Why Should Enterprises Have ISO Certifications – ISO9001, ISO14001, ISO45001

3 Common ISO Certifications

ISO9001 Certification

ISO9001:2015 is a quality management system standard formulated by the international organization for Standardization (ISO). The standard absorbs international advanced quality management concepts and adopts the quality philosophy of PDCA cycle, which has strong practicality and guidance for both the supplier and the demander of products and services. The standard is applicable to all walks of life. Hundreds of thousands of enterprises, governments, service organizations and other institutions around the world have introduced ISO9000 and obtained third-party certification. ISO9000 certification has become the basic condition for organizations to enter the market and win customer trust.

ISO14001 Certification
ISO14001:2015 is an environmental management system standard formulated by the international organization for Standardization (ISO). It is the most comprehensive and systematic international standard for environmental management in the world at present, and is applicable to organizations of any type and scale. The implementation of ISO14001 standard by enterprises can achieve the purpose of saving energy, reducing consumption, optimizing costs, improving corporate image and improving competitiveness. Obtaining ISO14000 certification has become an access certificate to break the international green barrier and enter the European and American markets, and has gradually become one of the necessary conditions for organizing production, business activities and trade exchanges.

ISO45001 Certification
Including ISO45001, the occupational health and safety management system standard formulated by the international organization for Standardization (ISO), which provides scientific and effective occupational health and safety management system specifications and guidelines for enterprises, improves the level of occupational health and safety management, forms a mechanism of self-monitoring, self discovery and self-improvement, so as to improve the physical and mental health and safety and health skills of workers, significantly reduce costs and improve work efficiency, Establish good quality, reputation and image in society.

Advantages of Enterprises Passing ISO9001 Certification

(1) Emphasize the customer-centered concept, make it clear that the company obtains and understands customer requirements through various means, determines customer requirements, meets or even exceeds customer requirements through the operation of various processes in the system, and obtains the feeling of customer satisfaction program through the measurement of customer satisfaction, so as to continuously improve the position of the company in the hearts of customers and enhance customer confidence.
(2) It clearly requires the top management of the company to directly participate in the activities of the quality management system, formulate the quality policy and quality objectives at all levels from the company level, judge the performance of the operation of the quality management system by timely obtaining the achievement of the quality objectives, directly participate in the regular management review, master the overall situation of the whole quality system, and take measures for the deficiencies of the system in a timely manner, Ensure the adequacy of resources from the company level.
(3) Clarify the responsibilities, authorities and mutual relations of personnel at all functions and levels, and clarify the ability requirements of various personnel from the aspects of education, training, skills and experience, so as to ensure that they are competent, and participate in the establishment, operation and maintenance of the whole quality system through the full participation of all personnel, so as to ensure the smooth operation of all links of the company.
(4) Clearly control all links that may produce nonconforming products, isolate and dispose of the nonconforming products, find the root causes of nonconforming products through institutionalized data analysis, and prevent the occurrence or recurrence of nonconforming products through corrective or preventive measures, so as to continuously reduce the cost of poor quality of the company, And continuously improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the quality management system through other continuous improvement activities, so as to realize the continuous reduction of the company’s costs and the continuous growth of profits.
(5) Through a single third-party registration audit to replace the cumbersome second-party factory audit, the third-party professional audit can find the problems of the company in a deeper level, and supervise and urge the company’s personnel to carry out work in accordance with the quality management system specifications determined by the company through regular supervision and audit.
(6) Obtaining the quality system certification is not only the stepping stone to obtain the customer supporting qualification and enter the international market, but also the very important basis for enterprises to carry out supply chain management at present.

Benefits of Enterprises Passing ISO14001 Certification

(1) Meet the legal requirements of the government and obtain the “green pass” of international trade.
(2) Enhance the competitiveness of enterprises and expand market share.
(3) Establish excellent corporate image.
(4) Improve product performance and manufacture “green products”.
(5) Reform the process and equipment, optimize the cost, and realize energy conservation and consumption reduction.
(6) Pollution prevention, environmental protection.
(7) Avoid economic losses caused by environmental problems.
(8) Improve employees’ environmental protection quality.
(9) Improve the internal management level of the enterprise and reduce the management cost.
(10) Reduce environmental risks and realize sustainable operation of enterprises.

Benefits of ISO45001 Certification

(1) Provide scientific and effective occupational health and safety management system specifications and guidelines for enterprises.
(2) The reliability of safety technology system and human reliability are not enough to completely eliminate accidents. Organizational management factors are the deepest reason for the occurrence of complex system accidents. Systematization, prevention first, and full staff, whole process, and all-round safety management.
(3) Promote the implementation of occupational health and safety regulations and systems.
(4) Turn the organization’s occupational health and safety management into active and voluntary behavior, improve the level of occupational health and safety management, and form a mechanism of self-monitoring, self discovery and self-improvement.
(5) Promote further integration with international standards, eliminate trade barriers and green barriers after China’s entry into WTO.
(6) Help to improve the safety awareness of the whole people.
(7) Improve working conditions, improve workers’ physical and mental health and safety and health skills, significantly reduce cost investment and improve work efficiency, and produce direct and indirect economic benefits.
(8) Improve the quality of human resources. According to the theory of human capital, human work efficiency is closely related to the safety and health of the working environment. Its good condition can greatly improve productivity, enhance enterprise cohesion and development momentum.
(9) Establish good quality, reputation and image in society. Because in addition to economic strength and technical ability, excellent modern enterprises should also maintain strong social attention and sense of responsibility, excellent environmental protection performance and ensure the safety and health of employees.

Application Conditions

Organizations applying for certification must meet the following basic conditions:
(1) An organization with independent legal personality or authorized by an independent legal person.
(2) Establish a documented management system according to the requirements of the applied system standards.
(3) It has operated in accordance with the documented system for more than three months, and has conducted at least one management review and internal quality system audit in accordance with the requirements of the document before the certification audit.

Basic Feature

Common ISO9001 quality management system, ISO14001 environmental management system and ISO45001 occupational health and safety management system certification risk of the four basic characteristics.

Certification activities must face various risks. Certification risks have four basic characteristics:
1. Certification risks inevitably brought by sampling or other audit restrictions.
2. Different levels of internal management of certification bodies can lead to different risk control capabilities.
3. The sustainability of certification activities leads to the variability of cognitive risks.
4. Effective risk management can control cognitive risks, and the vast majority of risks can be prevented.