When supporting our clients who wish to comply with standards and legal requirements, and most often want to be certified against one or more management system standards, we use for example the following general approach
- Training of top management
Managing the business is the responsibility of the business leader, and the ultimate responsibility lies with senior management. Without an understanding of the requirements and the reasons behind the legal requirements and the design of the standards, management is not in a position to support the business in its journey towards compliance. - Inventory of mandatory requirements and current practices
We believe in trying to use ways of working that are already implemented in the business, and making as few adjustments as possible to adapt them to compliance. By inventorying what binding requirements the business has (contractual requirements, legal requirements, etc.) and mapping the business’s working methods through process mapping, we get the conditions for consensus on any adjustments that need to be made for compliance. - Risk analysis
Running a business means that we need to weigh advantages and disadvantages against each other, dare to take risks and capture opportunities within the framework of what are acceptable negative consequences for other stakeholders. Around this, a robust system needs to be established and applied in the business. The focus is on finding a way of working that can be managed over time and that leads to better informed decisions. - Supplier management
The part of the business we have direct control over can be managed and monitored in many different ways (procedures, technical support and control, training and other controls), but we need to manage suppliers by ensuring that their working methods are not incompatible with our own business values and by identifying risks associated with the supplier and managing these through agreements or other compensatory measures where the consequences would otherwise be unacceptable. We do this by, among other things, categorizing and risk assessing suppliers and managing them through relevant contractual requirements. - Compliance monitoring
Systematic monitoring of our operations’ compliance with stakeholder requirements and our own working methods provides us with a basis for further improving our operations’ systems. Key elements of this are measurement and internal audits. - Handling of observations
If we receive indications that our operations are not effective, through non-conformity reports, customer complaints, etc. we need to deal with these in a systematic way to ensure that we are constantly trying to work more effectively.
Our experience shows that it is difficult to maintain a good system for controlling and following up the business, without having some form of system support that helps the company to comply with its chosen working methods. Therefore, we encourage customers to use Ledningssystemet.se as a cost-effective solution, either fully or for parts of the management and control. By using Ledningssystemet.se together with us as a partner, customers get help with already developed requirement sources, relevant risks based on their own business processes, inventory and supplier flow and suggestions for controls to manage the risks.
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