April 30, 2010
Al Ain, abu dhabi, UAE
Lakshy Management Consultant Pvt Ltd. – one of the largest ISO certification consulting companies with clients in more than 30 countries announced successful completion of Integrated Management System – IMS comprising of ISO 9001:2008 Quality Management System, ISO 14001 Environment Management System and OHSAS 18001 occupational health safety management system for the largest landscaping companies in the UAE – Akar Landscaping Services and Agriculture.
This important achievement is a result of 6 months of serious and dedicated implementation by the Team Akar wherein all the employees across all the level of the organization put in their efforts to enable result oriented implementation of the ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 standard.
Speaking on this occasion, Mr. Abdel Naser Rahhal - General Manager of Akar Landscaping Services and Agriculture, expressed his happiness and said that “ I am really happy for this important achievement made by my organization. I always believed in our capabilities and processes but ISO 9001, 14001 and OHSAS 18001 system implementation opened up a different perspective to evaluate our business performance and processes. We have better control over our business processes and methodology to continually improve our services. I am proud of my team that has put in remarkable efforts and took the whole implementation exercise very seriously. I am also impressed and satisfied with quality of service offered by our ISO certification consulting partner – Lakshy Management consultant Pvt Ltd. they have been extremely professional and partnering us with the best in class consulting solutions to ensure that our ISO implementation is easy and value adding process.”
Lakshy Management consultant pvt. Ltd that specializes into an entire range of ISO certification consulting services, completed the project under a core team headed by Akar Landscaping Services and Agriculture’s General Manager Mr. Abdel Naser Rahhal , Ms. Dona – Management Representative and Ms. Lubna – Health Safety Environment Manager.
The entire process was divided into several modules like awareness training, gap analysis, initial environment and health-safety review, process design and documentation that included objectives, targets, procedures, sops, work instructions, operation control procedures, emergency preparedness plan, mandatory system procedures etc. After this stage 2 days internal auditor training was conducted and was attended by 18 participants. The team conducted their first internal audit under the guidance of consultant from Lakshy. Lakshy guided the team to close the observed identified non conformities. Management review was conducted under the initial guidance of lakshy management consultant pvt ltd. lakshy management consultant pvt ltd conducted pre assessment audit to ensure that the complete system has been effectively implemented and all the requirements of the ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 system are complied with.
After the system was assessed by experts of lakshy management consultant pvt ltd to the satisfaction of lakshy experts, the organization gave go ahead to Akar Landscaping and agriculture services and an audit was planned.
The audit was conducted by one of the largest certification body having UKAS accreditation and after a comprehensive and rigorous audit conducted by the lead auditor, the organization was recommended by the certification body for award of ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 certification. Effectiveness of the system was proved by the outcome of the audit wherein the leadauditor recommended the organization for certification without a single non conformity.
Speaking on this event, Mr. Kaushal Sutaria – senior manager with lakshy management consultant pvt ltd and lead consultant for the ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 implementation project for Akar Landscaping Services and Agriculture said that he was happy to be associated with a progressive and system oriented organization like this. He further added that he on the behalf of this organization reaffirms commitment of lakshy management consultant pvt ltd to partner efforts of companies in the emirates of dubai, abu dhabi, sharjah and rest of UAE – united arab emirates in their implementation and achievement of ISO certification. “ we will continue providing world class and superior consulting services to companies in the UAE covering all the emirates of Dubai, Abu Dhabi, sharjah, Fujairah, RAK etc in all the standards like ISO 9001, ISO 14001, OHSAS 18001, HACCP ISO 22000, ISO 27001, ISO 17025, ISO 20000 etc.”
Akar Landscaping Services and Agriculture is going to celebrate this success by having a party for the employees to celebrate this success and is all geared up to maintain the momentum and continually improve the performance against iso 9001, iso 14001 and ohsas 18001 standard.
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Integrated Management System – IMS comprising of ISO 9001:2008 Quality Management System, ISO 14001 Environment Management System and OHSAS 18001 occupational health safety management system for the largest landscaping companies in the UAE – Akar Landscaping Services and Agriculture.
