Previously, an organisation could not engage the services of a certification body until implementation of the management system had been completed. Many organisations were failing certification assessment (for various reasons including poor consultancy), and it became clear that advice from a certification body at the very beginning of the process was crucial to the success of installing an effective quality management system.
Such advice as may be provided by QAICL can be delivered at the start of the implementation process in clarifying the requirements that must be met to achieve registration. Methods may vary but many approaches can be considered and discussed during the quotation process and these may include gap analysis and pre-assessment.
The services of QAICL also include for a staged approach to certification. This still allows for the client to have freedom of choice in whether to engage consultants in development of their system.