Richard Garwell on
Introduction: A Hertfordshire business, specialising in plastic injection moulding and associated tooling production had ambitions to win work in the medical device market. To achieve this, the management recognised that compliance and certification of their quality management system to ISO 13485 was required. WLP were asked to help carry out the necessary changes and position
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Richard Garwell on
Introduction An impressive and well-run turnkey business, specialising in the plastic injection industry and based in Buntingford, needed support with transitioning to ISO9001:2015. The project would be a challenge for both client and consultant, with the client undergoing significant Infrastructure changes in order to double the size of their facilities. What We Did Provided an
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Steve Palmer on
Introduction: A company specialising in the manufacture and installation of noise control systems across the world, recognised a need to improve manufacturing productivity and become more agile in its ability to meet changing market requirements. What We Did: worked with the client to establish and implement a manufacturing improvement plan covering 3 factory units introduced new
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Wilson Lee on
The clients, who are energy brokers, approached us. They were a newly established company but with established contacts in the industry. They had been trying to put their systems together to provide a good score on Achilles. They had 3 weeks left before an assessment of their system to the Achilles and had made vey
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Wilson Lee on
Over a period of a few years we helped a business grow more profitable and eventually to be sold to the satisfaction of the owners. A self adhesive label printer had produced a variety of similar labels on a number of different machines and stocks inconsistently. Time did not permit comparisons. A large number of
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Alastair Inskip on
Some new terminologies and concepts have been introduced with the update to ISO 9001:2015, the world’s favourite quality management system standard. Some are new, some build upon concepts from earlier versions adding focus and clarity. UKAS recognises that there are a number of these which clients may need extra support to understand. This series of blog posts intend
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Wilson Lee on
A small company providing a service to the major domestic construction market in the South East, needed to gain stronger project financial control after extending its business substantially in recent years. Our involvement was to process map all stages of projects and develop a PC based system. By working with members of the Senior Management
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Wilson Lee on
We were asked to improve the quality system to meet the requirements of the system for roof truss manufacturer and ISO 9001. The company had used a standard wordy document that did not reflect what they did. We worked with them and produced within 6 weeks the flow diagrams that reflected their current practice and
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Wilson Lee on
A US owned SME needed a new quality management system, but expertise was limited and committed to transfer of key operations to Eastern Europe. By working closely with the board we developed a completely new intranet based management system. The new system provided a platform for their continuous improvement initiatives, a comprehensive and adaptable framework
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Wilson Lee on
A very small medical devices supplier, a UK distributer for US manufacturers, was referred to us because they had to obtain ISO 9001. They had tried twice and failed. There are just 2 people in the organisation. We gave them support with 4 visits over a period of 6 weeks with the client carrying out
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