Whether you are looking to launch a quality system, to modify or upgrade a current one, or to prepare for certification to ISO 9000, QS 9000 and TS 16949 standards CMC advisors can help you:- Determine where the gaps are in your quality process with respect to the standards
- Create or revise the quality manual.
- Create or revise procedures, work instructions and forms.
- Train management and employees on creating a culture of quality.
- Train internal auditors.
- Plan and implement systems to make sure product specifications are met.
- Collect data to help your company allocate resources and establish benchmarks for improvement.
- Select a registrar.
Clients that our experts have worked with enthusiastically report benefits from the process of being certified that they never expected:
- Sales increase. Precision Extrusions already had its ISO certification, But, because the company produces aluminum extrusions, anodizing, mechanical finishing, and CNC machining for the automotive and other markets, it was highly motivated to get QS certified. The second certification brought in an additional $2.2 million in sales.
- Scrap and overtime are reduced. Pacific Clay Products, a maker of brick and clay pottery saw the cost of scrap and rework drop by $100,000 annually.
- Turnaround time is shortened. ILCO Industries, a supplier to the aerospace and automotive industry, reduced on-time delivery from two to three weeks to 24 to 48 hours.
- Operations are more consistent. For a drop hammer shop, productivity rose from $114,000 to $158,000 in sales per employee.
- The company develops a quality culture. Chicago Export Packing Director of Operations Chuck Nashan says after CMC helped the company get ISO certified employees are even more attuned to making sure they cut everything to customer specifications. "The employees feel good about saving the company money in inventory," he says. How much money does this new attitude save? Nashan says approximately three to six percent in the handling of raw materials.
