Pyrotec, a privately-owned South African company specialising in providing top quality product identification solutions, recently underwent an SABS audit to ensure its ISO 9001:2008 accredited quality management system is of the highest order.
‘The successful implementation of the Quality Management System is a strategic intervention in ensuring a process-driven and customer-focused organisation,’ said Timothy Beatti, logistics and ISO accreditation director of Pyrotec.
For companies who mass-produce customer-facing products, consistent quality is an absolute requirement. ‘The successful audit provides the company's customers with peace of mind and assures them that the final product will meet all quality standards,’ Beatti went on to say.
ISO 9001 is part of a family of standards published by the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO). Once an organisation is ISO-certified, a further requirement is to conduct bi-annual audits for certification in order to remain valid and to ensure standards are being met.
Ruth Diedericks, Pyrotec's quality assurance manager, said that the successful audit is the result of continuous reviewing and maintenance by Pyrotec’s management system. ‘The involvement and commitment by executive and senior management is critical to the successful implementation of
any quality management system,’ she said, ‘a fact that was confirmed and commended by our excellent audit results.’
The SABS audit process encompasses the following four elements:
For more information about Pyrotec and its expert range of product identification solutions, please visit www.pyrotec.co.za
