Certification Process

With the growing trade and market demand, the need for ISO certification has been on a constant rise. ISO certificates are not just a proof of your credibility, it also gives an immense boost to your image, and brings immense opportunities for your business. However, many organizations might find the certification process a bit cumbersome, which is not the case. With right direction, you can achieve ISO certificate in a smooth and hassle-free way

1. Selecting Type of ISO Certification

The first step at achieving the certification is by making yourself aware about the standards that are suitable for your management system. Some of the common standards are given below:

ISO 9001 for Quality Management System
ISO 14001 for Environmental Management System
ISO 22000 for Food Safety Management system
ISO 45001 for Occupational Health and Safety Management System
ISO 50001 for Energy Management System
ISO 27001 for Information security, cybersecurity and privacy protection — Information security management system
ISO 37001 for Anti Bribery Management System

2. Choose ISO Certification Body

Once you have implemented the ISO standard for your management system, you must select a certification body to conduct the audit and certify your management system. ISO just publishes the standards, an external certification body with relevant accreditation is entitled to issue the certificate. One of the most reputed certification bodies, ALPHA Certifications is recognized for its vast pool of expert auditors who analyse your documents comprehensively and award you with the required certificate.

3. Getting Started with the Certification

Application Form
Clients are required to fill the essential details of the organization in the application form and share with the ALPHA Certification team
Contract Review
APLHA team reviews the client requirement and calculates the feasibility & man-days to be delivered in the Stage I Audit & Stage II audit.
Quotation / Agreement to Client
Based upon the contract review, Client are required to sign the quotation and legal agreement with the APLHA team
Invoice Preparation & Sending
APLHA team generates and shares the invoice to the client to collect certification fees.
Stage-I Audit Planning & Confirmation
Based upon the Contract review, Planning team plans the audit date by confirming with the client and auditor as well share the audit release to confirm the both.
Stage-I Audit & Audit Report Preparation
Assigned audit team reviews the manual & procedure to understand the organization process and verify that organization have required process or not. Audit team also visits the site and verify the scope of the certification
Audit Set & NC Closure Receiving
During the audit process, ALPHA operations team shares audit set for filling, signing and stamp by the client.
Stage-I Report & NC Closure Review
After the audit, Operations team forward the audit report to the Quality team to review the report. When audit report is found adequate, Quality recommends the Operations Team to proceed further with scheduling Stage-II audit for the client.
Stage-II Audit Planning & Confirmation
After the successful completion of the Stage I Audit, Planning team plans the audit date by confirming with the client and auditor as well and share the audit release to confirm the both. After the sharing the release, Audit Team also provide a detailed audit plan to client.
Stage-II Audit & Audit Report Preparation
Assigned audit team reviews the implementation of the process reviewed in the Stage I and also the Closure status of the findings. Audit team also visits the site and verifies whether, the activities are performed as per the Standard and Organization requirement or not. In Stage II audit, audit team actually, verifies the implementation of the organization.
Audit Set & NC Closure Receiving
During the audit process, ALPHA operations team share audit set for filling, signing and stamp by the client. ALPHA Operations Team request the client after the audit to submit Audit Set and Closure of the Audit Findings given by the Audit Team to the operations team.
Stage-II Report & NC Closure Review
After the audit, Operations team forward the completed audit report including successful closure of NCs raised received from client to the Quality team to review.
Payment Confirmation
Accounts team confirms the Operations team for proceeding further.
Decision Making
Decision is taken by the DM team for the issuance of the Certification after receiving confirmation from Operations and Accounts team.
Payment Confirmation
After getting the Approval from the DM team, Draft is issued to Client for approval. After getting the Approval, Operations Team issues the certificate and updates the database

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Certification Process

1. Selecting Type of ISO Certification

2. Choose ISO Certification Body

3. Getting Started with the Certification

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