Whether you’re involved with a SME or a large-scale organisation, maintaining a level of service that’s consistently high for your customer/client base is vital in achieving improved or continued success year after year.

For distributors, this ethos is no different, and both quality and consistency can be the key ingredients for successful relationships and a thriving business.

Attaining ISO certification can be a fantastic way to streamline and optimise your business, improving a number of aspects of your business for enhanced customer satisfaction.

ISO Certification for Distribution Businesses

The distribution channel can have many links, involving a number of processes, stages and players at each level. As such, distributors and distribution businesses can benefit greatly from ISO certification.

Streamlining your business can not only increase performance and enhance the customer/client experience, but also save your business money along the way.
Cutting out an inessential part of the equation can be extremely rewarding and cost-effective, ultimately increasing revenue as well as performance.

ISO certification can do just that. ISO 9001 is the globally-recognised standard for quality management systems and achieving this will ensure your QMS is fit for purpose.

As an internationally-recognised accreditation, attaining ISO certification also adds credence to your business and professional credibility to your services, both nationally and internationally.

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Attaining ISO 9001 certification can be a costly, laborious and drawn-out process. In the world of business, time is money, and certification can be a drain on resources, both physical and financial.

Luckily, ISO Accelerator can get you on the fast track to ISO 9001 accreditation. As our name suggests, ISO Accelerator is the perfect way to gain ISO accreditation in a quick and cost-effective manner. With ISO Accelerator, you can achieve ISO 9001 certification online using our USAS-accredited self-certification process.

ISO 9001 is an international standard, and businesses across the world can gain certification via ISO Accelerator. Best of all, we can also save you money, notably by removing the need for a site visit from a third-party auditor.

Fast and economical, ISO Accelerator is the perfect way to get your business ISO certified. To find out more, please get in touch using the link below.

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There are 8 quality management principles (developed by the ISO/TC 176) upon which ISO 9001 certification is built. These principles, when followed properly, help organisations to improve their quality management systems and overall business relationships.

Let’s take a closer look at the 8 principles of quality management:

• Customer Focus - This principle covers customer needs and customer services. It stresses that businesses should strive to understand their customers & go above and beyond their expectations.
  
  
• Leadership - Leadership is an integral part of any business. Without properly-defined leadership goals and objectives, a business will struggle to run smoothly.
  
  
• People Involvement - The third principle focuses on efficiency and effectiveness of staff. You can build stakeholder confidence by optimising performance, managing processes and using business resources wisely.
  
  
• Process Approach - This principle is about efficiency, effectiveness and consistency. Having a good approach to your processes helps to speed up activities, reduce costs and eliminate waste.
  
  
• Systematic Approach to Management - ISO defines this principle as “identifying, understanding and managing interrelated processes as a system contributes to the organisation’s effectiveness and efficiency in achieving its objectives”.
  
  
• Continual Improvement - This has to be be an active business objective; businesses should embrace new opportunities and adapt to new market situations.
  
  
• Factual Approach to Decision Making - Making a decision based on data and analysis is logical, but in the current climate, most workplace decisions are made in a rush. This principle helps to make sure decisions are made with consideration and clarity.
  
  
• Mutually-Benefical Supplier Relations - The final principle deals with supply chains and promotes healthy relationships between a business and its distributors. Building a strong supplier relationship encourages productivity.

If you're interested in gaining ISO 9001 certification for your organisation, ISO Accelerator can help you to do it quickly and with minimal hassle. Get in touch today to find out more.

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Dataweigh Systems Limited, based in Yeovil, UK, are a company that specialises in designing and supplying POS touch screen systems to businesses and organisation all over the country, spanning a range of industries and sectors including farming, hairdressing and retail. With sufficient procedures and processes already well-established within the company, Dataweigh Systems approached us at ISO Accelerator, eager to achieve ISO certification in order to establish and show their desire and dedication to quality to their extensive customer base.

Without hesitation, we were able to assist Dataweigh in their quest for ISO certification, by helping them speed through the registration process and are pleased to announce that as a result, they are now ISO 9001:2015 certified! 

Managing Director, Tony Custard, told us that communication throughout the whole process was "clear, precise and with friendly, helpful support when needed." Tony goes on to say that he would "thoroughly recommend our services" - fantastic! 

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Geo-Environmental Recruitment (GER) is a well-established company who specialises in the recruitment of specialist personnel to work offshore in the Oil & Gas, Hydrographic, Telecoms and Marine Renewable industries. They are a huge company who meet the recruitment needs of multinational companies.

They previously had a quality management system in place but felt it was time to upgrade to ISO 9001:2015 certification to meet more of their client’s contractual requirements. They wanted to gain their ISO 9001:2015 certification quickly and efficiently and for a reasonable price. That’s why they contacted us here at ISO Accelerator.

We were able to get them through the certification process quickly and efficiently as requested, and we’re pleased to announce that they now hold ISO 9001:2015 certification!

Here’s what Daniel Cox, director of GER had to say about his ISO Accelerator experience:

Lizzy, the Global Assurance Director at ISO Accelerator, was helpful and prompt in her assistance and within one week we have achieved our accreditation. Our new QMS will definitely improve the way we run our business.

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ISO 9001 certification can be obtained by companies in any industry including software companies. When deciding if ISO 9001 certification is right for your software company you should consider the following:

• What are your company goals?
• What are the expectations of your employees?
• What are the expectations of your clients and prospective clients?

If you want to operate a highly-efficient management system within your company, and if your clients and employees expect a certain standard of management quality then ISO 9001 is the certification for you.

 ISO 9001 standards outline the way that your company should be managed, emphasising a key set of goals, principles and objectives while ISO 9001 certification recognises that your business is meeting these standards.

For many companies, including software companies, implementing ISO 9001 boosts workforce effectiveness and demonstrates to both existing clients and prospective clients that your management system is of exceptional quality.

We think that ISO 9001 certification is great for software companies, and the certification process is simple! Start your journey towards a globally-recognised, high-quality management system by clicking the button below.

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