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INTRODUCTION
OF QUALITY SYSTEMS
For
some time now we have been assessing and monitoring the value
to participating Companies of the ‘people’ training
standard ‘Investors in People’. We have as a result
come to the conclusion that any business that does not seriously
invest in its workforce by using recognised training and evaluation
techniques cannot possibly expect to compete seriously in national
and world markets. In its lowest common denominator, training
your staff is simply self-preservation. However, at its highest
ideal it is a recognition that the people in an organisation are
its most important asset and therefore are its real strength and
thus holds the key to its future. We are therefore, during this
year, committing ourselves to commence the process that will qualify
us an ‘Investor in People’ accredited Company.
The
last few years have been challenging for us, however we now feel
that conditions are ideal for establishing Company wide quality
and benchmarking standards. We have senior staff experienced in
both the introduction and day to day operation of quality systems
and are keen to introduce better systems and methods that not
only control the ongoing process but also gives a standard method
of rectification for those rare times of system malfunction. The
more we grow our core business the greater will be the justification
towards process rationalisation and hence greater reliance upon
sound quality and system standards. Our target is to achieve the
introduction of ISO 9001/2 quality systems with the objective
of achieving full accreditation within the next two years. We
will also investigate the environmental quality standard ISO 9007
to ensure that we do not miss the mood and trends stemming from
social legislation from the European Union.
POTENTIAL
OF ELECTRONIC DATA INTERCHANGE
We
have always believed that strong financial management is crucial
in running a modern and vibrant enterprise and that has never
been more important than in today’s trading environment.
We wish to embrace e-commerce in all its variants to provide our
clients with economical solutions to their problems. The more
that you rationalise your supply base the greater is the potential
to harness and utilise new technology. The opportunities are limitless
for closer participation with clients given the rapid and exciting
developments occurring in the electronic and digital communications
industry. The possibilities to communicate electronically for
such things as order processing, estimating, order amendments,
order confirmation, receipt, progress of order and finally delivery
note and invoice are the more obvious features.
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