January 24, 2025

Subject: ISO 9001:2015 Certification

RTAT has chosen to Certify our Quality Management System (QMS) to the ISO 9001:2015 since simple conformance to the ISO 9001:2015 standard is not sufficient for our company purposes or our customer expectations.

RTAT has retained the services of the Vermont Manufacturing Extension Center (VMEC) to provide assistance to RTAT in becoming Certified to ISO 9001-2015 standard. VMEC is the official Vermont representative to the US Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) program as part of the MEP National Network within the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the U.S. Department of Commerce. VMEC has contractually provided RTAT with a consultant from Qualitec Consulting LLC, a consulting firm specializing in ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management System (QMS) implementation.

RTAT is currently in contact with an TÜV SÜD America Inc., an Accredited Certification Body (CB) and we anticipate Certification by 7/2/2025.

February 2025

RTAT has scheduled the first stage of the ISO 9001:2015 certification process by performing a Gap Analysis (Gap) at the RTAT Georgia, VT facility. The findings from the Gap Report will be used to develop the QMS System Design and the Work-plan. RTA has set up a steering committee for the ISO 9001 initiative and has established the implementation timeline for primary process mapping and tactical follow up from the Gap.

The QMS documentation structure is comprised of:

  1. Quality Management System Manual (QMSM) – The QMSM is a reflection of the ISO 9001:2015 and serves as a policy roadmap and pointing device to the QSPs and SOPs.
  2. Quality System Procedures (QSP) – QSPs provide overarching direction and may be tactical in nature or point to SOPs.
  3. Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) – The SOPs represent the tactical operations at are the largest set of documents at Fulflex.
  4. Workflow documents – ERP system, customers documentation, statutory and regulatory documents etc.

If you have any questions related to the QMS please contact Shane Burt

Sincerely

Shane A Burt