Tyneside-based Marine Safety Supplies has grown beyond expectations and now trades as a global supplier after implementing a raft of management standards with the support of Absolute Quality Consultancy & Training. The company, which was founded by John Ornsby along with Alan Ellis 15 years ago, design and manufacture a variety of marine safety equipment, […]
ISO 9001 is changing. Here’s what you need to know What is ISO 9001? ISO 9001 is a standard that sets out the requirements for a quality management system to help your business become more efficient and improve customer satisfaction. A new version of the standard, ISO 9001:2015, has been launched, which will replace the previous version […]
Absolute Quality welcomes a new member to our team, Dawn Flynn, Management System Consultant. Dawn has extensive experience in ISO 9001 and 14001 management systems, as well as business finances. Dawn started her working life as an account’s assistant and progressed to management, where she first became responsible for introducing management systems to the businesses […]
Your management system shouldn’t just be a ‘tick box’ exercise to meet the clauses of the standard, the principles of ISO 9001 have real business benefits, which is what Managing Director, Gill Rice discovered when we worked with her injection moulding company, Tyne Valley Plastics. When Absolute Quality teamed up with Tyne Valley Plastics to […]
Achieving business success can happen in different ways for different people, but one way that Absolute Quality believe is essential, is to surround yourself with good people! People that are like-minded and share similar ethos. Absolute Quality attended the latest Entrepreneurs Forum event ‘Together We Can Take on The World’, where this belief is common […]
Over the past few months Absolute Quality have gone through a total transformation. After undergoing a complete rebrand, we are very excited to announce the last piece of the puzzle – our brand new website! With the new website comes new features and information, including a whole new section on support and resources for your […]
In 2015 the new ISO 9001 standard was published, introducing changes that can add real value to businesses. With the introduction of the risk and change management and using a strategic approach to continual improvement, through monitoring and analysing KPI’s to ensure objective being met. The emphasis on top management involvement, encourages businesses to own […]
We live in a world of data overload; saturated in cyber-piffle. Freedom of information is an expectation in most states. But whilst we are bombarded with useless chatter on social media about what people are doing and eating from minute to minute how is it we do not always have access to information gathered on […]