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We are a prominent progressive company of consultants which assist aspiring companies to acquire various standard certifications, ISO certification for meeting the specific project demands. Our company comprises of industry leaders that provide end to end services in the area of various quality certifications such as ISO 9001:2000, ISO 14001:2004, OHSAS 18001:2007, ISO 27001:2005, ISO 22001:2005 (HACCP) , EN 15038 and more.

In 2012 ISO Competitive Edge completed it best year since starting where we completed 87 new projects working in the heart of technology and industry which included implementing a full environmental management system for Google’s headquarters and working with the Irish Navy on getting ISO 9001 certification .

We have extensive experience in implementing ISO and EN systems for various types of industries. The methodology adopted has been fine tuned with experience in order to deliver the maximum benefits to our customers, and ultimately ISO Certification.

The company serves the domestic as well as international customers through on-site and off-site modes of service delivery systems. We offer a full range of consulting services geared towards helping all types of organisations to achieve competitiveness, certifications and compliance to international standards and regulations in Europe, China and America.

Please contact us for a breif of our team. info@isoceltd.com

The Scope of our Work could include the following:

Study of the present systems in the organisations
Identifying the relevant systems and processes that could form part of the ISO system
Determining the gaps in the present system with reference to the requirements of the ISO standards
Drawing up time-bound plans to bridge the gaps
Training a group of team leaders in the organisation on the ISO methodology
Preparation of all required documentation to suit the Standards
Arranging and coordinating systems audit and certification

Team

We have a team of expert professionals that have sound knowledge of consulting and analytical skills that help us in meeting the exact needs of our clients. Besides this, our consultants closely work with our clients and help them optimise their resources and implement necessary improvements in their infrastructure facilities that meet the stringent standards of prestigious certifications. We have a 99.6% sucess rate in getting companies certified.

For testimonials of recent work which includes Government and both large and small organisations in Ireland & the UK, click here.

US house prices enjoy biggest increase for nearly seven years

Posted on: Friday, May 31st, 2013 | Category: News category 1

US house prices accelerated by the most in nearly seven years in March as the spring buying season gave the sector traction, while surging consumer confidence pointed to some resilience for the economic recovery.

The S&P/Case Shiller composite index of 20 metropolitan areas climbed 10.9pc year over year, beating expectations for 10.2pc. This was the biggest increase since April 2006, just before prices peaked in the summer of that year.

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Prices in the 20 cities gained 1.1pc in March compared to the month before, on a seasonally adjusted basis, topping economists’ forecasts for a 1pc rise.

The housing market turned a corner in 2012, several years after its far-reaching collapse.

The recovery has picked up since as inventory has tightened, foreclosures eased and historically low mortgage rates have attracted buyers.

Posted on: Tuesday, April 23rd, 2013 | Category: News category 1

The technology giant is widely forecast to announce a decline in earnings amid reports of a slowdown in sales of its iPhone and suggestions that the company has lost crucial ground to rivals such as Samsung.

Just last week Apple lost its position as the world’s most valuable publicly traded company when its shares hit their lowest levels in a year-and-a-half.

This came after one of the firm’s suppliers – Cirrus Logic which provides sound components for the iPhone and iPad – said sales of a particular chip were slowing down.

Industry observers expect today’s report to show a dip in profits of up to about 20 per cent, compared with the same period last year.

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Posted on: Monday, February 25th, 2013 | Category: News category 1

ISO 9001 is about a Quality Management System (QMS). QMS in organisations is not optional – it is the way the organisation operates. Quality is all the activities that are performed that contribute to successfully satisfying the customer. By definition that is the activities and processes performed by people, their responsibilities, how they process what information in order to make decisions – everything that goes on in an organisation in order to get good product out the door. A management system over quality aims to ensure that all of these activities, tasks, etc. are performed in an effective manner. That does not mean overly documented procedures, bureaucratic supporting activities that are not value driven, not records nor activities for the sake of “a standard”. Quality is ONLY about satisfying customers and managing it should be in a sensible and effective way. That is a Quality Management System.
ISO 9001 is not a program. It is a set of requirements that represent a good model for helping us assess and improve our QMS, if we choose. Certification…that’s a different matter!
All organisations have a QMS – it is what they do, and when asked to prove they have a good one, the question of ISO 9001 comes up. Faced with having to take that next step and compare ISO to their QMS, apply additional controls and then to seek certification, they want to minimise the cost. Problem is that many organisations overly complicate and overly bureaucratise their system. They think they have to do “more”. They want to minimise that cost and so they limit the extent of where ISO is applied. Limit the extent of ISO in the organisation and that reduces the audit effort and cost.
Some organisations will argue that parts of their facility or product range do not need to be ISO certified. Often they will claim that some organisational processes are too simple, too complex, confidential (secret) or that they will seek certification in a staged approach and some areas will not be certified immediately (and often never are). Usually they find they have to become ISO certified because a customer is pressuring them and therefore they want to limit it to those areas of their organisation relevant to that customer.
QMS is everywhere in the organisation, ISO is designed to help us do it better and if it is restricted to specific areas it means that some parts of the organisation are operated in a formal, disciplined and controlled manner and others are not. It doesn’t mean they are badly run but it isn’t possible for management to know that they are well run.
If there is true understanding and commitment to quality, not specifically to ISO but to ensuring customers are satisfied, then the QMS will be formalised with appropriate controls across the whole organisation. That is, after all, how the organisation operates and an appropriate level of control is necessary to make sure that all parts of the organisation are controlled appropriately. How much of it, if any, is ISO certified is irrelevant.

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