ISO Registration and Certification - Overview

First of all, the entrepreneur is required to choose the type of ISO certification required for the business. There are various types of ISO certification available, which are mentioned below:

ISO 9001:2008- Quality Management

OHSAS 18001 – Occupational Health & Safety Management

ISO 37001 – Anti-bribery management

ISO 31000 – Risk Management

ISO 27001 – Information Security Management

ISO 10002 – Compliant Management

ISO 14001:2015 – Environment Management

ISO 26000 – Social Responsibility

ISO 28000 – Security Management

ISO 22008 – Food Safety Management

SA 8000 – Social accountability

EnMS EN 16001 ISO 50001 – Energy Management

SO/IEC 17025 – Testing and calibration laboratories

SO, 13485 – Medical devices

ISO 639 – Language codes

ISO 4217 – Currency codes

ISO 3166 – Country codes

ISO 8601 – Date and time format

ISO 20121 – Sustainable events

SO/IEC 27001 – Information security management

There are several advantages of obtaining ISO certificate.

Enhances Business Efficacy: ISO certification plays a very crucial role in increasing credibility in overseas business and in enhancing business efficacy.

Improves Market Appeal: ISO Certification widens the scope of potential of the organization in terms of marketability.

Improve Customer Services: ISO helps in the betterment of customer services and satisfaction, and to encourage the organization to deliver the best quality services.

Global Credibleness: If the organization wishes to expand the business globally; ISO Certification plays an important role to build the credit worthiness of the business.

Improves Quality of Products and services: ISO Certification improves the product and service quality i.e.; it ensures that the product and service meet the standards of international quality standards. If the product fails to meet the requirements of international standards, it will face non-acceptance on the grounds of quality issues.

Government Tenders: ISO Certification is enables business organizations to bid for Government Tenders.

Following are the documents required for ISO Registration.

Identity and address proof of the Applicant- copy of PAN Card and Aadhar card.

Passport Size Photograph of the applicant latest

Utility Bill or Electricity Bill

Copy of Sale deed in case of owned property

Rent Agreement if the place of business is a rented property

Certificate of Incorporation and MOA &AOA - for a company

The procedure for ISO Registration is described below:

Step-1: Select the appropriate type Of Certification

The very first step is to choose the right type of certification according to your business.

Step-2: Application filing

Once the applicant selects the ISO standard; it shall make an application in a respective form according to the ISO registrar. The application shall include the power and responsibilities of the applicant and certification body.

Step-3: Submit required Documents

Application shall be filed along with the required documents and the same will be reviewed and verified by the ISO certification body. ISO Certification body will assess all the quality manuals and documents related to various policies being followed in the organization.

Step-4: Early Verification of The Quality Management System

To identify any significant loophole in the Organization, the Pre-assessment (Initial review) of the Quality Management System in an organization is carried out by the registrar and will also provide an opportunity to rectify the deficiencies before the regular registration assessment is conducted.

Step-5: Preparation of An Action Plan

Once the initial review of the Quality management system is completed, the ISO registrar notifies the existing gaps in the organization, and to eliminate these issues the applicant has to prepare an action plan. The action plan should contain the list of the requisite work to be performed to meet the Quality Management System.

Step-6: Audit by The Registrar of the premise

The registrar will conduct an inspection of the premise to audit the changes made in the organization. However, if the registrar finds that the requisite changes do not meet the criteria of the ISO standards, the registrar will categorize the organization into two categories depending on severity.

• a) Minor Non-compliances
• b) Major Non-compliances

Note-The ISO registration cannot be proceeded until all significant non-compliances are closed by the Registrar while doing a re-audit.

Step-7: Obtaining the ISO Certificate

The registrar will issue the ISO certificate only when all the requirements have been fulfilled and all the non-conformities have been resolved and updated in the ISO audit report.

ISO Registration processing time varies from organisation to organisation. The ISO certification organization will notify the details and processing time for completion of ISO certification after assessing the size of the business.

We, at Tax Seva Kendra recommend companies to get ISO certification as it sets an expectation in the company of international standards. Our team of experts offer assistance and support in every phase of the certification process

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