An SME's Quality Management Experience

Abstract

Small and medium sized enterprises (SME’s) that supply services to nuclear power plants have to meet the station’s quality requirements. To improve its quality program, Atlantic Nuclear (an SME) adopted the ISO 9001 standard for its management system. Vendor registrations are then achieved by adding specific elements as required by the clients. This paper discusses the experience, both positive and negative, from implementing and continually improving the quality management program for Atlantic Nuclear, a small nuclear engineering service provider. We also discuss how quality management principles are implemented and embraced by the company.