April 2011: For companies who mass-produce customer-facing products, consistent quality is an absolute requirement. Pyrotec, the privately-owned South African company that specialises in providing innovative and top quality product identification solutions, recently underwent an SABS audit to ensure its ISO 9001:2008 accredited Quality Management System is of the highest order.
Timothy Beatti, Logistics and ISO Accreditation Director of Pyrotec, said the successful audit provides the company’s customers with peace of mind and assures them that the final product will meet all quality standards. “The successful implementation of the Quality Management System is a strategic intervention in ensuring a process-driven and customer-focused organisation.”
The audit conducted in March of this year renewed Pyrotec’s ISO 9001:2008 certification, which provides requirements for a company’s Quality Management System. ISO 9001 is part of a family of standards published by the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO). Once an organisation is ISO-certified, it is a requirement to conduct bi-annual audits for certification to remain valid and to ensure standards are being met.
The SABS audit process encompasses the following four elements:
1. Verifying the audited company’s Quality Management System documentation
2. Reviewing the audited company’s understanding of requirements with particular focus on the performance of key processes
3. Verifying that internal audits and management reviews are planned and conducted
4. Ensuring that continuous improvement is achieved through the use of a Quality Policy, Quality Objectives, Analysis of Data, Corrective and Preventative Actions and Management Reviews.
Ruth Diedericks, Pyrotec’s Quality Assurance Manager, says the successful audit is the result of continuous reviewing and maintenance of the management system. “The involvement and commitment by executive and senior management is critical to the successful implementation of any Quality Management System, a fact that was confirmed and commended by the excellent audit results.”
For more information about Pyrotec and its expert range of product identification solutions, please visit www.pyrotec.co.za
