Quality Management

Quality Manuals

A Quality Manual is an evolving guidebook which describes your company's commitment to quality management. It contains practical information on all aspects of quality control from the quality policy to management and staff responsibility for its implementation, channels of communication, quality procedures, working instructions, quality metrics and statistics.

Our team can help you prepare your Quality Manual and implement it company-wide.

Procedures

Once you've decided on which quality standards to adopt, you need to figure out how to achieve them.

We write comprehensive procedure documents that take into account both everyday and unexpected circumstances so you'll have a clear blueprint of exactly what to do in every situation. You'll be running smoothly even when your competition isn't.

We write procedures for:

regular work days
work in peak time
crises or emergencies
strikes, power failures or other catastrophes
other situations specific to you

Measuring Quality

How do you measure quality management success?

Metrics – otherwise known as number-crunching measurements – can help you figure out what's working and what's not.

Number crunching needn't be an overwhelming task. We can define crucial new metrics for you or adapt existing ones. We can also help you implement metrics in your company and train management and staff in their use.

Using metrics, and statistical methods such as Balanced Scorecards, gives you tested, scientific tools to help you discover the hidden strengths and weaknesses in your business as well as identify important trends. Armed with that kind of critical information you can

  achieve higher returns on investment (ROI)
  increase customer satisfaction by focusing on best practices
  enhance good services and products
  reduce costs by eliminating ‘glitches’
  increase quality levels even further

Quality Planning

We'll help you prepare the Quality Plans needed to put your Quality Manual into action. That includes all the requirements, traceability matrices and relevant metrics you know you need, but which are often difficult for you to collect on your own. Our regular progress reports mean that you can make timely, informed business decisions.

With House of Quality experts to turn to, transitioning to better quality management systems couldn't be easier.

Internal Quality Management Audits

Are you getting great results? Profits up? Customer satisfaction at an all-time high? Is that more by luck than design? How do you know which processes are working and which are hidden failures?

Quality Audits assess processes rather than products or service levels. After studying your Quality Manual we audit selected areas using a detailed quality survey and report back to you with our findings.

Suppliers Quality Management Survey

It's not enough to implement quality assurance systems in your company alone. You need to know that your suppliers adhere to your high standards too.

 A survey of your suppliers' Quality Manual will let you know if your suppliers share your commitment to quality. This is especially important in international trade when supplier control is often lax to begin with.

Our Suppliers Quality Management Survey includes a detailed analysis of your suppliers' Quality Manual, an assessment questionnaire, an on-site survey at your supplier to check standards in the field and a full report to you and your supplier.

Our findings help your suppliers troubleshoot any potential problems before they reduce quality levels. That's good businesses in action.

Certification and Accreditation

Our team will help you apply for and achieve the relevant Quality Standard certification for your industry.  We know how to navigate the red tape quickly, efficiently and effectively.

Service Level Surveys

A Service Level Agreement (SLA) expresses your commitment to an excellent relationship with your customers. Service Quality Level (SQL) metrics express how your customers perceive you.

The House of Quality excels at preparing Service Quality questionnaires. You'll know exactly what your customers think of your company and products. We periodically report our findings to your management and marketing teams so you can keep improving customer loyalty.

 Winning a new customer costs five times as much as to retain an existing one. So it pays to keep existing customers happy.

 
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