ISO Quality Assurance, 
Corporate Social Responsibility
Health and Safety Specialists.

Serving all of Ontario with offices in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) and the Greater Ottawa Area (GOA).

The companies listed on this page collectively number 279 candidates successfully trained in Internal Lead Auditing. Due to the excellent training provided by James Miller, principal trainer for MEQA, these companies were able to meet and exceed the ISO Standard for training requirement, and qualify for ISO Registration.

Mr. Miller currently offers courses in: Internal Lead Auditing, ISO Essentials for 9001, 13485, 14000, TL9000, and other ISO Standards as well as Health & Safety .

Additional training is offered in: Health & Safety Program Management, OHSA Health & Safety, OCSA Health & Safety.

Some Of Our

Clients

MEQA OFFERS EITHER CONSULTING OR CONTRACTING SERVICES.

FOR AN EXPLANATION OF THE DIFFERENCE SEE ARTICLE BELOW.

MEQA has a number of clients that have us supply services on a regular basis after registration. Services such as internal auditing, assisting with management reviews, documenting company goals for continuous improvement, analysis of data, etc. are less expensive for MEQA to provide than for a small company to supply internal human resources.

CONTRACTORS

VERSES

CONSULTANTS

It's important not to confuse contractors with consultants. The difference between the two will affect outcomes, expectations and fees. A CONTRACTOR  will spend a significant amount of time at your company performing tasks such as conducting audits and writing procedures. The contractor provides an additional set of hands to do certain tasks for you. Contractors may spend 50 percent or more of their time working with you over several months. The contractor is a worker, not an advisor, and generally dosn't take part in the strategic project planning necessary to achieve registration.

Contractors are useful for companies whose employees lack the ability, time or inclination to do their own auditing and procedure development work or who need a significant amount of hand-holding to work through these tasks. Contractors are also useful in lean organizations that lack readily available personnel resources or that contract out many functions as a strategic choice.

One of the primary difficulties in hiring out the ISO 9000 development work to a contractor is that your full-time employees may not be directly involved in building your quality management system, so they may not fully buy into the ISO 9000 quality system and make it their own.

CONSULTANTS, on the other hand are advisers who help lay out a strategic plan and organize the necessary resources. A consultant acts as a coach on the sidelines, encouraging and motivating your employees to perform the tasks necessary to reach registration. The consultant helps everyone stay on track, brainstorm solutions and knock down barriers. Knowledgeable and capable consultants have worked with several companies and have learned first-hand some of the typical pitfalls companies face when pursuing registration. Because they have identified many of the same kinds of problems before and understand that it's possible to overcome these problems, consultants are less likely to be discouraged or frustrated by bumps in the road. Moreover, because consultants don't own the process and have less emotional commitment to the organization than do full-time organizational members, they may be able to bring an unbiased and unemotional perspective to problems and evaluate a variety of potential solutions.

Many times a Client will look for a Supplier that requires little or no surveillance. A relationship is developed between the Client and the Supplier and due to the ease in which companies can communicate via ISO, costs are reduced, quality is assured, and response to inquiries is guaranteed to meet or exceed customer requirements.

The list of clients listed on the left hand side of this page represent some of the companies MEQA Consulting Ltd. has worked with in one way or another. Either through our Training Department or our Consulting Department. There are links to their web pages provided wherever possible.

Please take advantage of this service if you are looking for a particular Supplier.

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