
About Us
The primary objective of Progress Inspection & Certification Services (PICS) is to deliver high quality of process auditing and inspection services to help organisation in meeting the growing challenges in various management system such as quality, health & safety, environmental protection, energy, risk assessment, food safety, information security, etc. to ensure their business implement best practices to comply to the requirements of ISO standards. Progress Inspection & Certification Services (PICS) is certification & inspection body associated with business partners all over MENA and Europe. Our partners having qualified lead auditors to provide quality process audits in various sectors with wide accreditation scope covering regional offices in Gulf and Europe.Our partners are :
TNV Certification, BQC Assessment, Intercert, AQC Middle East, CIA, Accredited for International Accreditation Services USA, UAF-ABCAB & UKAS.
Our Vision and Mission
PICS mission to work as a neutral & independent partner for assessment, training, certification and other areas in order to deliver economic values to customers & assist in management of their assets, projects, products and system, resulting in performance improvement & risk reduction to support industry and the public sector by providing innovative, solution-driven, professional services in various management system standards certification such as ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001, ISO 22000, ISO 20121, HACCP, PAS 220, ISO 27001, ISO 50000, ISO 13485, ISO15189, ISO 17025 & ISO/TS 16949.
Our Values
PICS will add value through:
People:
We are passionate about nurturing people on a professional and personal level
• We provide opportunities & encourage individual initiative, creativity and teamwork.
• We empower people to perform to the best of their ability & celebrate success
Services:
We take pride in and are committed to excellence at every stage of our services
• We aim to ensure our services represent value for money.
• We are committed to ensuring when our customers want a product they get it.
Integrity:
We are ethical in all that we do and say
• We treat everyone with fairness, respect & engage in open and honest communication.
• We take personal accountability for all our actions.
Customers:
We listen to customers, understand their needs and aim consistently to meet their expectations.
• We prioritize their needs based on risk and return.
• We aim consistently to meet their expectations and provide best value.
Our Services
PICS lead auditors are highly qualified and competent to provide your business with quality audits. PICS business partners are accredited to International Certification Service - USA & Emirates International Accreditation Centre - UAE and comply to ISO 17020 Conformity Assessment for various management systems. Auditors are also representing ANAB as accessor to conduct audit on ISO 17025 Testing & Calibration Laboratory.
We assist client in terms of technical and commercial analysis in choosing right certification or accreditation bodies and ensure that certificate or accreditation will be awarded after successful implementation.
The commonly certification done for the following standards are as follows;
ISO 9001, ISO/RC 14001, ISO 4501001, ISO 20121, ISO 31000, HACCP, ISO 22000, ISO 27001, ISO 50000, ISO 13485, ISO15189, NHRA Accreditation , ANAB accreditation ISO 17025 & ISO/TS 16949.
ISO QMS EMS OHSMS Awareness & Implementation Training |
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Why train your employees on management system standards? "Skill, knowledge, competence and positive interest are the pillars of any successful management system standard. In order to ensure employees, understand the concepts and high-level framework of the management system standard being implemented in the organization, it is absolutely essential that before the implementation starts, employees are trained on them.PICS provides training on various management system standards like ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO RC14001, ISO 45001, ISO 27001, HACCP, ISO 22000, ISO 17025, ISO 17020, ISO 13485, ISO 26000, ISO 31000, ISO 15189 etc. to ensure employees understand what these standards are all about, what the macro level requirements they must aware, what is expected from them and what is not expected from them. Our objective of ISO awareness training and implementation training is simple. To build a motivating and participative environment for a successful implementation of QMS, EMS, OHSMS, FSMS, ISMS and other management system in