Gerfor is a Columbian multinational company serving the plastics and synthetic fibres sector of the petrochemical industry. It is one of the leading South American companies in the production and commercialisation of PVC and CPVC piping’s and fittings for the construction and sewerage industries including tiles, covers, faucets, and solvent cement.
On a daily basis, Gerfor uses over 200 technical standards and management systems in the areas of research and development, product design, engineering, production, procurement, sales, purchasing, and marketing from national and international standards organisations like the Colombian Institute of Technical Standards and Certification (ICONTEC), the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO), ASTM International, and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).
Participating in standards development for more than 20 years has led Gerfor to achieve savings of over five million dollars annually. Using standards allows Gerfor to expand their domestic market, meeting and driving demand for quality products; access international markets by fulfilling market entry conditions; optimize internal operations increasing productivity and efficiency through continuous improvements of systems and processes; ensure the quality of supplies; and, build consumer confidence.

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Ellco Etikett, a Norwegian producer of labels, gained accredited certification to ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 on the back of losing a long standing customer that now required accredited certification from its suppliers. This lack of eligibility to tender triggered the company to seek accredited certification for both its quality and environmental management systems, which the company has now achieved.

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Shogyo International, an OEM supplier of electronic parts experienced, has gained a positive impact from its certification to ISO 9001. The company, which is based in Syosset, NY, looked to adopt ISO 9001 certification due to many of their customers requesting the company be ISO 9001 certified to even bid on projects.

In the short term, the company gained the following benefits:

• They were able to qualify for projects that they previously were not able to, and they no longer have to complete lengthy questionnaires, due to the certification.

• They now have a better understanding of our nonconformities. When customers request corrective actions, they now understand the process.

• They are also able to maintain better control on their vendor’s nonconformities. Managing nonconformities allows them to track and monitor trends.

Over the medium term, the company hope the certification will translate into over a $200k increase in sales volume. Given the reduction in their employees spending less time filling out long questionnaires during bids, they are already saving about $6,000 per year, enabling the business to recover their investment ISO 9001 certification in less than 2 years. They expect other savings will become apparent, as our system matures.

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An AEO is an economic operator who, by satisfying certain criteria, is considered to be reliable in their customs related operations throughout the European Union (EU). Depending on the type of AEO authorisation applied for and granted, these can include either easier access to certain customs simplifications, special procedures, deferment guarantee reductions/waivers or certain facilitations from customs security and safety controls, or both.

The introduction of AEO status is the EU’s response to the need to secure international supply chains and the introduction of Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) in the USA and the development of the Safe framework of standards in the World Customs Organisation (WCO).

HRMC will rely on existing international trade accreditation schemes to satisfy the their criteria including a relevant ISO standard, in particular ISO 28000 and ISO 9001.

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The Lincoln Electric Company of Canada, a large multinational employing over 10,000 staff, has a Welding wire and manufacturing plant in Toronto, Ontario.

The plant has three divisions housed in one facility, each with different energy needs. Two divisions produce steel welding wire, and the third makes industrial welding machines. Lincoln Electric sells diesel-driven DC generator welding machines worldwide. They are used on an industrial scale for projects such as pipelines, heavy construction, bridge building and energy sector projects. All three divisions have accredited certification to ISO 9001, 14001 and most recently 50001.

The key driver for implementing an EnMS was to control cost control and to be environmentally sustainability. Accredited certification enabled the company to saving 22% of its annual energy costs in 2013.

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NTUC Fairprice, a supermarket chain based in Singapore, estimated the total benefit of implementing standards in its procurement, warehousing / distribution and retail functions to be SGD 13.6 million (USD 10 million) over a ten year period 

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Colombian plastics company, Gerfor, which focuses on the manufacturing of PVC pipes and accessories, attributed 47% of total sales revenues to contracts for which compliance with standards (primarily ISO 9001) was considered essential to winning the sale. The company also reduced PVC resin inspection and analysis time from four hours to 15 minutes by following standards-based procedures.

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Danper is a large agro-exporter company in Peru, with total revenues of USD 88 million in 2010, derived almost entirely from exports to the USA, Europe and other markets. Asparagus and artichokes are by far the most important produce, and its business comprises of three major lines; preserved good, (77% of sales), fresh produce (21%) and frozen (2%).

Standards contributed 30% (USD 648,000) of annual gross profits from the asparagus exporting business.

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Botswana brick manufacturer Lobatse Clay Works produces in excess of 30 million units per year. It employs 175 people including six temporary workers and interns. It has revenues in excess of 64 million Botswana Pula (BWP), equivalent to about USD 9.73m.

The company estimated standards as having a positive impact of 4.96% on earnings before interest and tax, and contributing 2.63% of total sales / turnover.

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Nanotron Technologies, a German information and communications technology company, achieved 14 % cost savings and 19 % increase in sales revenue by using standards, equivalent to almost 33 % of overall annual sales revenue.

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A 0.43 % contribution to total revenue by using standards was reported by Indonesian pre­cast concrete manufacturer, PT Wijaya Karya (WIKA). This equates to IDR 1.05 billion (USD 115 000) (annually), and close to 6 % of the annual EBIT.

WIKA BETON is one of the subsidiaries of PT Wijaya Karya (Persero) – Tbk (WIKA), an Indonesian conglomerate active in the construction, industrial, mechanical, electrical, real estate and trading businesses. WIKA BETON is the Indonesian market leader in pre-cast concrete manufacturing.

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Conematic Heating Systems, a privately owned company employing about 20 people, is a supplier of home heating technology, supplying advanced heating appliances to the North American domestic market.

As a small company with only large competitors in the heating industry, scalability is imperative if Conematic is to accelerate production and compete with larger competitors. ISO 9001 provides the process control to do that. Over the last ten years, the business has taken 75 % of labour time out of production and assembly, yet they produce five times as much. ISO 9001 supports their management of scale in the supply chain, helping them ramp up productivity and competitiveness.

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