ISO 9001:2008 Certification

Ariel is certified to the ISO 9001:2008 Standard. The standard emphasizes product quality, customer satisfaction, and process control criteria -- how to define and measure the most critical processes in order to discover and determine the parameters for success, and how to measure that success. This will enable the management team to determine what course of action to take when planning for Ariel’s future. The most common strength in ISO is that it is a common language, an acceptable framework that everyone in the marketplace understands. It is good for our business, because it shows we have a consistent quality system with a method towards continuous improvement.

The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is a worldwide federation of 111 national standards bodies. The organization’s primary objective is to promote the development of manufacturing, trade, and communication among business organizations worldwide through the development of established standards.

Ariel’s registration provides objective proof we have implemented an effective quality system that satisfies all requirements of the applicable standard. An external and impartial ISO Registrar conducts on-site audits to evaluate our quality management system. Ariel has proudly held ISO Certification since January 1995.

View Ariel's ISO 9001:2008 Certificate of Registration

Highlights of ISO 9001:2008 include:

4.0 QUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
The information contained in this section states the purpose of the quality management system, responsibility of management, and the documentation requirements to maintain the system, including the Quality Assurance Manual, QAM.

5.0 MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITY
Management Responsibility covers review of the mission statement, quality policy, quality objectives, planning, and the responsibility and authority of management. Internal communication and customer focus initiatives are also found in this section.

6.0 RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
Provision of resources, training records, and manufacturing responsibilities, such as assembly processes, are found in section 6. Resource Management documents how Ariel determines and provides resources to maintain the quality system.

7.0 PRODUCT REALIZATION
Planning of product realization such as customer-related processes, design and development of the product, purchasing, production and service provision, and control of monitoring and measuring devices is found under Product Realization.

8.0 MEASUREMENT, ANALYSIS, AND IMPROVEMENT
The measuring and analysis and monitoring of all processes that affect quality and the continual improvement of the system are covered in Section 8. Customer satisfaction, control of nonconforming product, analysis of data, and continual improvement processes are found in this section.