Improvement in Quality of Valves by ISO 9001-Quality Management System

Manufacturing problems are very crucial, needs vigilant and immediate attention otherwise it damages to company’s not only profit margins but also reputation. Quality Management includes quality assurance and control, is very necessary technique to maintain and continuously improve quality of product and processes. Manufacturing organization applies various quality control techniques to improve the quality of the process by reducing its variability in products. Out of many techniques used to improve quality, ISO 9001 requirements are very well known and widely used for standardization and process improvement. Our research is in Valve manufacturing company and the gap analysis against the ISO 9001 requirements is conducted to identify various improvement points in various departments to improve the manufacturing process. The effective implementation of such an ISO 9001 Quality Management System (QMS) in this manufacturing company requires a proper implementation of the ISO 9001 system to allow companies to improve the way they operate, by this means increasing profitability and market share, producing innovative and sustainable industrial valves, or improving employee’s knowledge and increasing customer satisfaction.