Hello everyone,
I am feeling better when I read some similar newishes, involved to implement a QMS in an environment not so encouraging.
Hello Peace
As many ones, I know the basics, interests of such improvement projects being always considered as a general engineering culture.
But since the beginning of January, I've been hired to implement a QMS in a concrete formwork company (I remember ve seen someone in this position too, interesting). They work well, very hard, motived (for a long time ago, I hadn't seen people working more than 50h/week on average... I come from France

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Anyway, come to the heart of my post.
I will be ready to develop the company environment but first the hot potatoe.
This is my strategy :
1) buy a ISO standard requirement. Certainly 9001 even we don't design, we manage lots of technical specifications, tenders and construction projects management.
X) Convince again all managers, repeating my role and goals
2) I will develop a very small database to classify quickly the different "QA" documents present into our network (everyone created their own form or checklist, full of differences, mistakes, complexes, not used documents)
Because I feel very depressed when I try to navigate into this system
and been lost among all these documents. feeling frustrated, lost, not efficient.
3) we could attach this one with the first point, buy a Good book as "ISO plain english" from by Craig Cochran, sounds accessible and pragmatic.
X) Convince again all managers, repeating my role and goals
4) Mapping the processes, breaking down on categories. I remolded too the company chart. It was pyramidal and we need a matricial to apply a good management making understand that, on sites, they are (Team leaders, workers) the heart of the business. We work for us, for them.
5) Analyse the existant documents, already classified and spread them by processes, remold them as best as I can.
6) i am exhausted
7) I let you breath and please feel free to give your opinion, feedback, cars and money are accepted too.
I wish you a good 2009, healthy, healthy...
