Tag: ISO 9001

ISO 9001 and Working Remotely

During the pandemic, many businesses transitioned to either hybrid working or operating fully remotely. This might seem counterintuitive to ISO 9001 (governing quality management systems). This requires that your business takes steps to guarantee meeting, communication, and appropriate infrastructure for their employees. This week, we want to talk about how the requirements of ISO 9001…

ISO Certification and Trust

There are many advantages to your business gaining UKAS Certified ISO Standards, both internal and external– but perhaps the most crucial element of the entire ISO framework, and the result that will likely benefit you the most is trust. Certifying compliance with international standards demonstrates to potential customers that your business values quality, attention to…

World Quality Week – ISO 9001

It’s World Quality Week, and to celebrate, we are taking a closer look at ISO 9001 – the most widely-recognised quality management standard across the globe. Being certified to this standard shows an organisation’s commitment to providing a product or service that consistently meets its customers’ requirements. So what is ISO 9001? ISO 9001 is…

ISO systems – the benefits

Using an ISO system (derived from the Greek word “isos”, meaning equal) can significantly reduce your organisation’s wastage of both time and money, creating clear structures against which you can check your quality management and support your submission of tenders At Mark 1, we’ve developed our tried and tested Titan System, providing a platform which…

Our team – Paul Nolan

Paul Nolan is a senior consultant with Mark 1 and celebrated five years with us in May. He provides Consultancy for all of the key areas: ISO9001, ISO14001, ISO45001 and ISO27001, and currently provides the expertise for the majority of our ISO14001 consultancy. Paul is our internal SharePoint ‘expert’ and has built a reputation within…

Our team – Sam Mather

Sam Mather joined us in April 2017 and has just celebrated his four-year ‘work-versary’ with the team here at Mark 1. He is one of our ISO consultants covering ISO9001, ISO14001 and ISO27001 and has worked with many of our clients and their businesses, helping them to achieve and maintain their ISO certification(s). Sam has…

Mark1 Business Systems – November Update

Welcome to our monthly update… With the majority of November spent in lockdown it has felt like rather a long month for many. There has, however, been some very positive news this month in terms of the development of high efficacy Covid19 vaccines, including one developed in the UK by Oxford University in collaboration with…

Benefits of introducing risk as part of ISO 9001:2015

ISO standards are reviewed every five years and revised if needed in order to ensure they remain useful tools for the marketplace. The challenges faced by business and organizations today are not the same as several years ago and ISO 9001 has been updated to take those situations into account.

It’s been two months since the newly published ISO 9001:2015 finally materialised, bringing the quality management system standard up to speed with the modern domain of business.