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Preparing your organization to submit for either an SEI or ISO9000 assessment can seem like a
tremendous physical effort. The pressure to submit for SEI or ISO9000 certification is usually cast
upon the program from corporate management (usually levied by the customer), and the reward for completing
the effort is not always apparent. Only after surviving the certification effort do the advantages of
specifying and planning your engineering processes become apparent.
Our experience has been that the initial effort to submit for process certifications can be reduced by
recognizing that your organization has been using engineering processes, and that the process
certification merely requires that your established processes need to be documented. Apart from that
there are certain other formalities that must be completed, involving process centralization,
documentation and training.
Perhaps the most valuable assistance that we can provide to you as you prepare for process
certification is to (1.) free you from having to commit your productive personnel to the initial effort
of installing formal process management to your program, and (2.) reduce the overall size of the initial
certification effort. Process certification requires the commitment of your senior engineering staff;
after all they are the ones that understand engineering processes best. Your senior engineering staff
may have difficulty documenting, but at the same time not improving, your engineering processes. Aviplex
Engineering Solutions offers you a two-fold savings in your initial process certification activities.
Firstly, in the savings of your senior staff's time, and secondly, in the overall reduction in the size
of the certification task.
In summary, if you are applying for initial process certification under either the SEI or ISO9000, we
will provide you with:
- Initial assessment of your certification preparedness
- Collection, centralization and documentation of your current practices
- Installation of important missing practices
- Training for your personnel in preparation for individual interviews required during the certification testing
- Preparation of the paperwork for certification
Additionally, we can help your organization strive to obtain a higher certification level.
Please send us your requirements so we can prepare a proposal.
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