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PRINCIPLE OF CERTIFICATION ACCORDING TO ISO 9001

The internationally valid standard ISO 9001 was created by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), whose objective is to set international requirements for quality management system. ISO 9001:2008 is the latest version of the standard and the certificate issued by an independent accredited certification body guarantees that the quality management system has been established, documented and applied in compliance with the ISO 9001 standard requirements.

BENEFITS OF CERTIFICATION

• Stabilization of the achieved quality level of the range of products and services;
• Enhancing the company's trustworthiness in respect of customers and other business partners;
• Establishing order and rules in all activities within the company;
• Possibility of subsequent backward checking of observance of the set rules in the quality management system;
• Prevention of possible nonconformities and defects by means of preventive actions

IQNET – international certificate

Institute for Testing and Certification is a member of the Association for Quality System Certification CQS, which is a member of the international network IQNet. Through this co-operation, it is possible to issue upon request both the ITC certificate and the CQS certificate and the internationally recognized IQNet certificate within the framework of a single certification process.

CERTIFICATION PROCESS

The certification process consists of 3 basic phases:

• 1) Elaboration of documentation
• 2) Putting QMS into practice
• 3) Certification by an accredited certification body
• 4) Surveillance audit

The times of elaboration of documentation and putting the system into practice are individual (it usually takes several months).

RELATED SERVICES

• Certification of quality management systems in manufacturers of medical devices (CSN EN ISO 13485)
• Certification of Environmental Management System (ISO 14001)
• Certification of occupational health and safety management system (OHSAS 18001)
• Certification of food safety management system (ISO 22000)
• Certification of critical control points system in food processing industry (HACCP)
• Assessment of conformity of products to the requirements of European directives (CE marking of products)
• Testing of products, ATEST ITC
• Calibration, verification of standards and measuring instruments
  
• Voluntary certification – “ITC – certified quality“ mark
• Technical standardization

CONTACTS

Person	Phone	fax	e-mail
Jaroslav Rapant	+420 577 601 299	+420 577 104 855	qscertitczlin.cz

Post address:
Intitute for testing and certification
management system certification department
street T. Bati 299
764 21 Zlin
Czech Republic

The person responsible for accuracy of data: Jaroslav Rapant