Saturday, May 1st, 2010Lakshy Celebrates Earth Day – A Green Initiative
Monday, April 26th, 2010Earth Day is a day designed to inspire awareness and appreciation for the Earth’s environment. Responding to widespread environmental degradation, it was founded by U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson as an environmental teach-in held on April 22, 1970 and is celebrated in more than 175 countries every year.
Environmental degradation is a result of the unsustainable and uncontrolled consumption patterns of robust urbanization & industrialization, dynamic inter play of socio-economic, institutional and technological activities. Environmental changes are driven by many factors including economic growth, population growth, urbanization, intensification of agriculture, rising energy use and transportation.
This rampant growth-oriented economic development across the decades has now brought a global challenge in front of mankind – a concern for the environment.
Earth Day 2010 can be a turning point to advance towards sustainable development, climate policy, energy efficiency and renewable energy. Earth Day Network is galvanizing millions of organizations who make personal commitments to environmental sustainability.
As a result, many organizations are now turning to the approach of developing an environmental management system (EMS) with the goal of attaining certification to the recently established International Standard – ISO 14001. The establishment of an EMS (that lies at the core of ISO 14001) is seen as a tool for planning and allocating the resources to implement and deliver services so that they address environmental priorities.
Environmental management system (EMS) refers to the management of an organisation’s environmental programs in a comprehensive, systematic, planned and documented manner. It includes the organizational structure, planning and resources for developing, implementing and maintaining policy for environmental protection. Environmental protection should become one of the highest priorities for all corporations demonstrated by the creation of policies, programmes, procedures and practices for achieving environmentally sound operations.
So on Earth Day, based on the idea of “Think Globally Act Locally”, Lakshy Management Consultant Pvt. Ltd. being a socially and environmentally aware organization join hands with millions of green youth across the globe for environmental protection.
As a “green initiative” Lakshy offered free online consulting for ISO 14001 Environment Management System on 22nd April 2010 to propagate environmental awareness and ideas for protecting the environment. On this occasion consultants at Lakshy organised “free ISO 14001 EMS consulting hour” and environmental awareness camps and highlighted the implementation procedures and benefits of implementing ISO 14001 in an organization for improving their environmental performance. Number of small and medium scale organizations came forward and participated in the event “free ISO 14001 EMS consulting hour” and felt motivated and responsible towards the environment they work-in.
Thus the “Green Initiative” started by Lakshy Management Consultant Pvt. Ltd. was a grand green success.
Earth Day: the Celebration Today is on for a Brighter Tomorrow - Hillol Ray
Lakshy Management Consultant Pvt. Ltd. - A Socially Responsible Organization
Saturday, April 17th, 2010Lakshy Management Consultant Pvt. Ltd. assists small scale industries for ISO 9001:2008 certification.
The Small Scale Industrial units located in India can avail the Government of India’s scheme that grants Rs. 75,000 or 75% of total expenditure of ISO 9000, whichever is minimum, as subsidy for implementation and certification of ISO 9001:2008 Quality Management System. In addition to Government of India, various state governments also provide incentives to Small and medium scale companies for achieving ISO certificate.
“Lakshy Management Consultant Pvt. Ltd.” enables Small Scale Industries (SSI) to get their organization certified to ISO 9001, ISO 14001 or HACCP standard with practically very less or zero net expenditure. The consultants at “Lakshy” also assist in completing the formalities to claim the reimbursement for organization’s ISO certification project.
“Lakshy” understands the practical difficulties faced by the small organizations or SSI companies and accordingly their consultants develop the ISO 9001, ISO 14001 or HACCP system in such a manner so that it acts as a catalyst for further growth of the organization by ensuring the most optimum and maximum result oriented management system with the least amount of paperwork and minimum difficulties.
As a corporate philosophy, “Lakshy” provides concessional consulting services to the Small Companies / Tiny Enterprises / Women Owned Organizations. As a socially responsible organization, “Lakshy” believes it is their duty to share multinational ISO certification experience with these types of organizations to assist them grow faster.
