A focus on quality is important in sustaining long term business success and opportunity. Accredited certification to ISO 9001:2008 (the internationally-recognised quality management system standard) clearly demonstrates your commitment to quality.

LRQA holds 19 global accreditations to provide ISO 9001. In the UK we have an open scope of approval from the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS). This means we have been recognised as having the ability to offer accredited certification.

How can ISO 9001 benefit my organisation?

The minor 2008 revisions to ISO 9001 clarified a number of points,after the major revision of the standard back in 2000, but did not change its intent or requirements. ISO 9001 is equally applicable to service providers as manufacturers with greater emphasis on customer satisfaction, process management and measurement, continual improvement and greater top management involvement. There are numerous benefits associated with a certificated ISO 9001 management system:

• improved product, process and service quality
• increased customer satisfaction levels
• improved productivity, less waste
• may provide competitive advantage
• it remains a contractual obligation or expectation in some industry sectors

Your next step

LRQA provides a range of certification services to ISO 9001. For more information, call 0800 783 2179 or for ISO 9001 training courses please call 0800 328 6543. Alternatively you can complete the enquiry form on this website.

To learn more about how the LRQA assessment process works see our assessment section and for our training services, visit our training section.

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