QUENSH applies to every contract for any works on LUL Premises 

Link-up
UK Rail Supplier Qualification

Link-up is the UK rail industry supplier qualification scheme, providing a single common registration, qualification and audit process for suppliers that is shared by the UK rail industry. 

Investors in People (IiP) 
Investeors In People is National standard that sets a level of good practice for improving an organisations progress through its people

Developed in 1990 by a partnership of leading businesses and national organisations, Investors in People helps organisations to improve performance and realise objectives through the managstrongent and development of their people.

Investors in People is a voluntary assessment scheme backed by the UK Department for Education and Skills. IiP was developed in 1990 through a partnership of businesses and other national organisations. ...

OHSAS 18001 (Occupational Health & Safety Standard)
OHSAS 18000 is intended to help an organization to control occupational health and safety risks. It was developed in response to widespread demand for a recognized standard against which to be certified and assessed.

OHSAS, essentially helps the organisation in a number of ways like it helps minimise risk to employees, improve an existing OH&S management system, demonstrate diligence, gain assurance besides a number of other benefits.

ISO 9001: 2000 Quality Management System (QMS)
ISO 9001: 2000 QMS specifies requirements for a quality management system where an organization needs to demonstrate its ability to consistently provides product that meets customer and applicable regulatory requirements.

If an organisation is ISO 9001: 2000 certified, it implies that the organisation addresses the issue of customer satisfaction through the effective application of the system, including processes for continual improvement of the system and the assurance of conformity to customer and applicable regulatory requirements.

ISO 14001: 2004 Certification Environment Management System
ISO 14001 is an internationally recognised standard, which specifies requirements for an environmental management system. The standard enables an organization to formulate policy and objectives, taking into account legislative requirements and information about significant environmental impacts.

ISO 14000 applies to environmental aspects, upon which the organization has control over and is expected to have an influence. It does not itself state specific environmental performance criteria.

ISO 22000: 2005 Food Safety Management System 
ISO 22000: 2005 is an internationally recognised standard specifically developed for the Food Industry. The standard aims to harmonise the requirements for food safety management throughout the food supply chain.

ISO 22000 is the only internationally recognised standard for the food industry, covering all organisations in the food chain from farmers to catering and defines the requirements of a food safety management system.

HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point)
Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point or HACCP is a Systematic Quality Method for the Food, Dairy Products and Beverage Industry including services to detect and control the possible chemical, physical and biological hazards within a process.

It involves the following elements :
Analyze hazards
Identify critical control points
Establish preventive measures with critical limits for each control point
Establish procedures to monitor the critical control points
Establish corrective actions to be taken when monitoring shows that a critical limit has not been met
Establish procedures to verify that the system is working properly
Establish effective record keeping to document the HACCP system

ISO 27001: 2005 Information Security Management Systems
ISO 27001 is the international best practices, the organisations follow for the secured management of information. It specifies measures, what effects they have and how to implement them.

The standard defines the desired best practice methods for controlling (Protecting) information - Confidentiality, Integrity & Availability and it requires to be audited and registered by a third party Certification Body.

In today's IT driven world, organisations are seeking to demonstrate to their stakeholders, business partners and customers, some form of 'fit for purpose' assurance regarding their information security.

TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT
Total Quality Management (TQM) is a combination of quality and management tools aimed at increasing business and reducing losses due to wasteful practices. An important part of TQM is its philosophy toward continually improving your business and products.

The basic principles for the Total Quality Management (TQM) philosophy of doing business are to satisfy the customer, satisfy the supplier, and continuously improve the business processes.

5-S (Effective Work Place Organization and Standardised Work Procedures)
The 5S Philosophy focuses on effective work place organization and standardized work procedures. 5S simplifies the work environment, reduces waste and non-value activity while improving quality, efficiency and safety.

It takes into account the following aspects :
Space crowded with parts and tools
Unneeded items stacked between workers
Excess inventory on the floor
Excess items and machines make it difficult to improve process flow
Equipment is dirty and a collection point for miscellaneous materials
Needed equipment such as tools are difficult to find

KAIZEN 
Kaizen Management Concept for Incremental (Gradual, Continuous) Change (Improvement)
Teamwork
Personal discipline
Improved morale
Quality circles
Suggestions for improvement

The basic principle used in the implementation of Kaizen concepts are :
Human resources are most important company assets
Bringing gradual improvement in the processes rather than making radical changes
Improvement based on statistical evaluation of process performance

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