by Abdul Halim | Sep 5, 2024 | quality management system
What is Quality Management System in ISO
What is quality mangement system in ISO standard? Usually the quality management system in ISO means iso 9001 standard. According to the ISO 9001 standard there are some guidelines to develop management system.
The first document is quality policy. It is a very short and one paged document. Company’s all staffs will be focused on this document. This is a declaration from the the top management. All department and all staffs should understand this policy clearly.
The second one is quality objectives. It should be set based on company’s activities. If a company is small then the objectives may be small if the company is big then department wise quality objectives can be set. To achieve quality objectives there should have some planning to achieve the quality objectives.
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by Abdul Halim | Dec 6, 2024 | ISO certificate for bid tender, Management System Standard
One of the other benefits of ISO 9001 Certification is that it can help to gain new contracts and grow your business. Having a quality management system certificate ISO 9001 means you are ahead a step to winning a tender competing with other bidders.
Tenderers always want to get qualified bidder who is able to supply products or services on time by maintaining quality. Only ISO Certified companies can do that job nicely rather than non ISO Certified companies.
Certification to ISO 9001 means you are maintaining some procedures and policy what will guide your staffs to work according to the procedures and policies. So, there is minimum risk in the processes for doing right things in the right time.
A fundamental purpose of ISO 9001 is to ensure quality in your products and services, usually increasing customer satisfaction and gaining credibility among your customer base. This can set you apart from the competition, increasing your appeal to potential tenders.
If your company is QMS certified , you will have to provide less documents. An certificate demonstrates that you are maintaining procedures to run your business. So, holding a ISO 9001 certificate makes the tender process easier of your business.
After achieving ISO 9001 it is important to publicity of your certificate. To let your potential customers to know that you are ISO Certified company. So, you can use the certificate in your letter head pad, visiting card, money receipt, challan form etc.
Like other countries it is required in Bangladesh government office to have an ISO 9001 certificate for various tenders. It is prequalification to participate in a tender in Bangladesh.
After fallen of fascist government in Bangladesh banking situation is very poor right now. Many banks have been looted by the political personalities by misusing of power. Bank management are also responsible of this distressed financial conditions.
Considering the financial distress situation AAS have taken steps to provide ISO 9001 Certificates to the SME organizations at the minimum cost in Bangladesh.
So, if you are thinking to bid in tenders after achieving ISO certification in Bangladesh at the lowest cost. You can contact us from this link https://www.aas-bd.com/contact
by Abdul Halim | Nov 1, 2024 | Certificate Check, ISO 9001 Certified Company, Management System Standard
Many tenderers, goverment agencies, importers and foreign JV partners look for iso certified companies in Bangladesh. ISO certification helps company to maintain quality inside the organization, it also helps to deliver products or services on time to the customers.
AAS has provided iso certification to many companies in Bangladesh. Most of them are ISO 9001 Certified companies, besides that there are ISO 14001, 45001, 22000,13485 and 27001 certified companies.
After achiving ISO Certificates some company do not participate in surveillance audit. But attending in surveillance audit is mandatory for iso certified companies. If any company does not attend in Surveillance audit then their certificates are suspended.
So, before going to make any contract for product or service based suppliers it is your responsibility to check actually which iso certified companies are attending in Surveillance audit or monitoring audit after certifications. Attending surveillance audit means they are maintaining and following ISO standards requirement in their processes.
ISO Certificates have three years validity period. Sometimes it is seen that after that period they have to achieve new certificates after completion of audit and it is called recertification audit. Some may use the old certificates without attending in recertification audit. In that case it is your responsibilities to verify the iso certificates.
AAS has list of those companies who have achieved ISO Certificates from Advanced Assessment Services. You may contact AAS to know the updated information about the ISO Certified company in Bangladesh.
by Abdul Halim | Aug 5, 2024 | iso 27001
How Much Does ISO 27001 Certification Cost in Bangladesh?
ISO 27001 Certification cost depends on several terms. First of all documentation with implementation cost and second one is certification cost. It is divided into two parts: stage1 audit and stage2 audit.
It also depends on certification scope and processes. If your certification scope is small and processes are few than the cost will be lower than long scope and many processes based organization.
Though ISO 27001:2022 certification is as same as other management system standards like 9001, 14001, 45001 but the major concern is security issues. To control your data in secured position some important procedures should be there like password creation and changing procedure. Data backup procedure, Online cloud security procedures etc.
After creation of those procedures according to ISO 27001 requirements, it is important to share those procedures to your staffs who are working in different sections of the organization including IT, HR, Engineering, Software development etc.
In this regard an ISMS 27001 consultant can help you to creat and apply those procedures in the processes in practically. In implementation status he can help you to find all the gaps in the processes related to security threats. He will suggest what to do and how to do those things.
So, if you think you are serious about the security of your processes and it is also requirement from your clients then just not only think about 27001 certification rather think about strong security measures from your end to protect your data of your clients.
In this regards it is important to hire an expert ISO 27001 auditor who has auditing and consulting experiences to prepare your security related policy and procedures before certification. You should take help from the skilled 27001 consultant who has working experience in the same industry.
However, if you think the security issues are not so important in your organization then it is not wise to spend big money for preparing policy procedures on ISO 27001 certification. If you think just for tender purposes you need 27001 certification then the cost will be much more cheaper.
There are two types of cost for ISMS Certification in Bangladesh. One is just for certification for tender needs and another one is certificate for real implementation. After assessing your need AAS will suugest what will be your cost for 27001 standard certification.
AAS has been working to provide ISO 27001 Certification in Bangladesh since 2015. Call now at 01742125232 to get free quote and pre assessment on what type of 27001 certification is need for your organization.
by Abdul Halim | Jun 30, 2024 | 45001 certification
ISO 45001 2018 Certification in Bangladesh
What is iso 45001?
ISO 45001 is called health saftey standard. It is also called OH&S Standard. To reduce accident in the work place it is adopted by various construction firms and 3D (Dirtry, Dengeraous and Difficult) mafacturing companies to save workers health from accident.
According to the published article in ILO website each year more than 3 million workers die from work related accidents around the globe. This number is very high and and it is growing continuously.
In developing countries this number is higher than developed countries. Around 63% of global total accidents are happening in the Asia Pacific region. Lac of work space and awarness of health hazardous issues and lac of attention by the company owners to the safety issues in work it is happening.
In this regard ISO 45001:2018 Standard can be a light of hope for the helpless workers to minimize the work related accident in their work place. Many organization owners do not care the workers health related issues in the work place. In this regard government of the developing countries can take initiatives to reduce the number of causulties. They can do mandatory for 3D companies for adopting ISO 45001 standard.
Though it is not mandatory in Bangladesh but it is a term of some global brands who are working with Bangladeshi Companies to adopt ISO 45001 Standard in their respective companies and manufacturers in Bagnladesh. So, sometimes some companies ask for adopting ISO 45001 Standard certification.
AAS has been working in Bangladesh since 2012 to provide health safety standard certification. But the number is very few comparing with ISO 9001. In this regard more and more European companies and USA companies should add a term for adopting ISO 45001 Certification for Bagnladeshi companies. It can save poor workers life in the workplace and it can save hundreds of thousands of families from losing only income source person in their family.
AAS has been working with both IAF and non IAF accredited CB(Certification Bodies) to provide ISO 45001 2018 Certification. It takes very lowest price comparing with other CBs in Bangladesh. So, if you are looking for ISO 45001 2018 Certification then contact here for details.
