When your business lacks the resources to implement a quality management system using the full ISO 9001 standard, Telarc SAI Q-Base provides an excellent alternative.

Developed by Telarc SAI specifically for small and medium sized businesses, the Q-Base Code is based upon the ISO 9001 quality system standards. It enables you to implement basic management disciplines to assure quality of products and services.

Characteristically, businesses that have adopted the Q-Base Code:

• Employ less than ten people
• Rarely employ staff who are quality management professionals.
• Are managed by the owner who has a strong hands-on role and spends after-hours on paperwork.
• Work on low profit margins
• Rarely have a documented system and procedures manual.

These are the eight clauses in the Q-Base Code: 2001, each helping to focus on the critical aspects of operating an effective management system:

Over 600 businesses in New Zealand have improved the way they operate and perform using the Q-Base management system. Refer to our Q-Base Case Studies and the information sheet Telarc SAI Q-Base Certification.

For further information about Q-Base certification please phone 0800 004 004 or email us. To apply please see the Applications page.

NEWS: Free white paper "The Q-Base Code: A tool for SME’s Quality Management: The New Zealand experience" This was presented at the APEC Standards and Conformance Conference in 2004.

Development grant available
You may be eligible for an Enterprise Development Grant if implementing a quality management system for the first time. To find out more, go to www.nzte.govt.nz/section/12577.aspx