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Kontu is a Pirkanmaa company that offers 24-hour sheltered housing, communal sheltered housing, service guidance as well as lunch and catering services in Tampere and Nokia. The company has three 24-hour houses and one unit providing communal housing for older people, as well as two kitchens, which also serve as lunch restaurants. Kiwa Comply has been used in Kontu houses since November 2022.
In the fields of information- and cyber security and continuity management, the cryptic acronyms in the heading are now being used on every channel, just as GDPR and information protection were a few years ago. What you need to know about them and, in particular, what do you need to do?
Kiwa Comply now includes the requirements of the ISO 14001 environmental management standard in addition to the ISO 9001 quality management standard.
Our management consultants are skilled professionals with in-depth knowledge of management systems and extensive industry experience. They can offer assistance in developing various areas, including quality management, environmental practices, information security, occupational health and safety, energy efficiency and continuity management.
What is important to businesses right now? Both companies and the media discuss various threats and scenarios, and the different viewpoints may make everything more confusing to simple people, such as the author of this blog.
A Quality Management System is never fully complete or perfect. We need to establish metrics or monitoring methods for our processes, products, and services to gather information on how we can achieve the desired performance or quality level.
The primary purpose of auditing is to improve operations, but it also serves as the company's primary feedback channel. Auditing functions as a valuable two-way communication channel and should be utilized to support the company's strategy and as a regular part of business operations.
The main assessor, Product Manager Tiia Tuomi, reflects in her blog post on whether quality can be measured and what new quality metrics could be in the future.