UKAS Accreditations
A Client requirement demanded that a Company be UKAS Accredited for ISO9001, ISO14001 and OHSAS18001. There was already an ISO9001 in place so the reaccreditation involved a review of all processes and a concentration on ensuring the processes conformed to the standard rather than the company being lead by the standard. A fully integrated management system was created and rolled out to the staff as a manual. This manual could then form part of the staff induction process. Internal audits were carried out on a regular basis against the manual to check conformance and for ease of submission and checking by external bodies.
A Client requirement demanded that a Company be UKAS Accredited for ISO9001, ISO14001 and OHSAS18001. There was already an ISO9001 in place so the reaccreditation involved a review of all processes and a concentration on ensuring the processes conformed to the standard rather than the company being lead by the standard. A fully integrated management system was created and rolled out to the staff as a manual. This manual could then form part of the staff induction process. Internal audits were carried out on a regular basis against the manual to check conformance and for ease of submission and checking by external bodies.
Implementation of purchase order system
A time consuming checking and manual authorisation of supplier invoices indicated the need for a purchase order system. The system adopted was a simple allocation of a unique number to be submitted to suppliers at the point of order. All suppliers were notified of the new process and that no invoices would be authorised for payment unless the purchase order was clearly displayed on their invoices. The new process saved time and ensured allocation of invoices to correct cost centres in the Business via the initial completion of information when the purchase order number was requested.
A time consuming checking and manual authorisation of supplier invoices indicated the need for a purchase order system. The system adopted was a simple allocation of a unique number to be submitted to suppliers at the point of order. All suppliers were notified of the new process and that no invoices would be authorised for payment unless the purchase order was clearly displayed on their invoices. The new process saved time and ensured allocation of invoices to correct cost centres in the Business via the initial completion of information when the purchase order number was requested.
Retention recovery
As is common within the construction industry retentions were held by Contractors for a period of time. Some of these retentions had been missed or in some instances forgotten. A review of all past projects identified thousands of pounds owed to the Company. A series of phone calls and letters requesting monies owed, backed up by evidence of invoices and past remittances, saw the Company retrieve these payments automatically improving their cashflow.
As is common within the construction industry retentions were held by Contractors for a period of time. Some of these retentions had been missed or in some instances forgotten. A review of all past projects identified thousands of pounds owed to the Company. A series of phone calls and letters requesting monies owed, backed up by evidence of invoices and past remittances, saw the Company retrieve these payments automatically improving their cashflow.
