You might have came across this term a lot “ISO certified company” and you wondered what does that mean. An ISO certified company is an organization that is able to prove its provision of high quality services / products, and its management skillfulness, by following some international requirements that are applicable to its field of work. This proof is recognized by a certificate issued from an ISO certification body after carrying out a certification audit.
What Is an ISO Certification Audit?
An ISO certification audit is an assessment that is carried out by a certification body to check a business performance based on international standards. The audit consists of two stages, the first stage is a documentation review, and the second is an assessment to check whether a company applies what is mentioned in its documents or not; by requesting some evidences from the company. The results of the certification audit will indicate recommendation for ISO certification for a company.
After one year of the certification audit, a company will be audited on a yearly basis to ensure its continuing conformity to ISO requirements. This yearly audit is called a surveillance audit, and it will be done on year 2 and year 3 after the certification audit. The results of the surveillance audit will indicate if a company is still complying with the applicable ISO standard requirements or not to recommend continuation of certification.
An ISO recertification audit is usually carried out before the end of year 3 and it will be similar to stage 2 of the ISO certification Audit. After the recertification audit, a company will be audited on a yearly basis to ensure its continuing conformity to the ISO requirements.
What is the meaning of ISO?
The ISO is an independent, non-governmental international organization which consists of experts that develop international standards to support innovation and provide solutions to global challenges. “ISO” stands for International Organization for Standardization, and it has different acronyms in different languages (IOS in English, OIN in French for Organisation internationale de normalisation), therefore, the founders decided to give it the short form “ISO” which is derived from the Greek “isos”, that means equal.
Knowing that, we can now move to the different ISO standards and certifications available for different businesses; for example the ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015, ISO 45001:2018, ISO 27000:2018 ..etc. We at Universal Certification and Services, a certification body based in UAE, offer services to help you get these valuable ISO certifications. Each type of certificate can prove excellence in a specific field of business model/function/process/product based on rigorous international standards’ requirements.
ISO Certification in UAE
If you are searching for ISO Certification in UAE, you will first need to develop and document your production/service provision processes, implement the processes, monitor your continuing implementation, and do corrective actions if any nonconformity is found. We at Universal Certification & Services pride ourselves on having a professionally laid out mechanism of getting your company certified.
Steps to become ISO certified
- Develop a management system
- Implement the management system
- Monitor the continuing implementation of the management system
- Register your company as an ISO certified company
Why is ISO certification important?
ISO certifications give businesses a guideline on how to consistently meet specific requirements and customers needs. ISO certifications guarantee that companies have tools in place to ensure high quality, persistent consistency, and high customer satisfaction rate. What a business does, how they check their quality, and what is required from them is all laid out in ISO standards.
ISO certification in UAE is beneficial for your company both internally and externally. Internally; because you are likely to build and deliver better services / products quality that delights your customers, and externally; because you can now market that fact to the outside business community, which would translate into higher sales value. Companies that have consistent processes provide high-quality products / services that reach customers when needed, and those companies develop greater reputation and admirers.
ISO certification in UAE can help keep products and services relevant. When any business starts working with new customers, they can send their customers the certification details so they can expect ISO standards to be met. When your business is ISO certified, it translates into your work demonstrating adherence of and conformity to ISO standards. Customers and regulators can trust that your products / services are fulfilling all the ISO requirements and that your business is consistently maintaining the appropriate steps and documentation to improve and maintain your operation. This instills a huge amount of trust in customers, and it assures them that their needs will be met.
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