If you’d like to learn more contact us at info@lakshy.com or visit www.lakshy.com or call our 24 hours customer care +91 9821780035 to get your company ISO certified.
Deming’s Circle – Continual Improvement
Tuesday, April 13th, 2010Deming’s Circle – Continual Improvement
ISO 14001 is based on methodology known as PDCA. W. Edwards Deming is known for his introduction of statistical quality control in the military and Japanese industries. His model was initially derived for quality control, quality assurance and continual improvement.
The Circle or wheel applies to all areas where continual improvement is required.
Deming’s circle describes four activities (PDCA):
Plan –
Establish goals, standardize working processes and train employees to deliver results in accordance with organization’s environmental policy.
Do –
Carry out the work according to the plan.
Check –
Verify compliance with environmental policy, goals, legal and other requirements and report the results.
Act –
Take actions to continually improve performance of the EMS.
If you’d like to learn more contact us at info@lakshy.com or visit www.lakshy.com or call our 24 hours customer care +91 9821780035 to get your company ISO 14001 certified.
What is ISO 14001?
Wednesday, January 6th, 2010What is ISO 14001?
The International Organization of Standardization, (ISO) is a worldwide organization that develops many different kinds of Standards – not just quality standards. ISO 14000 is a series of documents relating to the implementation of an Environmental Management System (EMS).
ISO 14001 is the document which defines the requirements for the EMS and provides guidance for its use. ISO 14001 specifies the requirements of an environmental management system (EMS) for small to large organizations. An EMS is a systemic approach to handling environmental issues within an organization. The ISO 14001 standard is based on the Plan-Check-Do-Review-Improve cycle of ISO 9001 – even though it is not a Quality Management System.
To learn more we recommend this free tutorial “The Basics of ISO 14001?”
How does ISO 14001 relate to ISO 9001?
ISO 9001 is a Quality Management System (QMS) which similarly gives organizations a systematic approach for meeting customer objectives (providing consistent quality). An important difference between ISO 14001 and other ISO standard is that it describes the requirements for an environmental management system that can be used for the registration of the management system and / or for the self-declaration of compliance by an organization.
What is an Environmental Management System (EMS)?
An EMS gives an organization a systematic approach for managing their environmental impact (the consequences of their operations). The objective is for ISO 14001 to control environmental impact of the organization’s actions and continually increase the environmental performance as measured against objectives.
Why do companies want to pursue ISO 14001?
Fundamentally, it is everyone’s job to protect the environment by preventing pollution and continually improving the air we breathe, the water we drink, and the earth we inhabit. But there are several specific reasons for implementing an EMS:
It’s the right thing to do
Organizations are becoming increasingly concerned in achieving sound environmental performance to demonstrate that you are a “Good Corporate Citizen”.
• Improved environmental performance—protect the environment
• Improved customer trust and satisfaction by conforming to ISO 14001 International Standards
• Improved public image and community relations—recognized for achieving certification
• Fewer accidents due to properly handled dangers
Reduced Liability
• Improved compliance with environmental regulations—Federal (EPA), State (State environmental agency), and Local (permits)
• Increased employee involvement—implementing ISO 14001 is perceived as “the right thing to do”
• Reduced liability and risk exposure by ensuring an environmentally safe system
Market Pressure
Many organizations decide to Implement ISO 14001 and obtain registration because it assures customers, shareholders, suppliers, regulators and the community at large that the company has a good Environmental Management System (EMS) in place. An organization with an effective EMS will typically meet customer expectations and comply with regulations better than an organization that does not have an effective EMS. Many organizations require their suppliers to have ISO 14001 Registration
• Gain competitive advantage—use environmental improvements to enhance marketing efforts
Cost Savings:
Implementing ISO 14001 often delivers cost savings:
• Reduced costs by avoiding excessive waste and associated costs
• Reduced materials and energy usage
• Increased efficiency by improving and standardizing environmental related processes
Is it right for our organization?
