The QG Quality Management Standard has been written using the principles of ISO 9001 which helps SME’s understand their quality management system and then gives them an opportunity to implement a fit for purpose foundation system into their company. The standard has been accredited for use by IASME Cyber Essentials Certification Bodies as a cost effective Quality Management Certification. IASME require certification to the Fundamentals PLUS level therefore this page details ONLY PLUS.
To qualify for your Quality Fundamentals PLUS Certificate you are required to provide evidence that you meet the QG Quality Standard. We have made this easy for you by providing a Quality Management Questionnaire that asks you the relevant questions, for the PLUS level of assurance you are required to upload, onto our secure file server, the questionnaire along with policy and procedure documents, working documents etc to evidence compliance. QG will audit your submitted system against the Quality Management Standard. On completing the audit to our satisfaction you will be awarded your Quality Fundamentals PLUS Certificate.
IASME Cyber Essentials Certification Bodies are required to certify against a recognised Quality Management Standard, the QG QMS, audited to Fundamentals PLUS assurance level is one of those standards.
You are required to upload onto our secure file server the QG-QMS questionnaire and your policy and procedure documents. Our assessors will then audit the system and offer any advice on non-conformance. They will work with you until you meet the requirements.
Once met you will be awarded your Fundamentals PLUS certificate.
Annually you will be required to update your QMS and upload it onto our server.
For more information on QG-QMS Fundamentals PLUS please call or email and we’ll set up a video call to discuss the way forward.
First Year Assessment £320 and Certification £395 = £715
Second Year Assessment and Certification £385
First Year Assessment £320 and Certification £495 = £815
Second Year Assessment and Certification £485
First Year Assessment £320 and Certification £595 = £915
Second Year Assessment and Certification £585
If you require support implementing your Quality Management System there are QG Accredited Practitioners who have been trained by ourselves in the implementation of the QG Quality Management Standard. They each use the QG Management template to build and document your quality management system and will provide a system fully compliant with the QG Quality Management Standard.
It would not be right for Practitioners to do this alone, whilst they’ll give you guidance to produce the documentation you are required to implement the system into your own organisation. When systems are combined such as Quality and Environment only one document will be produced to combine the systems.
QG Accredited Practitioners are independent to QG Business Solutions the operator of the scheme. Practitioner support can be a combination of onsite and offsite support.
The QG Quality Management Template is a copyrighted document used by QG Accredited Practitioners to implement systems to the QG Quality Standards. Use of the template and practitioners can often be more cost effective than doing it yourself as systems are generally compliant first time.
QG Business Solutions Ltd, offer organisations, large and small the opportunity to obtain external recognition of their quality management systems prior to them gaining an ISO accreditation. The standard has been written using the principles of ISO 9001 and helps SME’s understand Quality Management and gives them an opportunity to implement a fit for purpose system that helps them run their business. The standard is recognised as a ‘externally accredited quality management system’ and can be used to gain business through tenders.
The QG Standard has been written using the principles of ISO 9001 and gives formal recognition to businesses who have implemented a quality management system but have not yet obtained enough evidence to meet the full ISO 9001 Quality Management Standard. Some businesses currently use a consultants letter as evidence of ‘working towards ISO 9001’, this standard gives external recognition to this process.
The QG standards were first developed in 1994 by Cumbria Enterprise Agency to assist SME’s achieve BS5750, 80% of BS5750 for 20% of the cost. In recent years that same policy of assisting SMEs has developed to include the ISO 9001 standard so that large businesses can attract local SME’s break into their supply chain and thus meeting local political and economic targets. This standard works for SME’s because it is specifically designed for SME’s at the same time as meeting larger businesses need for the conformance with an ‘externally accredited Quality Management Standard’.
Large organisations in the public and private sector ask in their tender documents ‘have you an externally accredited management system’ Organisations expect these to follow the principles of ISO 9001 therefore we have designed a standard that sits somewhere between no formal system and ISO 9001 depending on your circumstances and risk profile.
Some businesses keep the QG Quality Management Standard and never go for accreditation to the ISO 9001 standard. However, if you decide you need to progress and achieve the ISO 9001 standard we are with you all the way. Our associates are qualified to assist you in achieving the appropriate standard.
This depends on what you already have in place. Unique to the QG standard is that we look at how you operate the business and document it. Providing what you do meets all areas of the QG Quality Management Standard then you meet the standard. If you don’t then we will tell you what’s required, you implement it for a period of time and then achieve the standard.
At the present time many contractors are just looking for you to provide a quality policy, how long this will last is anybody’s guess. What QG is able to offer is for an external quality management specialist to work with you not only to develop a fit for purpose Quality Policy but to encapsulate it into an accredited Quality Management System which conforms to the QG Quality Management Standard. You could of course google ‘Quality Management Policy’ and copy another companies, but will this actually work for you if something goes wrong?