Management Systems Overview
TUV Rheinland Management understands the importance of conducting our certification activities in a fair, unbiased and impartial manner. We manage our business to avoid any conflict of interest and where a conflict of interest occurs ensure it does not affect the objectivity of the certification activities we provide.
Management System Assessment and Certification services in accordance with the following Management System Standards.
Management Systems Standards
Origin - Management systems standards originated in the post-WWII defense industry, building upon the numerous material specifications that were developed during the war. The requirement for systematic quality was recognized by governmental defense agencies as defense technology became increasing complex and sophisticated. All of the management system standards in place today can be traced to the quality system standards (e.g., MIL-Q-9858, MIL-I-45208) that came out of the international defense community in the mid-20th century.
Management Systems Certification
TÜVRheinland® has been providing organizations with Management Systems Certification (MSC) since 1992, and the company has become the fastest growing
certification and testing company in the world by providing customers with exceptional service and global access.
MSC has literally become a virtual requirement to do business for many companies in North America, particularly those supplying products or services to the automotive or aerospace industries. Although the ISO series of standards came out of the European-based standards, quality standards have been used in the United States for a number of years. TÜVRheinland® is a highly respected registrar with recognition and accreditations in every region of the world. This is important to those companies that need to do business worldwide and need a registrar that has a recognized accreditation in those regions. TÜVRheinland® is committed to customer satisfaction by providing timely, accurate and innovative services that help companies improve customer relations, reduce waste and save time, and ultimately money. To assure this, TÜVRheinland® employs the best-qualified auditors who add value at every visit, promote a partnership approach, focus on business processes and identify opportunities for improvement.
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Accreditation
Definition - In the management system standard context, accreditation refers to the formal recognition by a specialized body - an accreditation body - that a certification body such as TRNA QRS is competent to carry out management system certification in specified business sectors. In simple terms, accreditation is like certification of the certification body. Certificates issued by accredited certification bodies may be perceived on the market as having increased credibility.
Accreditation Bodies - Accreditation Bodies are, in most cases, non-governmental organizations established to oversee the Certification Bodies in a particular country or region. The oversight of the Accreditation Bodies provides credibility to the activities of the accredited Certification Bodies such as TRNA QRS. The Accreditation Bodies also help to ensure consistency in standard interpretation, audit time, and auditing process. Ultimately, the Accreditation Bodies increase the value of a management system certificate in the marketplace.
Value of Accreditation - According to ANSI/ASQ National Accreditation Board (ANAB), which is the American Accreditation Body, accreditation has the following value to the consumers/users of management system certification:
- Builds confidence and reduces risks to customers
- Facilitates trade globally
- Potential to reduce costs by enhancing acceptance of certificates worldwide
- Provides a mechanism to address complaints
TRNA QRS Accreditations - TRNA QRS is accredited to perform management systems certification by the following Accreditation Bodies:
- American: ANAB - ANSI-ASQ National Accreditation Board (formerly RAB)
- German: TGA/DAR/TUV CERT
- Canada: SCC
TRNA QRS also has access to more than 25 additional accreditations from TUV Rheinland Group affiliates worldwide.
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