19June - July 2024documentation by incorporating all the policies, processes, and procedures following alignment with ISO requirements, and in line with their existing workflows. At this time, GAB Consultancy additionally generates the organization's quality manual, which serves as a top-level document outlining the ISO compliant quality management system. GAB Consultancy then performs a final audit and presents its findings to the client with a checklist of steps and actions they need to take for optimizing their ISO certification processes even further, which, once completed, will ensure a smooth certification for the client. It is also important to note that since GAB Consultancy follows universal best practices prescribed for ISO audits, the company can enable its clients to take the same documentation and tweak it to meet the audit criteria of multiple certification processes at once. "So if an organization chooses to opt for multiple ISO certifications, we can easily incorporate the additional requirements associated with the new standards and allow them to transition seamlessly," states Brower. What's more? In addition to such end-to-end ISO certification and implementation support, GAB Consultancy also provides a few ala carte services, including annual internal audits, general documentation review or generation, and audit liaison. GAB Consultancy acts as a mediator and answers questions for its clients when the audit committee brings up any concerns. "We want every single company that uses our services to ultimately achieve ISO certification. We're going to be there at every step of the way until they eventually reach that goal," says Brower.Going a step forward, GAB Consultancy also offers its clients training modules developed by Brower's father and founder of GAB Consultancy, Greg Brower, on different aspects of ISO certification as well as quality management, in general. "Greg has personally been trained by some of the leading names in the ISO arena, namely Edward Demings and Philip Crosby, which has influenced the internal development of training modules on topics such as root cause analysis, corrective actions, the `Five S (5S)' methodologies of quality control, and more," states Brower. Combined, these training modules and consulting services minimize GAB Consultancy's clients' overall time and expense in procuring ISO certification and help them compete locally, nationally, and internationally. But these rich offerings of GAB consultancy are not just limited to the medical devices sector alone. The company offers its best-in-class ISO consultancy services to businesses from other verticals as well.One such example is a GAB Consultancy client who operates in the power converting industry. This particular client contacted GAB Consultancy at an early stage of their journey to become ISO 9001 certified. With the help of GAB Consultancy, the client implemented their basic quality management system. Since the operational best practices and the baseline standard prescribed by GAB Consultancy were suited for other certification processes as well, the client could continue to grow its businesses by complying with all the newer ISO standards.Moving ahead, with many similar success stories under its hood, GAB Consultancy wants to continue focusing on its existing business processes and approaches. Nevertheless, as Brower shares, his company is also planning to implement a more streamlined and universal software-based solution that will be customizable for its clients' specific operational flows. GAB Consultancy will provide this software to its existing clientele as a complementary offering. "With the release of this software, we are envisioning a significant leap from the current ISO compliant management software applications. The solution will not only enable us to turn our backs on outdated tools and move on to a more organized and future-oriented platform but also allow us to usher in a higher level of digitalization into ISO certification audits," concludes Brower. Wesley E. Brower
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