What is ISO 9001:2015?
The Quality Management System Standard ISO 9001 has been used by the Food Industry for many years. It is a natural fit for the industry in which ‘process thinking’ is an everyday activity. The standard aligns with ISO 14001:2015, Environmental Management, ISO 45001:2018 Health and Safety Management and ISO 22000:2018 Food Safety. This enables business leaders to make decisions more easily on the allocation of time, money and people. The common high-level structure enables the alignment of Strategic Intent in clause 4, Leadership in clause 5 and Planning in clause 6 at the initiation of the Management System. There are many other industry critical issues addressed as you progress through the standard and clause 8 of ISO 22000:2018 embraces HACCP. Achieving ISO 9001:2015 is not easy and Quest brings years of experience with the standard to enable you to achieve registration.
How can ISO 9001:2015 help your organization?
ISO 9001:2015 takes you into running your organization as a management system. System thinking enables you to integrate the many processes in your organization and ensure they are linked. Linkage is vital. One of the fundamental principles of system thinking is known as the ‘butterfly effect’. A small event at the front end of a system can lead to major consequences at the delivery end. If that event is an error in customer requirements, the delivery result could be disastrous. An integrated Management System significantly reduces the chance of that happening.
How can Quest Help?
Quest President Peter Merrill is a Chemical Engineer by Profession.Quest experience in ISO 9001:2015, and broader abilities in standards such as ISO 14001:2015, Environmental Management and ISO 45001, Health and Safety, make us a perfect fit for working with organizations in the Food Industry. We have consulted in Plant Design, Production and Distribution. Romarc Logistics handles distribution for a major international food brand and the employee involvement in procedure development enabled them to produce simple, easy to follow procedures. JL International became a distributor for Lipton Foods as a result of ISO9001 registration. Parmalat Bakeries developed their essential procedures at primary risk points. The Quest Leadership Workshop ensured an understanding of the Leadership role in implementing ISO 9001.
Quest Experience in the Food Industry
Griffith Laboratories,A major international food manufacturer who needed a fast track route to registration. This was achieved by a high degree of involvement of both management and staff which avoided excessive burden on any one individual while at the same time capturing 'best practices' in the business. Lipton Foods,The organization had received bad advice on procedure development and the Quest approach lead to a dramatic simplification of process descriptions and a high degree of employee involvement. At Indumart and Cincinnati Milacronwe showed how the Quest methodology works in a small business environment.
Our other Experience
Our broader experience of standards such as ISO 14001 enables us to address the important environmental issue of the Food industry. As global leaders in Innovation Management, Quest has been deeply involved in developing ISO 56002, the guidelines on Innovation Management. We bring that innovation experience to the table with all our work in the Food industry.