Developing Your Management System
The System Development Grid above is a tool used and continually improved by our clients since 1986.
This approach ensures companies:
- Achieve first time Quality Management System ISO 9001, Environment Management System ISO 14001 and/or other system standard certifications.
- Are ready to implement continuous improvement processes such as lean six sigma, business process analysis and other quality management tools.
- Can communicate with customers regarding how their management systems help determine, fulfill and deliver upon customer requirements.
- With every iteration (well over 1000 companies have used this methodology), we improve the information so others can benefit from lessons learned.
The Grid explains the People > Processes > SystemTM methodology. Use this with our Action Planning Checklists to plan your project for success.
- Share your vision, create understanding and get involved
- Audit the system using a Lead Auditor, analyze and define key business processes
- Formalize as-is procedures and design new ones to fill gaps in the system
- Learn and apply new skills (auditing, environmental management, quality management techniques, etc.)
- Control key processes and widen preventive actions
- Audit and manage to initiate corrective actions and prove system integrity
- Manage continual improvement
- Earn more, improve teamwork and learn more – forever
- Redesign process to meet renewed objectives – forever
- Streamline communications (Data > Information > Knowledge > Wisdom) - forever