Every journey towards ISO certification starts with a single question “What does success look like?” Whatever the ISO standard our starting point is your business: what it wants to achieve and how it defines success. Once success is defined, we can ensure that our ISO business solution delivers on your success criteria. We at Ascertic believe The process of gaining ISO certification is in itself a way to improve your business Our fixed fee approach allows you to calculate the cost/benefit of ISO certification to your business. Our experienced IRCA-qualified assessors have a flexible approach that will help you to produce a set of procedures that are tailored to your business objectives.

5 STEPPER PROCESS

• What does success look like? - Once success is defined, we can ensure that our ISO business solution delivers on your success criteria. We examine and outline your business key activities in relation to your clients’ requirements.
• Gap Audit
• Our ISO assessors will then agree reasonable outcomes and delivery dates with you. Produce your organisation’s ISO manual- Having defined success and key activities, the next step towards ISO certification is to document the systems and procedures that deliver these. The Ascertic Assessor will examine your organisation’s existing procedures and identify where they conform to the ISO standard. After the initial assessment, they will help you to pull together a manual relevant to the ISO standard you are working towards. This manual sets out how your business should operate going forward so that it can deliver the ISO standard.
• Facilitation of Ascertic training to enhance adoption of the ISO standard framework- For most organisations the manual is an important step, but even more important is ensuring its use is embedded throughout the organisation, led by the senior management team. Depending on your needs, Ascertic can develop and deliver tailored training programmes for your staff. Training ensures there is a full understanding and implementation of the ISO standards applied consistently across the
• Submission to a third party for external auditing-With key processes in place and staff trained to consistently follow these, the next step is external audit. Your organisation will be submitted to the third party certifying body that the ISO assessor.
• Your organisation is awarded ISO certification- Once confirmed as being ISO standard compliant, your organisation will then be presented with the ISO certificate. You can then promote that you have gained international recognition to your target market

Business Management

• Defining your internal organisation
• Achieving a certification
• Implementing an internal control system
• Controlling your business risks
• Identifying your performance indicators
• Defining your business strategy

Diagnosis and audit

Before starting your project, would you like to get an overall picture of your organisation and the best recommendations? Our consultants can undertake a personalised diagnosis. They visit your premises, conduct interviews with the employees concerned and study your documentation. At the end of this audit, you will receive:

• A clear and structured state-of-affairs report
• Highlighted strengths and areas for improvement
• Practical recommendations adapted to suit your structure

Writing your internal documentation

Writing useful and effective documentation is a real job in itself that requires specific skills. While sometimes editors, project managers or group leaders, our consultants can lead your project down to the smallest detail. The documentation created will be structured and accessible to everyone.

• Organisational charts and job descriptions
• Process maps
• Working procedures, pictorial operating procedures
• Mapping and risk matrix
• Indicators and dashboards

Establishment of ICS / Risk Management

Delegate! Our consultants can perform the implementation of your internal control system (ICS) or your risk management. They use short interviews with your employees to formalise the documentation and create the reports requested by your auditors.

• Writing the ICS management or the risk management rules
• Control identification and documentation
• Risk identification and assessments
• Creation of reports (ICS matrix, risk mapping, etc.)
• Description of the processes / activities related to the risks