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Guide to the ISO 14001 Certification for Small Businesses

Every business should be proactive in today’s market in that they should concern themselves with protecting and controlling their environmental impacts, protecting resources, human beings, flora, and fauna around them. Large organizations are working towards this by implementing meaningful strategies which include achieving the ISO 14001 certification and initiating changes to processes, but small businesses could find this entire process to be cumbersome and difficult. Smaller enterprises could struggle to implement a strategy or strategies for environmental management because of the lack of resources, time and ultimately may not have adequate staff to dedicate to an implementation of an Environmental Management System (EMS). Also, it could be cost-prohibitive and time-consuming for them to implement the EMS with limited staff because this cause major disruption in their key business operations. While environmental management is priority for every organization regardless of its size,...

Why Aerospace Service Providers Seek AS9100 Certified Suppliers

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All manufacturers and suppliers of aerospace parts or products should achieve the AS9100 certification to prove the quality and competence of their products to the buyers. The aerospace sector is a highly regulated one because of the high-risk activities involved including air travel, space exploration, and military aviation. Therefore, the services providers in the sector i.e., flight companies, space organizations and defense organizations only prefer to work with certified suppliers whose products are tested and fully reliable. AS9100 is the international standard specially designed for aerospace manufacturers by the international authorities- SAE (Society of Automotive Engineers) and EAAI (European Association of Aerospace Industries) to standardize the quality management processes for aerospace manufacturers. They felt it was necessary to assure the safety of users or customers of the products. Thus, suppliers need to get the certification to ensure they survive in the industry b...