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We provide services for all the major standards prevailing in the world. These standards range from Quality Management, Information Security Management, Food Safety Management, Environmental Management, Software Management, Health & Safety Standards and other Garment & Apparel Industry Standards.

BS 25999 Business Continuity Management

This is the first international standard, based on international best practices, to ensure continuity of operations in the event of a disruption/disaster. This standard is designed to keep your business viable during the most challenging and unexpected circumstances – protecting staff, preserving reputation and providing the ability to continue operations. This Standard has been developed by group of world class experts representing a cross-section of industrial sectors and the governmental organization.

This standard addresses the occupational health and safety needs of a company and provides a comprehensive health and safety management system to the company. It contains management system requirements similar to those in ISO 9000, along with occupational health and safety requirements in such areas as planning, risk assessment and hazard identification, consultation and communication, operational control, emergency preparedness and response, and accidents and incidents. It can be implemented in any type of industry. OHSAS 18001 certification demonstrates a company’s commitment towards the occupational health and safety issues which results not only in better working environment leading to improved productivity but also in compliance to national laws and regulations and international market requirements.

A well known standard used to structure, streamline standardize and optimize the processes / activities / systems of any type of industry, in order to enable it to stay competitive. This standard helps companies achieve cost effective and quality assurance methods.

A company’s aspects affecting the environment are catered through this standard and a complete Environmental Management System (EMS) is effectively implemented to ensure the compliance with the applicable National Environmental Quality Standards (NEQS). Implementation of EMS improves compliance with legislative and regulatory requirements, reduces exposure to liability, prevents pollution, reduces waste, and creates a more positive public image of the organization.

This is the only standard for which an accreditation, instead of certification, is required by the accreditation board. This standard is for the laboratories involved in testing of any kind and is recognized internationally. It is used to develop and implement laboratory quality management systems, and recognize their technical competence. It addresses every element of laboratory management and involves all laboratory staff whose functions relate to the quality of laboratory data generated. The implementation of a laboratory quality management system provides a defined, ordered process for operating all facets of a laboratory. ISO 17025 certified laboratories operate a quality system, are technically competent, and are able to generate technically valid resu

ISO 22000 ; Food Safety Management System / HACCP ; Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point

This standard is specifically designed for food industry. The prevention of any health hazard related to the manufacturing, processing, treatment, packaging, handling and delivery of food stuffs can be ensured by the implementation of this food safety management system.

To eliminate the need of the foreign buyer’s audit and to standardize the social, health and safety, environment, production and security needs of an exporter, from the perspective of the buyer, this one standard is established by the American Apparel and Footwear Association (AAFA). Its certification is not only well accepted by the major buyers in the world but also prepares a company in all the aspects for any type of the company audit.

Mainly demanded by the American / European importers, this standard deals with the chemicals used in wet processing of the textile products. It ensures specific chemical limits which are considered as 'health hazards' worldwide. Oeko Tex certification certifies that the products are made from non-toxic materials and under environmental friendly conditions.

This standard is developed by the Software Engineering Institute (SEI), America, for the software development / houses. With an aim of improving the level of services and incorporating the best practices in the key areas of software development process as project management, quality assurance and delivery of the software to the client, this standard is considered as the most prestigious standard in software industry. It is the world’s most popular framework for software development / houses in building organizational maturity.

Based upon the ISO 9001, Quality Management System, this standard is specifically designed for the automotive industry. This standard, coupled with customer-specific requirements, defines quality system requirements for use in the automotive supply chain. It is of special interest to international suppliers of auto-parts who are required to meet the requirements of more than one quality system standard. This standard is supported and recognized by the major European and US-based automobile manufacturers: BMW, Daimler-Chrysler, FIAT, Ford, General Motors, Peugeot-Citroen, Renault and Volkswagen as well as by their respective trade associations AIAG, ANFIA, FIEV, SMMT and VDA.

As the name implies, all the national / international labour laws that are applicable on any type of industry. These include laws and regulations pertaining to child labour, forced labour, freedom of association, discrimination, compensation, working hours, health and safety, etc.

C-TPAT is the first worldwide supply chain security initiative, developed by the US customs. It is designed for the entire trade community. Its guidelines are company-wide and are based on factory/premises security, personnel/employee security, consignment security and transportation security. Foreign buyers require their suppliers (exporters) and other supply chain partners to adopt C-TPAT guidelines.

ISO 28000 objective is to improve the security of supply chains. It is a high-level management standard that enables an organization to establish an overall supply chain security management system. It requires the organization to assess the security environment in which it operates and to determine if adequate security measures are in place and if other regulatory requirements already exist with which the organization complies. If security needs are identified by this process, the organization should implement mechanisms and processes to meet these needs.