
Our Quality department uses a Stinger Measuring arm and PowerInspect software
to ensure our products are up to standard.
NicholMckay follows the 6 sigma philosophy to improve the quality of products
and service to our customers.
We guarantee that all of our products go through this rigorous progress before
leaving the factory. It is this emphasis on quality that gives us our zero defect
environment and maintains our
BSEN ISO 9001:2000
accreditation.
ISO
One of the primary goals of the ISO 9000 is to ensure that customers
can confidently purchase an item, regardless of its location, and - assuming
that the company is ISO certified - know that the item was produced under
internationally approved standards. ISO certification requires business owners
to conduct internal assessments of their processes, attempt the necessary
changes, and then receive an ISO certification from an independent auditing
body as proof of the viability of the quality management system (QMS) of
the business.
6 Sigma
Six Sigma is a quality improvement program used for identifying and eliminating
defects, waste and quality-control problems in manufacturing. The goal is to
achieve six sigma levels of quality. A sigma is a statistical term for the standard
deviation of a set of data, so six sigma refers to six standard deviations. The
management philosophy was created at Motorola in the mid-1980s and has since
spread to many other manufacturing companies including GE and Microsoft. In recent
years it has also branched into the service and healthcare industries. The basic
premise behind Six Sigma is that if a company can measure the amount of defects
in a process, the company can systematically determine how to eliminate them,
getting as close to zero defects, or perfection, as possible.