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Quality Management System
By Rory Macnamara ensuring the success of the process . “ Having gained this ISO 9001 places our own controls at a high standard which will impact on the high quality of our products .”
Managing Director of Advanced Valves , Richard Weiderhold , is a very proud man , having achieved the ISO 9001 Quality Management System .
“ This is not easy to obtain ,” stated Richard and was full of praise for his Quality Control Head , Eden Labuschange who is responsible for
The following is required to ensure success :
• Risk and opportunity
• Quality policy
• Procurement
• Planning of change
• Objectives and targets
• Nonconformity and corrective action
• Manufacturing
• Management review
• Internal audits
• Documented information
• Design and development
• Customer perception
• Context of the organisation
• Competence of training awareness
• Communication
Advanced Valves
Richard Wiederhold presenting the ISO certificate to Eden Labuschange .
Richard started work life by obtaining a diploma in Architecture , which “ gave me the ability to conceptualise , particularly in the realm of hot water storage systems and ancillary products .”
Prior to starting Advanced Valves in 2015 he had been in the valverelated business for a total of 26 years . PA
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