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ISO 9001:2015 · Process-based QEMS
A one-page process map instead of a clause-by-clause manual
The North American arm of a European industrial machinery group, building cleaning systems one custom project at a time
Engineer-to-order · Subsidiary site · Group ERP
- 4Core process families documented end to end
- 1 pageProcess map replacing a clause-by-clause manual
- 2015Transition completed ahead of the 2018 deadline
- GlobalAligned to parent-group templates and standards
The problem
Every system this machinery builder ships is engineered to order: electrical design, control software, commissioning on the customer's floor, and purchasing threaded through the group ERP. When ISO 9001:2015 replaced clause-by-clause procedures with a genuine process approach, the North American site needed documentation that honored the European parent's global template while describing how projects actually moved through engineering on this side of the Atlantic.
What we did
- Mapped the end-to-end value stream from proposal through job launch, project management, engineering, and commissioning into a numbered process architecture
- Built four core process families (Applications, Project Management, Engineering General, and Electrical Engineering), each with its own processes, work instructions, and forms
- Embedded design controls directly in the engineering processes: hardware review, software review, controls lineup, and commissioning checklists
- Adapted the parent group's bilingual templates and flowchart standards so the North American documentation slotted cleanly into the global system
- Delivered a single-page process map giving auditors and new engineers one view of how the business works
Services: ISO 9001:2015 transition · Process mapping · Design and development controls · Engineer-to-order · Multinational alignment
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