We’ve now given you a brief overview of ISO 14001, the Environmental Standard rooted in ISO 9001 Quality Standard. Only you can decide if it is right for your organization, but it’s certainly the right thing to do for our planet. If you’d like to learn more contact us info@lakshy.com or visit www.lakshy.com or call our 24 hours custome care +91 9821780035 to get your company ISO 14001 certified:
ISO 9001 , ISO 14001, OHSA 18001 & HACCP internal audit completion for orkin pest control al - ain uae
Tuesday, July 14th, 2009Al Ain- Dubai - UAE / 13/07/2009
lakshy management announced successful completion of first internal audit for orkin pest control services uae against the standards of iso 9001, iso 14001, ohsas 18001 and haccp standards.
this iso and ohsas internal audit is one of the requirements of the standard for quality, health safety, food safety and environment management. the internal audit included rigerous hands on approach to assess various processes to determine their compliance with standard and documented system.
It is also decided to train Ms.Glenda & Mr. Tony as qualified & certified internal audits.
Internal audits are very important part of the iso certification process & Lakshy is delighted to be assocoated with Orkin Pest Control - UAE for the regular conduct of internal audits, said Mr. Kaushal Sutaria - consultant & trainer with Lakshy.
On the occassion of first internal audit, Mr. Kaushal shared benefits of internal audit which are outlined below.
Internal Audits are a Quality Management System’s best friend. Audit findings lead to great improvement in the effectiveness and efficiency of the system. How can you make your internal audit program work for your organization? Here are some tips to help get the most from your internal audits.
*Make sure the authority of the audit team is established. This will increase the cooperation from auditees.
*Decide what areas of the company will be audited and the frequency of the audits. Prepare a yearly audit schedule and distribute.
*Develop an audit plan. Decide what other audit resources are needed - checklists, other auditors?
*Determine the purpose of the audit - is it an overview of the area being audited or is it to concentrate on a specific system within the area?
*Determine the purpose of the audit - is it to comply with government regulations, quality standards, internal procedures and system?
*Hold a meeting with the auditors to discuss the plan, purpose, and scope of the audit.
*Read the documents you will be auditing against. Know what they say. Develop questions to ask the auditees.
*Conduct an opening meeting with the auditees.
During an Audit
*Be professional at all times. Avoid being judgmental.
*Follow safety procedures, clean room procedures, and all other required procedures.
*Explain the purpose of the audit to the auditees.
*Answer questions or discuss compliance problems brought to your attention by auditees.
*Be flexible - if you find a potential problem not within the scope of the audit - evaluate the potential risks of the problem if left unaddressed.
*Encourage honesty with the auditees.
After the Audit
*Hold an auditors meeting to discuss the closing meeting content.
*Hold a closing meeting with all auditees involved with the audit. First, point what was done well. Second, address the nonconformances and ensure the auditees understand the nonconformance and what part of the standard is not met.
*Issue the audit report in a timely manner.
*Encourage auditees to decide on the corrective actions. Allowing auditees to have input will give them ownership in implementing changes.
*Assist those responsible for completing the corrective actions with setting reasonable deadlines. The correct action deadlines may vary depending on the severity of the noncompliance.
*Be available and willing to help the auditees.
*Ask for feedback on how you and your audit team were perceived - adjust your approach if necessary.
One last tip: Involve people!
Use audits as opportunities to train others. Ask for a volunteer (who is not an auditor) to walk through the audit process with you as an assistant. This will provide others with a better understanding of what audits are and why they are necessary.
Involving people creates a feeling that everyone is a vital contributor to the goal of the company - compliance.
ISO 9001:2008 QMS Certification for AVI INFOSYS LLC - Dubai UAE through lakshy Management consultant pvt. ltd’s iso consulting and training services
Saturday, June 13th, 2009Lakshy Management Consultant Pvt. Ltd. announced successful completion of ISO 9001 : 2008 QMS implementation and certification project for certification for AVI INFOSYS LLC - Dubai - UAE - United Arab Emirates.
Establishing and cementing the numero uno position in the middle east countries including uae - united arab emirates for ISO 9001, ISO 14001, OHSAS 18001, ISO 27001, HACCP ISO 22000 and other ISO management system consulting and training, lakshy management consultant pvt. ltd. completed the ISO 9001 certification project for AVI INFOSYS LLC successfully without any major non conformity. The organization has been recommended for ISO 9001 certification by the ISO certification body’s ISO auditor Mr. Singh.
