internal Audit & Management Review

Internal audit programme per ISO 19011, management review per Cl.9.3, corrective action and continual improvement.

Certification & Surveillance

Third party Stage 1 / Stage 2 certification audit, ongoing surveillance audit cycle (annual / triennial).

What the programme covers

Quality Systems in full scope

We assess the gap between where you are and ISO 9001
We design the management system across Annex SL clauses four through ten
We put the process approach into practice
We control your documentation and records to clause seven point five
We set up internal audit and management review
We carry you through certification and ongoing surveillance
Quality Systems (ISO 9001) Coverage
Business value

Value of Quality Systems (ISO 9001)

Quality Linked Safety
  • Process discipline brings variation down
  • Risk based thinking brings hazards into view
  • Documented work removes the need to improvise
  • Management review puts the focus where it belongs
ISO 9001 Defence
  • You earn ISO 9001 certification
  • You can show customers a sound quality system on request
  • You qualify for tenders and requests for proposal
  • You gain recognition in regulated fields such as aviation and medical
Quality System Performance
  • Customers grow more satisfied
  • Clearer processes mean less rework
  • Your records hold up under examination with full traceability
  • Continuous improvement becomes part of how you work
Quality System Return
  • The cost of poor quality is avoided
  • Customers you might have lost are kept
  • Tender qualification opens new revenue
  • Insurers and lenders recognise the system
Standards & references

Codes & standards we work to

ISO 9001 2015 Quality Management SystemsISO 9000 2015 FundamentalsISO 9004 2018 Quality for Sustained SuccessISO 19011 2018 Audit GuidelinesAnnex SL High Level StructureASQ Quality Management Body of Knowledge
When to engage

Triggers that signal the need

You are aiming for ISO 9001 certificationA customer or tender has set a requirementA major customer audit has raised a nonconformityAn acquisition needs quality systems brought togetherA regulator has set a requirement
Industries served

Where Quality Systems (ISO 9001) applies

Oil & Gas, Upstream

Wellheads, separators, gas compression, FPSO topsides, produced water systems.

UpstreamOffshoreFPSO
Refineries & Petrochemicals

Distillation columns, reactors, heat exchangers, storage spheres, LPG handling.

RefiningPetrochemical
LNG & Gas Processing

Cryogenic exchangers, liquefaction trains, BOG compressors, storage and sendout.

LNGCryogenic
Specialty Chemicals

Reactive systems, batch reactors, solvent handling, runaway reaction scenarios.

ReactiveBatch
Power Generation

Boilers, HRSGs, steam headers, hydrogen systems, ammonia SCR units.

PowerHydrogen
Pharma & Food

Sterile vessels, CIP/SIP, pressure fermenters, solvent recovery, spray dryers.

PharmaFood & Bev
What we deliver

Tangible deliverables

  • An ISO 9001 gap report
  • A quality system architecture with process maps
  • A complete set of documented information
  • An internal audit programme
  • A management review pack
  • A certification readiness report
Get Started

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Speak with our team to scope an engagement tailored to your facility, regulatory context, and lifecycle stage.