Quality Control

DCS have been ISO9000 accredited since 1997 under certificate GB2072.

In 2002 we also gained the new ISO9001 accreditation and this applies across all areas of our business operations.

Every month we operate internal audits on various areas of our procedures and hold QA meetings to discuss issues and any rectifications as necessary.

Every year we are externally audited by independent consultants on how we comply with our documented procedures together with any ‘non-conformances’.

We are proud of the fact that since our accreditation in 1997 we have not been issued with any non-conformances and our external audits are available for inspection to prove this.

Besides our ISO9001 accreditation we also comply with the British Standard document BS DISC PD0008 which relates to ‘the legal admissibility of scanned documents’. This is also referred to as BSI BIP0008. This guideline document lays down a set of stringent procedures, which if adopted, will ensure that any document scanned and managed under it will have a strong legal validity if required for presentation in a Court of Law.

This compliance with the code of practice for legal admissibility (BS DISC PD0008 or BSI BIP0008) is especially important where legal, contractual or HM Customs/Inland Revenue documents are concerned.

For more specific advice on compliance then please call one of our consultants on 01753 616720.