Start your organization's journey to ISO Certification with Conthess.
Consultation
Why adopt ISO management systems?
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Improved relationships with stakeholders
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Customer satisfaction
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Marketing advantage/Competitive advantage
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Improvement of productivity and effectiveness
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Improved reputation
If successfully implemented, ISO management systems can:
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Increase economic efficiency;
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Reduce costs; and
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Promote international trade and business development - eliminating barriers/limitations via harmonization and mutual recognition. Globalization of the world economy requires the adoption of international standards that facilitate exchange and communication between countries.
Why get certified?
Certification can be a useful tool to add credibility, by demonstrating that your product or service meets the expectations of your customers. For some industries, certification is a legal or contractual requirement.
World Trade Organization (WTO)
A key WTO agreement is the Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) agreement which aims to ensure that technical regulations, standards and conformity assessment procedures, which governments might use to describe the characteristics of products being traded, do not create unnecessary technical barriers to trade. IEC and ISO have national member bodies from all over the world and fulfill the WTO TBT definition of International Standards development organizations as their membership is open to the relevant bodies of at least all members of the WTO TBT.
How can we help?
Conthess can help your organization design, develop, implement and maintain relevant ISO management systems through our auditing, consulting and training solutions. Our business solutions can help your organization achieve the criteria for certification.
Path to certification
Phase 1
Gap Analysis
Phase 2
Improvement
Phase 3
Follow-up Audit
Phase 4
Certification Process
Gap Analysis
Engage a Conthess Lead Auditor to conduct a gap analysis on the organization's existing occupational health, safety, environment and or quality management systems, to identify systemic gaps and recommend opportunities for improvement. The organization may engage our consulting and in-house training solutions; ISO management systems (MS) training and ICAM training, to drive improvement.
Improvement
Implement recommendations and opportunities for improvement (OFIs) raised in the gap analysis.
Follow-up Audit
Engage a Conthess Lead Auditor to conduct a follow-up audit on the management systems, post consultation and training, to verify the system's conformance to the relevant ISO standard. Residual systemic gaps shall be identified and further recommendations for improvement shall be provided to ensure your organization is prepared for the certification process.
Certification
Launch the certification process with an accredited certification body.