the organization. We do this by using our globally proven training techniques that generates interests among employees through our easy to understand presentations, real life examples, case studies and practical workshops. "Awareness Training " Our awareness training programme for ISO 9001 QMS, ISO 14001 EMS, ISO 45001 OHSMS, ISO 22000 FSMS, ISO 27001 ISMS, ISO 17025 LQMS etc. are one of the most popular services we offer. They clear doubts employees have about ISO standards, their involvement and other questions in their mind prior to a formal initiation of ISO implementation in the organization. It is advisable that maximum number of employees from the organization are trained for this awareness training. Employees from top management, senior management, middle management and junior management must be invited to attend this awareness training course. This course can be customized to meet your specific requirements and duration can vary as per your operational / business requirements. Employees are provided training completion certificate end of the training. This awareness training courseensures a solid foundation for your ISO implementation in days to follow as employees are motivated, informed and knowledgeable about their role in the effective implementation. "Implementation Training" We have concluded that implementation training on ISO standards, if provided to the employees during the documentation phase or before documentation phase, goes a long way in ensuring a smooth, trouble free and effective implementation of ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001 standards etc. ISO implementation training provided by PICS ensures the core QMS/HSE/ISMS/FSMS team members of the organization are fully equipped to work on the implementation of various requirements in their respective departments/processes. Implementation training ensures each clause and their resultant requirements applicable to the organization are explained with real time case studies and practical examples from the organizations from the similar domain. We provide in-house training either conducted at your premises / your training venue or at our training venue. Let us know number of participants, suggested dates for the training and location of the training to enable us to send you a no-obligation quotation for your ISO training. Send us an email at ceo@picservices.co.in or progresscertification@gmail.com for ISO training." |
ISO Management System Pre-assessment Audit & Pre-Certification Audit |
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Ensure 100% successful ISO certification audit with our Pre-assessment audits "We will guide the organization and ensure the preparedness to face the ISO third party audit certification. For the below questions you may have in your mind, contact us to conduct a thorough and detailed pre-assessment or pre-certification audit to give you a peace of mind and ensuring 100% readiness for the final ISO Certification audit. a. Did I cover all the requirements of the ISO standards? b. Is my documentation complete in all aspects? c. Was my approach while documenting various requirements correct? What if I made some mistakes in documentation? d. Did my team implement the system correctly? e. Was my internal audit effective and highlight all the possible areas of concern? f. How will the certification body will audit my company? What kind of questions they will ask? g. How I can ensure my final certification audit is smooth, without any issues and 100% successful? Answers to all the above questions is in our comprehensive pre-assessment or pre-certification audit services. Our experts who conduct pre-assessment / pre-certification audit for your company are all lead auditors that are highly qualified and competent to provide your business with quality audits. Many of them are also empaneled with various leading certification bodies as well globally to conduct audits. Get started with our pre-assessment audit services today and ensure you have a smooth and 100% successful ISO certification audit. Book your pre-certification audit today." |
Surveillance Audit Assistance |
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PICS provides support to the organizations who are already certified to various ISO standards and approaching their annual ISO Surveillance audits. Many organizations, be in government organizations or private companies, contact us before their yearly ISO surveillance audit by their chosen certification body to help them be fully prepared for the upcoming surveillance audit and pass the audit successfully.
