ATA receives certificate of ISO 9001:2008 Recertification

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  • By Raquel March
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ARNOLD AIR FORCE BASE, TENN. --  Aerospace Testing Alliance (ATA) was recently certified ISO 9001:2008 compliant after an audit performed by external registrar Det Norske Veritas (DNV.)

ATA received the DNV Business Assurance Management System Certificate plaque certifying that ATA has been found to conform to the Management System Standard: ISO 9001:2008. The plaque also states that the "certificate is valid for the following product or service ranges: The Development and Testing of Aerospace Applications."

"Recertification to the ISO 9001:2008 Standard means that the ATA Management System has proven inherent value over time for sustaining and improving organizational performance for operating and maintaining AEDC," said Jerry "J.T." Northcutt, ATA quality manager and management system branch manager. "Also, being ISO certified is a requirement to provide test and development services for some of AEDC's commercial customers."

ISO 9001:2008's strategic tools reduce costs by minimizing waste and errors, increasing productivity and also promote enhanced customer satisfaction.

The audit, performed by DNV, assessed the maintenance and compliance of ATA's established management system like policies and procedures. An audit reveals evidence that the system is continually improving and meeting customer requirements. The audit resulted in a three-year recertification which continues through the end of ATA's current contract with Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC).

"Process discipline and continual improvement is a key to meeting this objective. Developing and maintaining our management system to meet ISO 9001 certification requirements has proven time and again to enable the kind of process discipline needed by AEDC," Northcutt said.

ISO 9001:2008 is implemented by more than one million companies and organizations in more than 170 countries.