To remain competitive and ensure the quality of their products, most manufacturing firms maintain ISO certification or have at least implemented the standards.
In November 2008, ISO made significant changes to the standards that included a new section (6.2.2), requiring companies to assess employee skills, document any skill gaps and provide proof of training to address competency deficits. Documentation requirements include:
- Proof of training attendance: Firms must prove to ISO auditors that training was taken – not just registered for.
- Up to date certifications: Manufacturers must provide proof that skills certifications are up to date and have not expired.
Halogen's Suite Helps Manufacturing Organizations Obtain ISO Certification and Prepare for Audits
By tightly linking training and performance management, Halogen’s talent management suite helps you assess employee performance, identify and address identified skill gaps, and maintain records of training attendance, completion and certifications. Now, when an ISO auditor asks you for proof, you can locate the information in a few seconds, instead of searching through paper or disparate electronic records.
- Development plans, built into each employee's performance appraisal, tie learning to performance, give employees a clear context for their development activities, and support performance improvement.
- Electronic document storage in an employee's performance record makes it simple to verify and validate credentials, training and competencies.
- eLearning Manager tracks training attendance for presentation to ISO auditors.
- eLearning Manager also tracks certification expiry dates and automatically sends email reminders to managers and employees, so certifications can be pro-actively renewed before they lapse.
- Real-Time Reports let you view individual and group ratings on competencies, compare performance scores to targets, and identify training needs across the organization.
- Dashboard Metrics give your real-time graphical views of competency score trends, and overall performance rating distribution.
- Easy to design and use appraisal forms make it simple for managers to quickly assess and document staff skill levels.
Whether you’re preparing for your initial certification or for ongoing formal and informal audits, Halogen Software can help you meet the required standards.