We provide the following services as a part of our Surveillance Audit Assistance and Consulting Services: a. Reviewing the audit report issued by the certification body in the earlier audit and ensuring all the audit findings, observations and non-conformities if any are effectively closed and addressed. b. Reviewing your last internal audit findings and helping your team close it. c. Conduct internal audit if required. d. Review your documentation and compliance to all the mandatory documented information. e. Provide onsite/offsite support during the surveillance audit. f. Assistance post surveillance audit in answering audit findings if any. g. Reporting the surveillance audit performance to the top management and suggesting improvement opportunities. Our surveillance audit assistance services ensure you not only pass the surveillance audit but provides a good foundation for your all future ISO recertification / surveillance audits. Contact and email us now at ceo@picservices.co.in or progresscertification@gmail.com to receive a no-obligation and free quotation for surveillance audit assistance services for your organization." |
ISO QMS HSE Gap Assessment, Compliance Review & Business Process Review |
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Why use our QMS / HSE Gap Analysis/ Compliance Review / Business Process Review Service? Using the globally proven gap analysis techniques, PICS delivers a real value adding gap assessment services for organization implementing ISO management system. With our gap analysis services, your organization will be able to intelligently plan for resources required for implementation and a practical project plan. What is ISO Gap Assessment & why it is important? "Before you start your documentation or implementation, you must know in black and white, the current maturity of your management system and what is the degree of compliance now with respect to various compliance requirements of the specific standard under consideration like ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO RC14001, ISO 45001, ISO 27001, HACCP, ISO 22000, ISO 17025, ISO 17020, ISO 13485, ISO 26000, ISO 31000, ISO 15189, ISO 20000 etc. Depending on the scope of your organization, we create a customized compliance checklist for the gap analysis. Using your personized gap analysis checklist, we take each compliance requirement one by one and discuss with your team members / core ISO team members. We categorize the output as available, not available and partially available. We compile the output and generate a formal report which is presented to the top management / senior management / core ISO team members. Our presentation also includes suggestions from our side to fill the gaps identified. Use or gap analysis services to provide a solid foundation to your ISO management systems. Contact us at ceo@picservices.co.in or progresscertification@gmail.com to get started with your gap assessment services for any ISO management system and ensure you implement your quality management system / environment management system / occupational health & safety management system with a correct approach." |
ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001 Internal Auditor - Lead Auditor Training |
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"PICS can provide you an in-house internal auditor and lead auditor training for various management system standards.
Depending on requirements of the client organization, our internal auditor training and lead auditor training can be accredited with various global accreditation bodies. This highly interactive 2-3-4-5 days training programme is designed for those people who require a sound understanding of the techniques and principles of a QHSE (Quality, Health safety and Environmental) Integrated Management System auditing covering ISO 9001, ISO 14001 &ISO 45001 standards or any other management system. It also covers the role of the internal auditor / lead auditor in the development and improvement of an effective integrated management system." |
ISO Certification Body and ISO assessment Audit |
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"We can provide you advisory and support in selecting the most appropriate certification body for the final assessment and certification audit for your ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001, ISO 27001, ISO 22000 etc. management systems.
PICS organization will provide advise and consulting for ISO certification or ISO assessment audit services. We ensure there is no conflict of interest and business ethics are maintained while we deliver our services to you. Being ISO Consulting business for a long time, we have developed healthy professional relationship with various certification bodies globally. If you are looking for ISO Certification or ISO Certification Body, contact us at ceo@picservices.co.in or progresscertification@gmail.com If required, we can suggest you the most appropriate certification body for your organization, help your organization receive quotations and proposal from various ISO certification bodies and help you finalize the most optimum certification body that is reputed with the lowest price for ISO Certification and with good auditing track records. If you want to know cost of ISO Certification, our advisors can help you understand various cost components of ISO Certification." |
Re-certification Audit Assistance |
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"PICS provides a comprehensive range of services for ISO re-certification audits for all the organizations. Whether you are certified to ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO RC14001, ISO 45001, ISO 27001, HACCP, ISO 22000, ISO 17025, ISO 17020, ISO 13485, ISO 26000, ISO 31000, ISO 15189, ISO 20000 etc.or any other ISO standards, our re-certification audit assistance services will surely add tremendous amount of value to your existing ISO management system.
Re-certification audits are different than surveillance audits in terms of scope of audit, coverage, man-days spent and level of depth the auditor will go in auditing your business processes. ISO Re-certification audits normally cover the full range of implementation review and are as detailed as your initial certification audit. We provide the following services for re-certification audit assistance and related services: a. Review your last audit reports and helping your team close any audit findings if not done already. b. Review changes in the standards if any and aligning your ISO documentation accordingly. c. Providing training / re-training to your existing / new employees on high level concepts of the ISO standards. d. Providing internal auditor training if required. e. Conducting a full review of your ISO documentation and compliance through a detailed internal audit and helping your team close the internal audit findings. f. Providing required onsite / offsite support during your re-certification audit and help you close the audit findings if any. Contact us to ensure you work with our ISO auditors and ISO consultants before your upcoming ISO re-certification audit to not just pass it successfully but identify opportunities to improve your ISO management system and achieve greater organizational success." |