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.