Western Hygiene Leading the Way

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ISO 9001, ISO 14001, OHSAS 18001 Re-certofocatopmAlmir Business congratulates all the staff and management of Western Hygiene on their successful duel transition to ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 14001:2015. Dick Whelan, Managing Director of Almir Business stated that “This is a major achievement as Western Hygiene is an early adaptor in the transition for both standards and reflect their mission to exceed their customers’ expectations.   The transition process was facilitated by the active involvement of the team in Western Hygiene”.  They also successfully completed their surveillance of OHSAS 18001.

Western Hygiene is an importer and distributor of top quality branded Hygiene products sourced from internationally recognised sustainable manufacturers. The products are distributed to customers serving the hospitality, catering, industrial and healthcare sectors countrywide.  In business since 1988, Western Hygiene is committed to high quality service and innovation, and to good environmental practices.  Accredited for ISO 9001 (Quality Management) ISO 14001 (Environmental Management) and OHSAS 18001 (Health & Safety Management System). Western Hygiene delivers nationwide and every year they process tens of thousands of orders for hygiene products quickly and efficiently, providing genuine customer satisfaction to their growing client base.

Kevin Collins, the Managing Director, stated:  “Western Hygiene credits our ISO certification for the continued success and growth of our business.  Over the years we developed all our ISO Standards with Processes and Systems to drive efficiencies within our company so most daily tasks are automated where possible. This means we have a seamless process from the customer placing their orders through our sales team on through our dispatch, logistics and administration departments. This creates huge efficiencies and in turn mean we are better able compete for business across all sector categories in the market  Our ISO Standards also differentiate our company as a top in its class in the hygiene and services sector which is nothing more than what our customers and prospects expect. Our Mission, “Our primary aim is to exceed our customers’ expectations with innovations and effective hygiene solutions along with perfect delivery and service”.

Successful Implementation of ISO 9001:2015 for Tammdek Tooling Ltd

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Tammdek Tooling Ltd 002Almir Business wish to congratulate Tammdek Tooling Ltd on their recent successful certification to ISO 9001:2015 quality management by their certification body, NQA.

Tammdek Tooling Ltd is a precision tool making and machine shop in a modern 5,000 sq ft facility based in Shannon, Clare, Ireland. Tammdek Tooling Ltd was established in 1981 and provides precision engineering service to wide variety of companies in the medical, oil and gas, specialist machine manufacturing and moulding sectors. They maintain long term relationships with customers by focusing on quality and reliability and providing innovative solutions.

Mike Deegan, the Managing Director, stated: “I had been considering implementing the ISO 9001 quality standard in Tammdek Tooling Ltd for many years. The reasons being  to help to maintain customers, to improve our chances of acquiring new customers but mainly to have proper standards and procedures within the company itself. The off putting part was the thought of the amount of work required and also the unknown.

Dick Whelan of Almir Business was recommended to me by another engineering firm as a consultant to guide me through the implementation. From the start Dick was a pleasure to work with. He guided us through all the stages and helped in any way possible to prepare us for the audit. We now have proper procedures and standards in place and we aim to maintain them using AlmirLive software.”

ISO 9001 is the internationally recognised standard for Quality Management Systems (QMS). ISO 9001 focuses on fulfilling customer’s quality requirements, any applicable regulatory requirements, while aiming to enhance customer satisfaction, and achieving continual improvement of its performance in pursuit of these objectives.

Ireland West Airport Knock 30 years in Business

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Huge weekend in Knock Airport.

Ireland West Airport Knock 30thOn Friday night, Ireland West Airport Knock celebrated 30 years of operation and remembered Monsignor’s Horan’s determination to establish the airport. Stories were told on the night of how Monsignor Horan convinced the Irish government to build an airport in the middle of a disadvantaged, depopulated region in East Mayo, at a time when the country was in dire financial straits. Thirty years on the airport is set to have a record high of almost 750,000 passengers use the airport. And to top of the weekend, the airport welcomed back the victorious Connaught team from the Pro 12 Final early on Sunday morning. This was a fitting tribute not only to those, like Monsignor Horan, that had the vision to establish the airport but also to the winning team of management and staff that work hard to ensure the continued success of IWAK.

Almir Business are delighted to have been part of this journey with IWAK. Since 2007 we have worked with the team at Knock assisting them with their Quality and Health & Safety management systems. In this time we have seen the great strides made by the team and we know they are building on the success of the last 30 years to continue to offer a high quality, a safe, service to the public into the future.

Congratulations to the team in Ireland West Airport Knock and all of our Connaught clients on a great weekend.

Benefits of ISO27001:2013 Management System from the Almir Business Perspective

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When people think of information security they normally think of keeping information secret or confidential.  But this is only one of the areas that an ISO27001:2013 Information Security Management system asks you to consider when reviewing your management and control of information.  The three pillars of Information Security Management are   Confidentiality,  Integrity and Availability. Considering all three, CIA, leads to a robust system for managing information.

Taking Almir Business as an example. A key component of Almir’s service to clients is AlmirLive , our online management system. When developing AlmirLive we looked as the those 3 pillars of information security

Confidentiality – with a strong password control system , encrypted transfer of data and different user level access rights the system can ensure information is only available to the appropriate people.

Integrity – With strong back-up policy and no manipulation of data AlmirLive ensures that the correct information is available and by having a central source it minimises risk of users using outdated procedures.

Availability– Hosted in the cloud  it ensures that the information is available where and when you need it whether in the office or outside of normal business hours.

Because we recognise the importance of the data we hold for clients have implemented ISO27001:2013  and are delighted to have just successfully completed our latest 3 year re-certification audit. Having an ISMS in place has had its benefits. For example , risk review and risk management  in terms of  CIA is a key element of the standard. As our customers see the benefits of AlmirLive we have seen higher need for storage for existing customers and we are adding new customers on a constant basis. Our risk review led us to identify the need to update our storage capacity by 50% for AlmirLive. Our ISMS ensured this change was carefully planned and our  increase in capacity was successfully completed  early May with minimal disruption.

It is a good  news story for Almir that our clients see the benefits of AlmirLive as the core of their management systems. It is good news for our clients that by having a ISO27001:2013 accredited ISMS in place that we are effectively managing and improving our systems to ensure the confidentiality, integrity and availability of their management system data.