When East Kilbride-based social housing service provider, The Furnishing Service (TFS), identified a real need to achieve ISO certifications to get the most from business expansion, they entrusted staff training and Quality Systems assessment to the Scottish Quality Management Centre (SQMC).
Following a best ever financial report in 2013, the Scottish Quality Management Centre (SQMC) has surpassed financial targets for a successive year with a 36% increase in turnover for financial year-end 2014.
The ISO 9000 specialist increased its turnover from £250k in 2013 well beyond its £275k goal for 2014 to £340k.
Please be advised that our admin offices are not open on Good Friday or the bank holiday Monday. We will be back to normal again on Tuesday 7th April. However, email will be monitored during this time, and urgent messages replied to ASAP.
While the next editions of the ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 International Standards are expected to hit the printing presses by the end of the year, it remains vitally important to learn to audit to the version of the Standard that is current, valid and familiar to you. Only the 2008 and 2004 versions, respectively, are in use worldwide today; and that is not going to change overnight!
Fife-based DPS Group has worked with SQMC for two years and credits it with making sure that it meets its business objectives, retains essential Quality, Safety and Environmental compliance and helping business growth.
With revisions to three key management systems Standards coming into effect this year and next, we’re looking ahead to the future of Integrated Management Systems (IMS).
This month heralds the arrival of the qualification date for mandatory energy audits for large businesses across the UK.
Businesses that have 250 employees and/or a turnover of €50m on 31 December 2014 will now fall within the scope of the Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme (ESOS).
Our building closes here on the college campus tomorrow afternoon (Friday 19th December) for the festive season; opening again on Monday 5th January 2015.
We welcome your bookings onto public courses via our automated website system, as usual; and our admin team will respond to you on our return.
In the meantime, we wish all of our customers and Associates a peaceful Christmas and prosperous New Year.
13th November marked World Quality Day, and the Scottish Quality Management Centre (SQMC) celebrated the occasion with quality awards for Mandos Software and Diageo.
Now in its fourth year, SQMC’s annual awards recognise those individuals who have excelled in quality management.
The Scottish Quality Management Centre (SQMC) is proud to announce that it has joined Quality Scotland as a Partner in Excellence.
Fife-based SQMC becomes the fourth such Partner in Excellence; organisations who each provide expert training and guidance for Quality Scotland clients who have identified particular training needs through the European Foundation for Quality Management (EFQM) Excellence Model.
