Certification and maintenance of ISO-based management systems (i.e. ISO 9001, 14001, etc.) is often a requirement for doing business with certain customers and sectors. While many organizations struggle to find value with respective their certification efforts, those that use international standards in conjunction with improvement tools such as Six Sigma and APQP wonder how they could have ran a business without a formal management system. Each organization must use the requirements and guidelines of various tools and methods that are most suitable to their own unique vision.

Visual communication through ISO 9001 & Six Sigma Infographic

The fine folks at Midlake Products up in the Buckeye state ("O.H.I.O." ...while moving your arms to form the letters, of course), have shared with us their ISO 9001 & Six Sigma Infographic. This visual tools is used at Midlake to outline how their operations, as well as other manufacturers, can grow their business by adopting quality practices and standards. We hope you enjoy this visual aid. Special thanks to Jim Moore for passing this illustration along for us to share with our readers.

We are eager to receive feedback on the use of this infographic or other visual communications tools that you believe are of value. Comment below with a link on where our readers can find these additional tools. Perhaps you have a tool, blog or other message that you would like us to share with our readers in an upcoming blog? Contact us at info@cmsicharleston.com.

For more information about the ISO 9001 & Six Sigma Infographic or Midlake Products, visit them online at www.midlake.com.