ISO accreditation for Honingcraft
2nd Quarter 2010
News & events
Honingcraft has achieved ISO 9001:2008 certification, aligning quality procedures with international best practice standards and paving the way for company exports. The certification process began in November 2008.
Announcing successful implementation of the ISO standard, quality co-ordinator Ray Wright said that Honingcraft’s decision to embark on the quality improvements had been taken to enable continued delivery of the best possible quality and service to customers. He said that management had placed a strong emphasis on process orientation rather than document orientation.
“We wanted a system that would yield customer satisfaction as the end result and we achieved this by enhancing the effectiveness of our everyday business activities,” Wright said.
“Where a documentation-approach places emphasis on completing a set operation to a predetermined standard, the process mindset focuses instead on the links between the processes and develops a clear understanding that the end product is the result of co-ordinated and co-operative teamwork.
“The South African Bureau of Standards (SABS) was the ideal certifying authority for this approach,” Wright said. “The SABS helped us to focus on product quality rather than delivery times, although we found that delivery times automatically improved because of the traceability system.”
From the outset, Honingcraft trained operators in their home language, involved supervisors and translated the quality policy so that all staff could more easily understand the purpose of the changes. Processes were made as ‘visual’ as possible by implementing a system of symbols to indicate the status of parts as either meeting standard, failing standard or still in process.
“There were challenges, but Honingcraft has a very positive team which made implementation quite easy,” Wright said, adding that, “the road to ISO certification had largely been one involving efficiency and communication, including a refining of job descriptions and clear definition of processes”.
“We found the need to set objectives particularly enlightening,” added Wright. “It is through the review of these objectives, by measuring performance against standards and acting on the information obtained, that ISO has added value to Honingcraft.”
Wright said that ISO 9001 would facilitate company growth, making it easier to export and to take advantage of any opportunities for mergers that might arise.
For more information contact Renaldo Barnard, Honingcraft, +27 (0)11 824 5320, [email protected], www.honingcraft.co.za
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