ISO’s official description of itself includes the following extracts:

• If there were no standards, we would soon notice. Standards make an enormous contribution to most aspects of our lives – although very often, that contribution is invisible. It is when there is an absence of standards that their importance is brought home.
• The International Standards which ISO develops are very useful. They are useful to industrial and business organizations of all types, to governments and other regulatory bodies, to trade officials, to conformity assessment professionals, to suppliers and customers of products and services in both public and private sectors, and, ultimately, to people in general in their roles as consumers and end users.
• ISO standards contribute to making the development, manufacturing and supply of products and services more efficient, safer and cleaner. They make trade between countries easier and fairer. They provide governments with a technical base for health, safety and environmental legislation. They aid in transferring technology to developing countries. ISO standards also serve to safeguard consumers, and users in general, of products and services – as well as to make their lives simpler.
• For example, as purchasers or users of products, we soon notice when they turn out to be of poor quality, do not fit, are incompatible with equipment we already have, are unreliable or dangerous. When products meet our expectations, we tend to take this for granted. We are usually unaware of the role played by standards in raising levels of quality, safety, reliability, efficiency and interchangeability – as well as in providing such benefits at an economical cost.
• Although ISO’s principal activity is the development of technical standards, ISO standards also have important economic and social repercussions. ISO standards make a positive difference, not just to engineers and manufacturers for whom they solve basic problems in production and distribution, but to society as a whole.
• When things go well – for example, when systems, machinery and devices work well and safely – then it is because they conform to standards. And the organization responsible for many thousands of the standards which benefit society worldwide is ISO.

Yes, independent research clearly shows that ISO Standards give organisations a clear ‘Competitive Advantage’ over their rivals. ISO certified companies gain competitive advantage over their rivals, including:

• More Sales and Profits
• Improved Customer Satisfaction
• Better Customer Retention
• Lower Costs and Wastage
• Better Trained Staff

Having an IMS provides organisations with many advantages including:

• A unified Management System provides ‘efficiency of scale’ leading to more profits
• An IMS saves the organisation time, expense and enhanced cost reductions
• An IMS enables organisations to more effectively manage their operations
• An IMS makes it easier for organisations to achieve their business objectives

Your IMS Consultant will discuss your specific certification requirements with you.

You do not need to employ any external consultants as we will take care of the whole process for you by providing comprehensive trainings to your employees.

IMS Certification’s slogan of ‘Certification made simple’ really does work. We will ensure the whole process is undertaken with the least disruption to your business and we provide an ongoing support to ensure you will gain ‘Certification successfully. Your IMS Consultant will be your dedicated Account Manager, ensuring you have all the on-going support and assistance you require to gain, and retain your Certification Registration.

IMS Certification also provides a range of accredited and certificated Training programmes for those organisations wishing to access additional training resources for their staff.
IMS Training Programmes include:

• Internal Auditor Programme
• Quality Managers Training Programme
• Integrated Management Systems (IMS)
• Introduction: Quality Management Systems (QMS)
• Introduction: Environmental Management Systems (EMS)
• Introduction: Information Security Management Systems (ISMS)
• Introduction: Business Continuity Management (BCM)
• Introduction: Effective Energy Management System (EEMS)
• Introduction: Food Safety Management System (FSMS)
• Introduction: Health & Safety Management Systems (HSMS)
• Introduction: Asset Management System (AMS)
• Introduction: Facility Management System (FMS)
• Introduction: Road Traffic Safety Management System (RTS)
• Introduction: Educational Organizations Management System (EOMS)
• Introduction: IT Service Management System (SMS)
• Implementing: Integrated Management Systems (IMS)
• Implementing: Quality Management Systems (QMS)
• Implementing: Environmental Management Systems (EMS)
• Implementing: Information Security Management Systems (ISMS)
• Implementing: Business Continuity Management (BCM)
• Implementing: Effective Energy Management System (EEMS)
• Implementing: Food Safety Management System (FSMS)
• Implementing: Health & Safety Management Systems (HSMS)
• Implementing: Asset Management System (AMS)
• Implementing: Facility Management System (FMS)
• Implementing: Road Traffic Safety Management System (RTS)
• Implementing: Educational Organizations Management System (EOMS)
• Implementing: IT Service Management System (SMS)
• Implementing: IT Service Management System (SMS)

Your IMS Consultant will discuss your specific training requirements with you.

IMS Certification Limited Registration Certificate for any of the ISO Standards is issued for a 3,5- and 10-years period. To retain your registration, you are required to undertake a successful annual external surveillance Audit to be conducted by IMS Certification Limited.

Your IMS Consultant will fully explain the ISO certification process with you.

IMS Certification’s philosophy of ‘Keep it simple’ involves just three simple steps to successful certification:

Step 1: Presentation
An IMS Assessor visits your Company and explains the ‘Certification made simple’ process. You
then select the Standards for which you require Certification.

Step 2: Assessment
Your IMS Assessor will inspect those activities that ‘directly affect the Quality’ of your Products and Services and where required, a programme is developed to resolve any areas of ‘Non-Compliance.’
The Assessment process consist on stage one audit and stage two certification audit and one audit usually only takes 1 – 3 days.

Step 3: Certification
Upon Certification, your Company is presented with its Registration Certificate. An annual external audit is required to retain your Certification Registration.

IMS Partners are organisations, including but not limited to those listed below, that would like to compliment the services they provide to their customers or members by partnering with IMS Certification Limited:

• Trade Bodies
• Professional Membership Organisations
• Suppliers to Businesses
• Suppliers to Consumers
• Accountants
• Solicitors
• Business Transfer Agents
• Business Advisors/Management Consultants
• Business Insurance Providers/Agents
• Training Organisations/Consultants
• Etc.

Partner organisations also provide products and services at discounted rates to companies certified by IMS Certification.