An Interactive 10-Day Training Course

Quality Assurance and Management System

Concepts for Quality Management, Implementation & Audit

25 May - 05 Jun 2026
Dubai
| $11900
21 Sep - 02 Oct 2026
London
| $11900
25 May - 05 Jun 2026
Online
| $7900
21 Sep - 02 Oct 2026
Online
| $7900

Introduction

With over a million organizations worldwide certified to ISO9001 quality management system alone, no organization can afford to pay the price of the failure to recognize that managing quality assurance and control are essential requirements in the production of good and services. Many organizations have enjoyed extensive benefits from the structured approach to controlling areas of activities and the associated risks but have often missed the opportunity to maximize the return on the initial investment by using a similar approach in other areas of the business.

This GLOMACS 10-day training course is intended to provide delegates with a sound understanding of different approaches to quality assurance. During the first week, the training course will focus on background to the various concepts of managing quality in organizations to ensure the attendees are familiar with quality assurance. During the second week, the training focus will be on practical learning on the implementation of quality management system including internal and third party auditing, which provide assurance that systems are maintained and improved.

Key Learning Outcomes

By the end of this training course, delegates will be able to:

Training Methodology

This training course is highly interactive and delegates will have to opportunity to use case study materials and exercises that will bring a practical understanding to the concepts of quality assurance and management. This will include the opportunity to relate the learning to “real life” issues in their own organization and their experience as customers themselves.

In addition to learning the essential requirements of a quality management system, participants will enjoy a highly participative part of this training course designed to enable them to practice audit techniques though participative role play.

Quality Assurance and Management System

Who Should Attend?

  • Improved understanding of the role quality assurance has across the whole organization
  • A shared organizational vision for promoting quality assurance
  • Use of quality systems in selecting and controlling contractors and outsourcing
  • Improved intra / inter departmental communication effectiveness
  • Benefits of developing effective management systems to:
    • Improve employee morale and cooperation
    • Increase profitability
    • Enhance planning, quality assurance and quality control measures
    • Improve leadership and team building skills

Learning Journey Breakdown

Module I: Essentials of Quality Assurance

  • History of international standardization
  • Introduction to ISO 9001: 2015
  • Economic benefits of standardization
  • Organizational benefits of standardization
  • Standards as a mechanism or controlling organizations risks
  • Risk Management Systems
  • Risk Management Principles
  • A teamwork approach to quality
  • Teambuilding exercise
  • An introduction to quality assurance and control
  • Comparison between QA and QC
  • History of quality assurance
  • Models of quality assurance and control
  • Concepts of Total Quality Management
  • Deeming’s Fourteen Points and other approaches
  • Culture of Quality – The Role of TQM
  • Twelve Obstacles to Implementing Quality
  • The Process Approach of ISO 9001:2015
  • The benefits of the process approach
  • The ISO High Level Structure – Annex SL
  • ISO 9001 and a framework for managing quality assurance
  • The PDCA Approach
  • Objectives and KPI’s
  • Needs and Expectation of Interested Parties
  • The definition of ‘Stakeholders’
  • Risk Based Thinking
  • Managing Risk and opportunity in a quality management system
  • Assessing Risk and Opportunity within a Quality Management System
  • Core principles in achieving total quality management
  • Principles of TQM
  • Prevention not Correction
  • Customer focused quality
  • Establishing vision & mission
  • Establishing A Quality Policy
  • Planning for a Quality Management System
  • 12 Steps for Implementing a QMS
  • Supporting the Quality System (Resources & Competence)
  • Opportunities for organizational continuous improvement
  • Building quality through teamwork
  • Requirements of ISO19011 – guidelines for auditing management systems
  • Types of Systems Audits
  • Audit as Part of Performance Monitoring and Organizational Improvement 
  • Developing a Programme of Audits
  • Planning A Quality Assurance Audits
  • Conducting Quality Management System Audits
  • Non Conformity Finding & Reporting
  • The Quality Audit Report
  • Closing Out Nonconformities
  • Building Quality Through Teamwork
  • Process Quality Continual Improvement 

Module II: Quality Assurance in Practice

  • The PDCA Approach
  • Risk Based Thinking
  • The Organization and Context
  • Needs and Expectation of Interested Parties
  • Significance of Effective Leadership Roles
  • Role and Responsibilities of Leaders in ISO9001
  • Culture of Quality – The Role of TQM
  • Establishing Policies
  • Planning for a Quality Management System
  • Assessing Risk and Opportunity within a Quality Management System
  • Supporting Your System – resources, competence
  • Operations, Planning and Control
  • Management Systems Auditing
  • The Face of a Systems Auditor
  • Requirements of ISO19011 – guidelines for auditing management systems
  • Types of Systems Audits
  • Planning Audits
  • Audit as Part of Performance Monitoring and Organizational Improvement
  • Developing a Programme of Audits
  • Planning an Audit
  • Opening Meetings
  • Audit Questions and Use of Check Lists
  • Conducting the Audit
  • Role Play Exercise
  • Building a Document Control System
  • Document Life Cycles
  • Consistency in Document Appearance, Notation and Circulation
  • Maintaining the Integrity of Document Controls
  • Availability of Documents to Interested Parties

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