Lakshy Management Consultant Pvt. Ltd. - one of the largest ISO certification consultants for ISO Certification consulting and training in UAE for ISO 9001 14001 OHSAS 18001 etc. in UAE covering Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman, Umm al-Quwain, Ras al-Khaimah and Fujairah consulted AVI INFOSYS LLC right from awareness training till completion of ISO 9001 certification audit successfully.
Lead consultant from Lakshy had created awareness about ISO 9001 QMS in the organization at different level and initiated the ISO 9001 implementation process by conducting ISO 9001 awareness training in duabi UAE for the organization at their office.
Detailed gap analysis was carried out to understand the current level of compliance and gaps in the systems of AVI INFOSYS LLC with respect to ISO 9001 standard. On the basis of gap analysis, process design, documentation and implementation was carried out.
The organization under the guidance of Mr. Arvind Mehta - MD and MR for ISO 9001 certification proejct, initiated the process of compliance with all the requirements of ISO 9001. Various SOPs for different processes were prepared and implemented. Also a host of new process monitoring initiatives were started to caputre process performance and process control. Training, customer complaint management, corrective actions and Non conformity management, customer feedback management and analysis alongwith employee competence management was given special attention as using these important requirements of ISO 9001, the MD of AVI INFOSYS LLC was sure to reach newer hights in business process performance and customer satisfaction.
After implementation, revisions in the documentation and internal compliance checks, the organization had a detailed internal audit by the consultant from lakshy mr. Kaushal sutaria and findings as per the internal audit report were acted upon and all the gaps and non - conformities were closed.
The organization finetuned the quality manaul, mandatory procedures and other ISO 9001 documents as per internal audit and Management Review Meeting - MRM outcome and it was made to the level that exceeds ISO 9001 standard requirements.
In the final lap of the ISO 9001 implementation and certification process, the organization had invited a dubai accrediation center - DAC accrediated certification body and after the audit, the ISO 9001 lead auditor recommended the organization for ISO 9001:2008 certification.
THe ISO 9001 certification auditor Mr. A P Singh was specifically pleased with process control and monitoring through CRM, data availability, preventive actions identification, quality objective identification and training topics identification alongwith managment commitment to the ISO 9001 QMS.
Improvement suggestions in the areas of customer feedback analysis, calibration management, training effectiveness evaluation were given and the M. D. of the organization took all of them positively and said that he and his team at AVI INFOSYS LLC - DUBAI UAE are committed for working on all the points identified by the auditors alongwith overall compliance to ISO 9001 QMS.
Mr. Arvind Mehta also shared his future plans to make ISO 9001 QMS more effective in the organization by automizing all of the ISO 9001 standard requirements throgh intranet. He also said that as a continual improvement, they will be thinking for ISO 27001 ISMS next year.
Lakshy Management Consultant Pvt. Ltd. will continue supporting initiatives and committments of companies like AVI INFOSYS LLC in dubai and UAE for their ISO 9001 ISO 14001 OSHAS 18001 HACCP ISO 22000 and ISO 27001 certification by providing them world class ISO consulting & training services that results in successful ISO certification for the client organizations in the UAE covering Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman, Umm al-Quwain, Ras al-Khaimah and Fujairah.
ISO 9001 certification - Gulf Asia Contracting Co. LLC. - Dubai UAE
Saturday, June 13th, 2009Gulf Asia Contracting Co. LLC operating from dubai - UAE announced ISO 9001 certification for their contracting operations.
The organization decided to implement ISO 9001 quality management system to enhance their operational capabilities while standardizing their processes. Said Mr. Sunil Kumar - Operations Manager with R. P. Group of Companies - holding company for Gulf Asia Contracting Co. LLC. - Dubai UAE.
The process to ISO 9001 certification was completed in about 4 months time after exhaustive process analysis, gap analyis, process optimization, process documentation and process measurement activities done across all the departmetns, processes, sub processes covering the entire organization.
