Brunei Steps Up ISO 9001 Standards To Meet Customers’ Demand

Bandar Seri Begawan – The Administration and Finance sections of the Public Works Department has made a step forward in implementing the International Organization of Standardization (ISO) 9001 in all aspects of administration and internal audit in the Sultanate.

Awang Haji Mohamad Alimin bin Haji Mohamad Tanjung, Acting Director of Administration and Finance, officially launched the implementation of ISO 9001 yesterday.

All aspects of administration and finance managements are now initiated in accordance to ISO 9001 standards outlined to facilitate internal auditing in a more systematic procedure.

As of July this year, in preparations for the implementation of ISO 9001, the Department of Administration and Finance or DAF for short, has taken up a number of steps in strategic programme planning such as the setting up of a Management Review Committee.

The programme is tasked at organising seminars on understanding and drumming up awareness among officers and staff pertaining to internal audit as well as in compiling and updating of information in accordance with the standardization.

Awang Haji Mohamad Alimin, the Acting Director of Administration and Finance, stressed that the implementation ISO 9001 standards in the administration and finance sections would be assured of an efficient and effective service to meet clients requirements and all stakeholders and to continuously improved effectiveness of quality management system.

Awang Haji Mohamad Alimin believes that with the implementation of the ISO 9001 the administration and finance sections of the Public Works Department will be on par with other countries observing the ISO 9001.

At the function, officials and staff of the department were presented with certificates on completion of a seminar and workshop on understanding of ISO 9001.

With the implementation, two more sections under the Public Works Department have been accredited by the ISO 9001.

The standardization is implemented for the benefit of management and finance aside from encouraging quality management based on the practice and concept of standardization worldwide.

ISO 9001 is aimed at satisfying customers' demand and effective management system in order to overcome various issues in an organisation so as to achieve improvement. -- Courtesy of Radio Television Brunei

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