ISO defines the requirements for a Quality Management System (QMS). It helps businesses to consistently meet customer requirements by having well defined and documented policies and procedures, in turn improving the efficiencies and customer satisfaction. QMS assist companies in meeting statutory and regulatory requirements relating to their product while achieving excellence in their customer service and delivery. The standard can be used throughout an organization to improve the performance or within a particular site, plant or department.
The various types of ISO Certifications are:
ISO 9001 is one of the most well-known ISO standards, defining criteria for the general Quality Management System (QMS). It can be used by any organization, large or small, regardless of its field of activity. It provides the organization with a set of principles to ensure the seamless management of your corporate operations. It helps improve customer satisfaction while standardizing the procedures and continually improving the effectiveness of the business processes.
ISO 13485 is the International standard for Quality Management Systems (QMS). It provides your company with a set of principles that ensure a common sense approach to the management of your business activities to consistently achieve customer satisfaction while standardizing your processes and continually improving effectiveness of the business processes.
ISO 14001 specifies the requirements for an Environmental Management System that an organization can use to enhance its environmental performance. ISO 14001 is intended for use by an organization seeking to manage its environmental responsibilities that contributes to the environmental pillar of sustainability. Designed for any type of organization, regardless of its activity or sector, it assures the company and employees as well as external stakeholders that environmental impact is being measured and improved.
ISO 17025 is the QMS principal standard utilized by various testing and adjustment labs. This International Standard points out the general necessities that are needed to complete the tests or calibrations with samplings. It specifies the activities that must be included in laboratory operations. It helps to get the ability to produce valid and consistently reliable testing, calibration, and sampling results. Laboratories use ISO 17025 to implement a quality system aimed at improving their ability to consistently produce valid results.
IATF 16949 is a global Quality Management System Standard and Global Technical Specification for the Automotive Industry. IATF 16949 incorporates the structure and requirements of the ISO 9001 quality management system standard with additional automotive customer-specific requirements. It was developed by the International Automotive Task Force (IATF), with support from AIAG. IATF 16949 Certification outlines everything you need to know about achieving best practices when designing, developing, manufacturing, servicing automotive products and is a requirement throughout much of the global automotive supply chain.
OHSAS 18001 (Occupational Health and Safety Management System) Certification is an International Standard that provides a framework to identify, control, and decrease the risks associated with health and safety within the workplace. Implementing the standard will send a clear signal to your stakeholders that you view your employees’ health and safety as a priority within your organization. An increasing number of organizations are completing OHSAS 18001 certification as employers are under increasing pressure to ensure that a rigorous health and safety policy is in place.
ISO 22000 Certification is a global standard for Food Safety Management System (FSMS), designed to enable organizations to control food safety hazards along the food chain. It applies to all types of organizations irrespective of size, nature, or geography of all food chains- from farm to feed, primary producers, food manufacturers, transport & storage operators, and industries such as producers of equipment, packaging, cleaning agents, additives, and ingredients related to food.
ISO 27001 Certification is an International Standard on how to manage information security for an organization. It details requirements for establishing, implementing, maintaining, and continually improving an Information Security Management System (ISMS), the aim is to help organizations make the information assets they hold, more secure. ISO 27001 certification is essential for protecting your most vital assets like employee and client information, brand image, and other private information. The ISO 27001 standard is also structured to be compatible with other management systems standards.
ISO 45001 is an International Standard that specifies requirements for an Occupational Health and Safety (OH&S) management system, with guidance for its use to enable organizations to provide safe and healthy workplaces by preventing work-related injury and ill health, as well as by proactively improving its OH&S performance. ISO 45001 can be applied to any organization regardless of its size, type, and nature. ISO 45001 follows the high-level structure of other ISO standards, such as ISO 9001 and ISO 14001.
Cyber Security Training & Certification is the internationally recognized standard for Information Technology. It prescribes controls for those activities that affect Information Technology. Verified skills and capability are in such high demand and capability means more than just work experience to ensure you are fully educated and able to address the latest technologies, threats, and challenges. Certifications create an advantage for you, elevating your status within the industry and with it, your employability. This means that an organization that is seeking to hire a cyber security professional can hire certified professionals with the full confidence of knowing that the person is skilled, experienced, and will perform the tasks ethically.
Vulnerability Assessment and Penetration Testing (VAPT) is a security certification that focuses on identifying vulnerabilities in the network, server, and system infrastructure. VAPT is a security testing that is designed to identify and help address cyber security vulnerabilities. VAPT could include anything from automated vulnerability assessment to human-led penetration testing and full-scale red team simulated cyber attacks. Vulnerability Assessment focuses on internal organizational security, while Penetration Testing focuses on external real-world risk.
Hazard Analysis & Critical Control Points (HACCP) is a scientific approach to identify hazard in a food system from raw material production, procurement & handling, to manufacturing, distribution, and consumption of the finished product; and apply the result in eliminating or controlling them to ensure that the food is safe for the customers. The principles of HACCP are internationally recognized and aim to focus the organization on the process & production steps and conditions critical to food safety in pursuit of consumer protection. In this manner, HACCP attempts to avoid hazards rather than inspect the finished products for the effects of those hazards.
The Halal certificate is a document that guarantees that products and services aimed at the Muslim population meet the requirements of Islamic law and therefore, are suitable for consumption. Halal certification is an internationally recognized certificate necessary to get trade permission in 117 countries. Halal certification is a process that ensures the features and quality of the products according to the rules established by the Islamic Council that allow the use of the Halal mark. It is mainly applied to meat products and other food products such as milk, canned food, and additives.
The Conformitè Europëenne (CE) Mark is a certification mark that ensures conformity to the rules and regulation of the health, safety & environmental standards for products sold in the European Economic Area (EEA). These directives not only apply to products within the EU, but also to products that are manufactured in, or designed to be sold in the EEA. The CE Mark is also found on products that are exported to various other regions besides Europe. This makes the CE mark recognizable worldwide even to those unfamiliar with the EEA.
