Gary Williams Associates
Gary Williams Associates, based in Essex, has many years’ experience in Management Systems and gaining accreditations, including ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001, AS 9100, IAFT 16949, ISO 17020, ISO 17025 and other standards.
Gary Williams – IRCA registered Lead auditor – heads the team of specialists covering manufacturing, supply & service industries. Areas of expertise include electronics, general & specialist engineering, avionics, construction, asbestos management, facilities management, project management, laboratories and logistics.
We cover most of the UK, from Edinburgh to Exeter, Llanelli to Lowestoft and beyond.
Quality Management
ISO 9001 is the internationally recognised standard for the quality management of businesses. It applies to the processes that create & control the products and services an organisation supplies, and prescribes systematic control of activities to ensure that the needs and expectations of customers are met. ISO 9001 is designed and intended to apply to virtually any product or service, made by any process anywhere in the world.
Some of the benefits to your organisation:
• Provides management with a frame for efficient management process
• Sets out areas of responsibility across the organisation
• Identifies and encourages more efficient and time saving processes
• Highlights deficiencies and non-conformances to enable improvements and hence reduced costs
• Provides and encourages continuous assessment and improvement
• Marketing opportunities
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Environmental management
ISO 14001 is the internationally recognised standard related to environmental management that exists to help companies and organisations minimize how their operations (processes etc.) negatively affect the environment (i.e. cause adverse changes to air, water, or land); comply with applicable laws, regulations, and other environmentally oriented requirements, and continually improve in the above.Companies and organisations are required to identify applicable legal, statutory and related requirements. It is particularly important to identify how the legislation affects you so that compliance measures can be adopted and periodically evaluated ensuring requirements are understood by employees and implemented effectively.
Occupational Health & Safety
ISO 45001 is the internationally recognised standard related to Health and Safety that exists to help companies and organisations to address occupational health and safety (OH&S) rather than product safety.
ISO 45001 provides a framework to the effective management of OH&S including compliance with the legislation that applies to your activities and identified hazards.
Companies and organisations are required to identify applicable legal, statutory and related requirements. It is particularly important to identify how the legislation affects you so that compliance measures can be adopted and periodically evaluated ensuring requirements are understood by employees and implemented effectively.
The standard is applicable to any organisation that wishes to eliminate or minimize risk to employees and other stakeholders who may be exposed to OH&S risks associated with its activities.
This includes the monitoring of health and safety management failures, auditing of performance and review of policies and objectives.
BAFE schemes
SP101 Incorporating ST104 – The standard is principally based on ISO 9001, but has been specifically tailored to ensure that the staff involved in the maintenance of fire extinguishers conduct their work according to requirements and in a due diligent manner. The standard ensures that staff and the company are continually assessed which means that the end customer can be assured the work has been undertaken to a professional and recognised standard.
We raise, install and audit against the Management system against the above standard or carry out ongoing audits and maintenance against your existing system.
BAFE SP203 Part 1 – Fire Protection Industry Scheme
Covers the Design, Installation, Commissioning & Maintenance of Fire Detection and Fire Alarm Systems
We raise, install and audit the Management system against the above standard or carry out ongoing audits and maintenance against your existing system.
Automotive
One of the automotive industry’s most widely used international standards for quality management, IAFT 16949, is evolving with the publication of a new global industry standard by the International Automotive Task Force (IATF).
IAFT 16949, is technical specification for automotive sector quality management systems, has become one of the most widely used international standards in the automotive industry, harmonising the different assessment and certification systems in the global automotive supply chain.
Aerospace
AS9100 is a widely adopted and standardized quality management system for the aerospace industry. It was released in October, 1999, by the Society of Automotive Engineers and the European Association of Aerospace Industries.
AS9100 defines additional areas within an aerospace quality management system that must be addressed when implementing an ISO 9001:2008-based quality system. Major aerospace manufacturers and suppliers worldwide require compliance and/or registration to AS9100 as a condition of doing business with them.
Our philosophy
Our basic philosophy is to make the implementation of your management systems as painless and simple as possible, causing the minimum disruption to personnel and the business while aiding business efficiency.
If you wish to gain certification for your business, let us assist you to carry out your initial Management System review in order to identify key areas of significance and to highlight areas of priority for improvement. We also offer ongoing auditing services for systems we install or existing systems.
ISO 17020 & ISO 17025
General Criteria for the Operation of Various Types of Bodies Performing Inspection, is an internationally recognized standard for the competence of inspection bodies.
ISO/IEC 17025 – General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories is the main ISO standard used by testing and calibration laboratories.
Other schemes and services
Other areas covered include BRC, ISO 22001 and internal audits, readiness review rior to external audits, advice on certification bodies to set standards, managements audits and management reviews.
