Introduction to the Quality Management System
Implementing a Quality Management System (QMS) can help you in improving the way your operations are run, so to improve efficiency and profitability. Furthermore, it can help you in overcoming market barriers.
The general principles of the QMS are common to all processes and are introduced below. The Quality Management Tool explains how to introduce a QMS in the production of aggregates from waste.
There are very good reasons why you should introduce a management system which will include quality controls for producing aggregates from waste. This could improve your profitability and help you in demonstrating the recovery of inert waste. Please refer to the Waste Management Regulations Module for further information on waste and its recovery.
The Quality Management System requires you to address as a minimum the following issues:
- Management and staff responsibilities - a description of organisational responsibilities;
- Resource Management - how to manage people, suppliers, equipment and stores;
- Product Realisation- Method Statement of Production - how to produce your aggregates to meet quality standards;
- Measurement, Analysis and Improvement - the Factory Production Control - an outline description of the controls you will need to impose to monitor production and ensure quality of end products.
All the above is also included in the Quality Manual Outline (76 kb) ![[pdf]](/display_images/document_icons/pdf.gif){kind=icon}
that you could use to produce the key document, where all procedures needed to implement your Quality Management System are set.
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