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IMSM showcases PRIMEX’s ISO accreditation |
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Posted on December 2010 International standards advisor International Management Systems Marketing (IMSM) has modeled PRIMEX through its website www.imsm.com as among the firms it helped in successfully implementing ISO standards within their respective organizations. IMSM listed the PRIMEX accreditation among the six case studies which ‘demonstrate how businesses with the ISO Standards become more efficent, and increase productivity and reduces costs.’ The website mentioned that despite PRIMEX’s extensive experience and successes as an international management consulting firm for 21 years, it “became ISO 9001-certified in order to defend its reputation and support its assertions of professional excellence and high-quality standards.” PRIMEX signed up with IMSM, a noted UK-based independent international standards advisor, early this year to prepare the company in meeting the requirements set out for the ISO 9001 category. It received its ISO 9001:2008 certification from a UK-based certification company, QAS International, on 12 August 2010. Apart from the obvious benefit of opening up market opportunities where ISO:9001 certification is a requirement, the certification also means PRIMEX now has a structure to improve its processes. “This certification has only made public and official our commitment to quality, and provides a renewed assurance to our existing clients in 24 countries,” PRIMEX President and CEO Ms. Elvira Ablaza said in the featured case study. "Your decision to pursue certification will help support you in the marketing, processes, and the overall commitment to quality improvement," said QAS International said in its congratulatory message to PRIMEX on August 2010. Compared to other ISO standards, ISO 9001:2008 specifies requirements for a quality management system where an organization (i) needs to demonstrate its ability to consistently provide products or services that meet customer and applicable statutory and regulatory requirements, and (ii) aims to enhance customer satisfaction through the effective application of the system, including processes for continual improvement of the system and the assurance of conformity to customer and applicable statutory and regulatory requirements. |
