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Benefits of Certification to the Customer
The added benefit of a safety system is creating a
climate where employees and customers can be
safe from harm. The certification standards for safe-
ty take into account legal requirements and infor-
mation about risks. A safety system is also the best
way to defend a facility from fines for minor infrac-
tions. An occupational health and safety manage-
ment system promotes a safe and healthy working
environment by providing a framework that helps
organizations to:
Identify and control health and safety risks
Reduce the potential for accidents
Aid legal compliance
Improve overall performance
Safety management systems can be aligned with
existing quality and environmental management
systems through certification programs. Many or-
ganizations start with the quality management sys-
tem then add the environment management require-
ments. The next generation of certification will in-
clude ramping up quality management standards.
The ISO 9000 quality management system is de-
signed to help facilities meet the needs of custom-
ers while meeting regulatory requirements related to
a product such as department of transportation laws
governing salvage vehicles. ISO 9000 deals with the
fundamentals of quality management sys-
tems, including the eight management principles
upon which the family of standards is based. While
the basic foundation of quality management remains
the same, ISO 9000 is being updated in 2015. The
changes are mostly geared toward ensuring man-
agement support at the highest level.
The eight principles are: customer focus; leadership;
involvement of people; process approach; system
approach to management; factual approach to deci-
sion making; and mutually beneficial supplier rela-
tionships.
Auto recycling certification programs address some
of the principles of quality management in the stand-
ards set for licensing and permitting as well as the
general business standards for aesthetics. There is
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