Internal audits and management reivew meetings are institutionalized in the organization and positive results of the same has been evident in the process conformity measurement done regularly for various processes as per the project manager of Gulf Asia Contracting Co. LLC. - Dubai UAE.
Gulf Asia Contracting Co. LLC. - Dubai UAE appointed Lakshy Management Consultant Pvt. Ltd. as their ISO 9001 consultants and certification advisor and there were frequent meetings and training sessions conducted by ISO certificate consultants from Lakshy for Gulf Asia Contracting Co. LLC. - Dubai UAE’s ISO 9001 certification project.
A lot of new initiatives were taken in terms of competence evaluation across the levels, formal logging of complaints and non compliances with correction, root cause anaysis and corrective actions, process effectiveness measurement and analysis, quality objectives across various funcations with their achievment plan and tracking and corrective actions etc.
The organization has seen benefits of ISO 9001 for construction and contracting business and is committed to extend the management system from ISO 9001 to ISO 14001 EMS and OHSAS 18001 in future for environment and occupational health safety.
Lakshy Management consultant pvt. ltd. consulted Gulf Asia Contracting Co. LLC. - Dubai UAE for their ISO certification project.
Lakshy Management Consultant Pvt. Ltd. as one of the largest ISO certification consulting company in United Arab Emirates, provided the ISO 9001 certificate services to the Gulf Asia Contracting Co. LLC. - Dubai UAE that resulted in successful certification in the fastest time & easy to implement ISO solutions with no non-conformity detected in the ISO certification audit.
Lakshy management consultant pvt. ltd. continues concentrating on uae - united arab emirates, dubai, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman, Umm al-Quwain, Ras al-Khaimah and Fujairah for providing ISO 9001, ISO 14001, OHSAS 18001, HACCP ISO 22000 certification services and consulting and training to contracting, service, manufacturing and consturuction companies.
Discovery Travel LLC. - Dubai achieves ISO 9001 certification with Lakshy
Saturday, May 9th, 2009Lakshy Management Consultant Pvt. Ltd. announced successful certification for Discovery Travel LLC. - Dubai for ISO 9001 Quality management system.
Discovery Travel LLC. - Dubai - UAE is one of the few travel companies in the country of UAE to achieve such prestigeous international recognation.
Speaking on the occassion, Mr. Ramesh - Head - Operations at Discovery Travel LLC. said that he is very happy with the quality of consulting services provided by the consultant of Lakshy Management Consultant Pvt. Ltd. that will go a long way towards building a robust and sustainable corporate culture in the organization.
Lakshy Management Consultant Pvt. Ltd. - one of the largest ISO certificate consultants withe strong client back ground in the country of UAE including dubai , sharjah , abu dhabi - complete the project in around 4 months time with awareness training on ISO 9001 standard, quality policy & quality objective work shop, gap analysis for process identified, preparation of process documentation along with QMS documentation including quality manual, process diagrams, SOP - standard operating procedure, work insturctions, check lists, templates, formats etc., implementing of the same, internal quality auditor training for the staff of the organization, conduct of internal audit, preassessment audit and facilitation during final certification audit.
While implementing our approach had been on process defination, documentation, standardization and enhancement. Said Mr. kaushal sutaria - senior manager of lakshy management consultant pvt. ltd. who was lead consultant for the ISO 9001 certification project for Discovery Travel LLC. - Dubai - UAE.
The audit was completed successfully by the ISO certification body without any non conformity.
Lakshy Management Consultant Pvt. Ltd. will continue serving companies in UAE to get ISO certificates and help them improve their processes. - Said Mr. Kaushal Sutaria.
ISO 9001 for tourism companies / travel agency / tour operators / travel companies provides real benefits in terms of improvement in custome centric operational approach and enhancement in productivity & individual efficiency.
Travel companies / tourism companies across the world and in UAE can contact us at iso.dubai@lakshy.com to get their company iso 9001 / iso 14001 / ohsas 18001 / iso 27001 certified and achieve great business benefits.
