You can manage your ISO standard using our comprehensive ISO management system platform: IMSMLoop.

IMSMLoop serves as your essential ISO management system resource. It’s a user-friendly online platform that facilitates ISO standards implementation, management, auditing, and adherence for your business.

For a business this is an expense to improve your business which is either all or partially tax deductible. Please check with your accountant to confirm the rules and regulations of taxes as it applies to your specific business.

IMSM has been made aware of these types of programs from time to time. Organisations should check with your Chamber of Commerce and other local and national associations to seek potential financial assistance or support.

IMSM is working with several financial institutions on options for financing professional services. The Area Manager can determine the best options for you and your business.

A recent study undertaken through the American Society for Quality (ASQ) showed that for every $1 spent on your QMS:

• A company could expect to see an additional $6 in revenue
• A $16 reduction in costs, and
• A $3 increase in profits.
• On average, they saw that quality management reduced costs by 4.8%.

Another study undertaken by the Harvard Business School showed that companies that adopted ISO 9001 had the following benefits:

• Higher rates of survival
• Increased Sales
• Growth in employment
• Increased wages
• Less waste
• Improved worker productivity

So, while it may not be easy to predict your ROI, you can be pretty sure that investing money up front on your Quality Management System is going to be an effective investment.

The Area Manager has access to information on other similar companies, industries and locations of IMSM clients.

With any implementation of an ISO management system standard you would receive a set of management system documentation and supporting documentation, including:

• GAP Analysis Report
• Approved management system documentation
• Training materials, if applicable

The Area Manager has access to an example of the GAP Analysis.

ISO standards can be used by and is applicable to all types of organisation. Whether you provide products or services, ISO management system standards help organisations improve their performance by specifying repeatable steps that organisations consciously implement to achieve their goals and objectives; and by creating an organisational culture that reflexively engages in continuous cycle of self-evaluation; and by correction and improvement of operations and processes through heightened employee awareness and management leadership and commitment.

The IMSM management system implementation process is broken down into five basic steps:

1. Gap Analysis: initial assessment of current processes, procedures and systems which would then highlight areas with procedural gaps and identify remediation.
2. Management System documentation development: IMSM led, the Consultant develops the required documentation based on the findings from the Gap Analysis; producing drafts of policies, processes and procedures
3. Management System documentation review: Client reviews and approves the draft policies, processes and procedures produced by the Consultant; these Client approved documents are sent to IMSM Technical Due-Diligence Assessor Team
4. Presentation: Onsite presentation of agreed and approved management system documentation; instruction on how to conduct internal audits and guidance from the Consultant on future management system maintenance requirements
5. Certification: Independent third-party Auditor assesses the management system and either recommends certification or issues non-conformances

The role of your Team in the development of your management system is to be the subject matter expert and provide the IMSM Consultant with understanding your requirements, assessing the information necessary to create your management system documentation as well as being available when we provide guidance on how to use the management system standard. What we usually say is that it would be as little as necessary to produce, review, discuss, clarify and verify your management system documentation to effectively implement the Standard into your Organisation.

Based on current demand for our ISO services and your team’s availability we can usually start an ISO project within three weeks of receiving a signed contract and deposit fee at Head Office.

Tell us what you do, and we can advise you on your best option. The Area Manager will ask questions regarding what the organisation does, what processes they carry out; what products they make or services they provide; what industries or sectors they supply into and importantly, what do they wish to achieve?

In some cases, a client’s customer might be asking them to provide a particular standard or you may wish to manage a particular area of your business better, such as improving the quality of one’s product, demonstrating the companies awareness and management of its environmental impact and or reducing risk for one’s their employees’ health and safety. These and other questions will help the Area Manager identity which of the many ISO standards would best suit the Organisation.

The time required to implement a standard would be determined by four things:

1. the complexity of the standard, generally the more technical standards such as ISO/IEC27001 or ISO17025 take longer to implement than ISO9001 or ISO14001;
2. your availability to provide the necessary resources to help with implementation;
3. the availability of the Assessor;
4. the fourth point that can affect the time it takes to implement a management system is your knowledge of the standard; those with a knowledge of the topic of the standard, quality, environmental management, health and safety, information technology etc. generally better understand the requirements of the standard which helps in making the implementation process run more smoothly and quickly.

See What is ISO?

All the requirements of ISO management system standard(s) are generic and are intended to be applicable to any organisation, regardless of its type or size, or the products and/or services it provides. This means the benefits of implementation can be gained by any type of organisation, large or small.

ISO International Standards ensure that products and services are safe, reliable and of good quality. For business, they are strategic tools that reduce costs by minimising waste and errors and increasing productivity. They help companies to access new markets, level the playing field and facilitate free and fair global trade.