Recommending ISO Management Systems Certification - Registration Bodies and Registrars, herein indicating some of the certification bodies that we recommend, from our list of certification - registration bodies. For a full list of bodies and registrars that meets our criteria for ethics, client satisfaction, and integrity per world region visit our Certification Bodies page...

DNV, Norway based (Registration Body with many registrars for Quality ISO 9001, Automotive ISO/TS 16949, Aerospace AS9100, Environmental ISO 14001, SA...)

BRS , USA based (International Registration Body for Quality ISO 9001, Food Safety ISO 22000, Environmental ISO 14001, EMAS Code of European Regulations 761/2001, HACCP, OSHMS, ISMS, SA...)

Lloyd's Register, British based (within US boundaries ISO 9001, ISO 14001, EMAS, ISO/TS 16949, AS9100, SA... with Registrars and Product Certification)

Why Registration - Certification?

Certification - Registration from an international and reputable 3^rd party demosntrate competency through impartialty to others and validates your organization's competence and commitment to quality, environmental responsibility, food safety, security of information... A reputable certification - registration body or branch of the previous (registra) needs be competent and impartial.

On the issue of cost (price)...

For registration - certification organizations typically evaluate the markets wherein they chose to provide services and for which they identify and establish a cost structure. The cost of certification pricing is according to risk, nature of activities, product | services, size, and complexity of the activities of the organization. These are requirements that accredited certification bodies must abide, in addressing ISO/IEC 17021, ISO/TS 22003 and ISO/IEC 27006 and interpretative guides as well the relating standards for quality, environment, health, safety, security of information, food supply chain and others. Registration - Certification Bodies, or subsets of these namely Registrar, provides a questionnaire inquiring for information to present a quote. The quote relates to the costs of the registration - certification protocol and terms of agreement, as the questionnaire provides initial and sufficient information of your organization.

Certification - Registration bodies quotes are based on audit days plus associative costs. Associative costs include application fee, travel, and those that relate to travel. Feel free to contact us to provide you guidelines on costs for regions of Europe, the Americas, Asia Pacific and Euro Asia. 

Assessment of the Management System (concurrent to QMS ISO 9001 and its many variants such as FSMS ISO 22000, ISO/IEC 27001, QMS Technical Specification ISO/TS 16949, QMS Aviation AS9100... and ISO 14001 and others including OHSAS 18001, Z10, ILO-OSH and Loss Prevention... OSHMS, Social Accountability)

Addresses specifications conforming to the requirements under which the organization ascribes through an impartial and competent third party registration body (or branch of the registration body, namely registrar). The registration - certification protocol, involves a two stage process which may include a combination of off-site and on-site activities. For EMS, OSHMS - OHSAS, FSMS and other management systems relating to risk may require an on-site visit(s) for both stages. When required, the on-site first visit stage assess the organization's management system policy, objectives, organization's self audit, and management review. Subsequently a follow through second stage requires an on-site assessment to assures that practices and methods meet the established commitments and that objective evidence sustain their effectiveness and confidence that the system maintains adherence to the requirements of a given standard(s) or technical specification.

Granting the certificate of registration requires successful completion of the certification - registration protocol. After successfully completing the assessments this is followed by periodical verification (surveillance assessments) of the management system to demonstrate effective maintenance of the implementation and the organization managing improvements | updates.