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What comes
after ISO 9001 Certification?
After you achieve your goal of ISO 9001 certification,
you now have to maintain the quality management system and to continue
to work to develop operational excellence. There are two steps to maintaining
your certification.
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ISO 9001 Certification Surveillance
Surveillance assessments are the heart of the post-certification
process for ISO 9001 certification. The ISO 9001 surveillance audits
assure ongoing conformity, determine whether your management system
remains effective, and encourage continual improvement, thereby
helping enhance your profitability. The last ISO 9001 surveillance
audit is always a recertification audit to ensure accreditation
conformity and full assessment of the requirements.
As your ISO 9000 registrar, SQA offers two surveillance scheduling
options for maintaining your ISO 9001 certification:
- Semi-annual surveillances are performed every six months.
Certain core elements are reviewed during each visit and management
system processes are selected accordingly throughout the course
of certification. The advantage of this option is that each
audit is approximately half the duration of an annual surveillance
and the system is reviewed routinely. The majority of SQA ISO
9001 certification clients select this schedule option.
- Annual surveillances are conducted once a year. Again, core
elements are reviewed each year and management system processes
are selected accordingly throughout the course of ISO 9001 certification.
This alternative involves fewer, but longer visits.
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ISO 9001 Certification Renewal:
Once every three years (the third year of each 3-year ISO 9001
certificate period), SQA will assess the quality management system
in its entirety. The duration of this ISO 9001 re-assessment is
typically equal to about 2/3 of the audit days required for the
initial assessment. By assessing the entire quality management system
during one ISO 9001 assessment activity, the relationship of all
the processes comprising it can be fully evaluated for effectiveness.
SQA stands out in the crowd of ISO 9000 Registrars – contact
us today to begin.
An SQA representative would like to discuss your certification
needs. Contact us at 330-762-4231 today.
SQA one of America's leading ISO 9000 registrars is an active
member of the Independent Association of Accredited Registrars (IAAR)

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as your ISO 9000 Registrar today.
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