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”On three separate occasions and with three different
companies, I have engaged Bretta Kelly as the primary
driver of an ISO / AS 9100 certification.
Bretta utilizes a methodology that has been
exceptionally successful in assessing, defining the
gaps, creating an action plan, rallying the key players
in the organization to action, teaching and developing
those who will ultimately be responsible to maintain the
ISO processes.
She is effective in stimulating the change and
putting controls in place that fundamentally shift the
behaviors of the organization.
Each of the companies achieved certification on
their first attempt with minimal or no findings and did
it on the timetable agreed to for the project.
Her professionalism and capabilities in the ISO /
AS 9100 arena make it a pleasure to recommend her to
others contemplating ISO certification.”
Chris Doan
President & COO TeamSAI Consulting
Aviation and Business Innovation Consultants
(720) 249-2643 (Direct Office)
www.teamsai.com
Date: March 18, 2005
From: Fran Francis, Quality Manager
Re: Testimonial
SPOA has used Bretta Kelly’s AS9100 Implementation and
Internal Auditing Services.
Bretta is very thorough and timely. We are very
pleased with the implementation method used that
provided the foundation needed for the continual growth
of SPOA and more importantly customer perception has
been increasingly positive.
Katie Newton Wire-Tech 8-29-2007
The biggest problem facing EDM shops is legacy
production processes that are not flexible in our
rapidly-changing manufacturing environment. What we
need, as legacy shops, is a quick-reference and
easy-to-use system that helps us adapt to our changing
customer needs and requirements. CIS is just that. The
tab system allows us to see all aspects of continuous
improvement, from Nonconformity to Customer Feedback to
Inspection. Many of our customers are requiring us to
track our performance and to respond to their own record
of our performance. CIS allows us to not only be one
step ahead of our customer in order to meet their needs
before they ask, but it allows us to spend as little
time as possible maintaining that path. The entry
system is quick and paperless. In fact, the system can
even reduce the current amount of manufacturing-related
paperwork. CIS keeps us organized, keeps our customers
continually more impressed, and has even made enduring
and passing audits faster and much less stressful. From
customer audits, to our AS9100 audit to the dreaded
Nadcap audit, CIS made the process smooth!
Bretta Kelly – Testimonial by SJ Valenty, President, ANALYZE Inc.
(3-14-06)
If I simply told you that we received our ISO 9001:2000
registration after several months of partnering with
Bretta Kelly, it would be a sufficient testimonial to
the efficacy of her consulting efforts.
However, there is more to the story.
We started on the road to ISO 9001 registration in 1999.
At that time, our operational strategy was to
employ a full time individual who would manage both our
product quality control and the ISO 9001 quality
program.
Based on this individual’s experience, we trained to and
implemented many of the ISO 9001:1994 guidelines during
1999-2000 but did not complete our implementation.
With a second full time employee, we started a renewed
effort in late 2003.
The registration guidelines had changed to ISO
9001:2000.
While this individual had worked under ISO guidelines,
he had never implemented an ISO 9001 system and required
substantial investment of company funds to attend ISO
related training courses.
While our company did implement additional
processes and procedures per the ISO 9001:2000 quality
standard, this individual was ultimately not successful
in conveying the spirit of the ISO quality system to us
and forging a common purpose among our employees that
would be needed to achieve registration.
In view of our past history, we changed our company
strategy in August, 2005 by 1) separating the functions
of product quality manager and ISO quality system
management representative and assigning these functions
to two individuals, and 2) hiring a knowledgeable ISO
quality systems consultant to assist the Management
Representative and management team to complete our
implementation in a timely manner.
We identified a short list of three ISO consulting
companies and invited them for interviews at our
offices.
Bretta Kelly was the unanimous choice of our management
team. We
were very fortunate to have found an individual who is
not only ISO 9001:2000 knowledgeable but who also
understands business, possesses both common sense and a
sense of humor, communicates well with all employees and
is a good human being.
Bretta made a difference!
Our drive towards registration was accelerated by the
adoption of TQMS’s Continuous Improvement Software which
minimizes the need for hardcopy documentation and
maximizes communication throughout the company.
I am pleased to report that we received our certificate
of registration for ISO 9001:2000 on March 1st,
2006. The
recent registration audit of our quality system and
business practices did not find a single minor or major
nonconformance.
This achievement is the latest in a series of
ongoing changes to our business infrastructure designed
to help us better serve our customers.
We look forward to our ongoing relationship with Bretta
Kelly as we continue to improve our business practices.
Steven J. Valenty, Ph.D., President ANALYZE Inc.
Vivian B. Valenty, Ph.D.,
President VB Cosmetics, Inc.
ANALYZE Inc./VB Cosmetics, Inc.
318 S. Bracken Lane
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