ISO of certification in India can be obtained through ISO certification bodies. ISO certificates can be granted by ISO certification Bodies in India only when you have successfully implemented the principles of ISO quality standards, and you have undergone the quality audit by an ISO auditor. Before obtaining an ISO certification, you’ll have to implement the quality standards in various activities and process of your organization. In order to implement these quality principles and standards, you can hire an ISO consultant in India, or go through the training programs on general awareness, requirements and procedure, which is conducted by Bureau of Indian Standards. BIS is the National Standards Body of India, and also the founder member of ISO that represents India, in ISO.
In this post, we will be talking about the procedure and process of obtaining ISO 9001:2008 quality management certifications in the later part, but first, let’s look at some of the main benefits of getting ISO certified in India.
One of the most important benefit of ISO is, it will to improve the process and productivity of your organization.
Since every now and then new principles will be implemented, you can strive to improve the way you ship your products, and deliver the services.
Once you obtain ISO 9001:2008 quality management certifications for your organization, you will be competent enough to bid for various projects where ISO certification is a must.
Helps in the implementation of statutory and regulatory requirements related to your industry.
Helps you impress your clients, partners, and associates
Here’s How to Obtain ISO Certification in India
Whether you are building products and sell it to your customers, or you are providing services to your customers, in either of the cases you can obtain an ISO certification for your organization in India. Infact, any organization belonging to service sector or in manufacturing sector can apply for ISO certification.
So, when you have decided to obtain ISO certification for your organization, here is a what you ought to do:
Hire an ISO Consultant in India to get Quality Manuals and Training
Depending on the nature of your business, an ISO consultant can help you create quality manuals, forms and documentation, which is must before applying for an ISO certification. ISO consultants gets it well, and they can help you in building such quality manuals and templates, which have to be followed and maintained in various activities and process in your organization.
By implanting these standards and maintaining all those documents, you can show that you are actually following the process prescribed by the ISO certification bodies, and accordance with the ISO quality standards. By implementing these procedures, you will be able to improve the overall process, and at the same time you will have written evidence that you are improving and implementing the quality standards in your organization.
Training and practical implementation of quality standards
ISO consultants can train your team and help them maintain the documents, that they have created as part of quality management systems implementation. The amount of training that will be required, completely depends on how you are maintaining your process, and also on the size of your team. After training, your ISO consultant will help your team implement those procedures in their daily activities (practical implementation of quality standards).
Registration audit of the process to get ISO certified
After successful implementation of the procedure and best practices by your team in their day to day activities, a registration audit has to be done. An auditor will audit your records, forms, and registers to ensure that you are maintaining best practices, and have all the documents to prove the same. During the registration audit, your auditor may talk to your team to ensure that they know the process, and that they have been given proper training about best practices in quality managements. During audit, an auditor may find ‘nonconformance’ which again can be minor or a major one. Depending on the number of major and minor ‘nonconformance’, they will recommend that your organization should get ISO certification. Obviously, less number of nonconformances is going to improve the chances of obtaining ISO certification for your organization in India.
Conclusion
Obtaining ISO certification for your organization is not all that complicated, if you are truly interested in improving your effectiveness and build a sustainable process to deliver your products, or services to the customers around the globe. Having an ISO consultant to help you create quality management manuals and training of your team could make it easy to obtain an appropriate ISO certification. And by the way, if you want to go solo, you can download certification forms from the website of BIS.
What do you think is one of the biggest challenges in obtaining ISO certification in India? Finding an ISO consultant, or implementing the quality manuals? Share with us your thoughts on this topic.
