MERA Confirms its ISO 9001:2000 Certification with BSI Management Systems
Jan 14, 2005
Toronto, ON, Canada - January 12, 2005 - MERA Networks, a forefront international software development outsourcing company, today announced that its Russia-based MERA NN R&D Division has confirmed ISO 9001:2000 compliance as a result of external audit. The Certificate proves compliance of MERA NN's Quality Management System with the ISO 9001:2000 Standard requirements.
The ISO 9001 audit was performed for MERA NN by BSI MS Russia, a division of the BSI Management Systems - the world's largest and most influential management systems registrar. The external on-site audit has demonstrated that the Company's management system fully conforms to the requirements of the ISO 9001:2000 Standard and that MERA NN adheres to its own highly challenging quality policies and objectives.
The certification emphasized MERA's commitment to improving customer satisfaction and upholding high quality standards. The external auditor has not revealed a single nonconformity during assessment and specially acknowledged the maturity of MERA NN Quality Management System and high professionalism of its personnel, which comes in tune with the reports by MERA's former QMS assessment partner - DNV (Det Norske Veritas).
Another strategic line of activities for MERA NN in terms of quality standards is the continuous improvement of its QMS in line with requirements of the most widely used TL 9000 telecom quality standard. MERA NN has demonstrated significant progress in TL 9000 requirements implementation. TL 9000 metrics are integrated into the MERA NN QMS and widely used for product monitoring and measurements, which allows for on-going improvement of software development and testing processes.
"The assessed Quality Management System provides for the highest quality standards and process controls," comments Natalia Gorobets, BSI MS Russia MSS Department Director. "The quality policy and objectives of MERA NN are clearly defined, which constitutes a solid framework for effective QMS operation at all management levels and an on-going improvement of quality processes and procedures."
"We are glad to have confirmed ISO 9001 registration with BSI," says Dmitry Ponomarev, President of MERA Group. "MERA sought renewal of ISO certification with BSI because of the unrivalled consistency of the assessment service they deliver. The proposed program of continuing assessment by far outweighed offerings of other registrars. Besides, BSI offered the most convenient conditions for our R&D Division's QMS certification for compliance with the TL 9000 Standard, which is our next immediate goal."
About BSI Management Systems
BSI Management Systems provides organizations with independent third party certification of their management systems, including ISO 9001:2000 (Quality), ISO 14001 (Environmental Management), OHSAS 18001 (Occupational Health & Safety) and BS 7799 (Information Security). As the world's largest management systems registrar, BSI Management Systems has more than 40,000 clients worldwide including Vodafone, Ericsson, Sony, NEC, 3M Healthcare, Eastman Kodak and Smile, and more.
To find out more about BSI, please visit the website: www.bsi-russia.com, www.bsi-global.com
About MERA NN
MERA NN is a Russian knowledge-based company whose key focus is on research and development of software products in the most advanced areas of IT and telecom industry. With its intellectual capital and know-how technologies, MERA NN creates new value-added products and provides software development services that revolutionize the way of doing business and efficiently meet customers' needs.
Internationally, MERA NN R&D is represented by MERA Networks headquartered in Canada. To find out more about MERA Networks and MERA NN R&D Division, please, refer to: www.meranetworks.com
The ISO 9001 audit was performed for MERA NN by BSI MS Russia, a division of the BSI Management Systems - the world's largest and most influential management systems registrar. The external on-site audit has demonstrated that the Company's management system fully conforms to the requirements of the ISO 9001:2000 Standard and that MERA NN adheres to its own highly challenging quality policies and objectives.
The certification emphasized MERA's commitment to improving customer satisfaction and upholding high quality standards. The external auditor has not revealed a single nonconformity during assessment and specially acknowledged the maturity of MERA NN Quality Management System and high professionalism of its personnel, which comes in tune with the reports by MERA's former QMS assessment partner - DNV (Det Norske Veritas).
Another strategic line of activities for MERA NN in terms of quality standards is the continuous improvement of its QMS in line with requirements of the most widely used TL 9000 telecom quality standard. MERA NN has demonstrated significant progress in TL 9000 requirements implementation. TL 9000 metrics are integrated into the MERA NN QMS and widely used for product monitoring and measurements, which allows for on-going improvement of software development and testing processes.
"The assessed Quality Management System provides for the highest quality standards and process controls," comments Natalia Gorobets, BSI MS Russia MSS Department Director. "The quality policy and objectives of MERA NN are clearly defined, which constitutes a solid framework for effective QMS operation at all management levels and an on-going improvement of quality processes and procedures."
"We are glad to have confirmed ISO 9001 registration with BSI," says Dmitry Ponomarev, President of MERA Group. "MERA sought renewal of ISO certification with BSI because of the unrivalled consistency of the assessment service they deliver. The proposed program of continuing assessment by far outweighed offerings of other registrars. Besides, BSI offered the most convenient conditions for our R&D Division's QMS certification for compliance with the TL 9000 Standard, which is our next immediate goal."
About BSI Management Systems
BSI Management Systems provides organizations with independent third party certification of their management systems, including ISO 9001:2000 (Quality), ISO 14001 (Environmental Management), OHSAS 18001 (Occupational Health & Safety) and BS 7799 (Information Security). As the world's largest management systems registrar, BSI Management Systems has more than 40,000 clients worldwide including Vodafone, Ericsson, Sony, NEC, 3M Healthcare, Eastman Kodak and Smile, and more.
To find out more about BSI, please visit the website: www.bsi-russia.com, www.bsi-global.com
About MERA NN
MERA NN is a Russian knowledge-based company whose key focus is on research and development of software products in the most advanced areas of IT and telecom industry. With its intellectual capital and know-how technologies, MERA NN creates new value-added products and provides software development services that revolutionize the way of doing business and efficiently meet customers' needs.
Internationally, MERA NN R&D is represented by MERA Networks headquartered in Canada. To find out more about MERA Networks and MERA NN R&D Division, please, refer to: www.meranetworks.com