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Awarded for quality and responsibility
CERTIFIED QUALITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY
We are proud to announce that our company, Senkki Oy, has achieved two important goals in the field of quality and responsibility development: we have been awarded the ISO 9001 Quality Management Certificate and the ISO 14001 Environmental Management System Certificate.
For us, quality and responsibility are not just words but also concrete actions in everyday business life. When you can measure things, you can improve them. That is why we have created quality management and environmental management systems for our company.
We had been considering applying for ISO certification for several years, and last year we felt it was the right time to start the process. During the process, we created our own quality management and environmental management systems and took measures to improve our practices.
We decided to apply for ISO 9001 certification for quality management because we want to invest in improving and developing our operations. The ISO 9001 Quality Management System is a particularly good tool for this purpose because it is based on a continuous improvement model.
ISO 9001 is the world’s best-known tool for building and developing a quality management system. In the furniture industry, larger businesses already have ISO quality management certificates, but they are not yet very common in our size range. In other sectors, such as metal industry, ISO certificates are more common, even among smaller companies.
In the wood and furniture industry, the traceability of wood origin is also important for quality management, and we have already been awarded PEFC certification for that in the past. Matters related to the tracing of wood origin have now been integrated into our new quality management system. As far as wood sustainability is concerned, we see our next target as being FSC certification, which is another system – used both in Finland and internationally – to ensure that the wood comes from responsibly managed sources.
Creating our own quality management system was a slightly simpler process for us compared to the environmental system, as we have had the same type of quality requirements in place since the early 2000s, to which we are committed as a subcontractor.
The establishment of the environmental management system has been more noticeable in the daily life of the company. All aspects related to it are now in place and we have ensured that all the standard and legal requirements are met. Sustainability is present in everything we do, from waste management to reducing the amount of waste produced. In practice, environmental awareness is reflected in the recycling of cardboard and plastic and the minimized use of all packaging materials. With the new environmental management system, we have also sought to reduce the environmental impact of transportation by making our logistics more efficient and, thus, sustainable.
Although obtaining certification is important to us, we did not create quality management and environmental systems for the sake of it but, first and foremost, to improve and develop the company. We are ambitious and hope that in the long term our quality management system will bring tangible results in terms of fewer errors, more efficient use of resources and improved profitability. We are moving forward on the right track.
Regards,
Pasi Mäenpää
CEO, Senkki Oy
CERTIFIED QUALITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY
We are proud to announce that our company, Senkki Oy, has achieved two important goals in the field of quality and responsibility development: we have been awarded the ISO 9001 Quality Management Certificate and the ISO 14001 Environmental Management System Certificate.
For us, quality and responsibility are not just words but also concrete actions in everyday business life. When you can measure things, you can improve them. That is why we have created quality management and environmental management systems for our company.
We had been considering applying for ISO certification for several years, and last year we felt it was the right time to start the process. During the process, we created our own quality management and environmental management systems and took measures to improve our practices.
We decided to apply for ISO 9001 certification for quality management because we want to invest in improving and developing our operations. The ISO 9001 Quality Management System is a particularly good tool for this purpose because it is based on a continuous improvement model.
ISO 9001 is the world’s best-known tool for building and developing a quality management system. In the furniture industry, larger businesses already have ISO quality management certificates, but they are not yet very common in our size range. In other sectors, such as metal industry, ISO certificates are more common, even among smaller companies.
In the wood and furniture industry, the traceability of wood origin is also important for quality management, and we have already been awarded PEFC certification for that in the past. Matters related to the tracing of wood origin have now been integrated into our new quality management system. As far as wood sustainability is concerned, we see our next target as being FSC certification, which is another system – used both in Finland and internationally – to ensure that the wood comes from responsibly managed sources.
Creating our own quality management system was a slightly simpler process for us compared to the environmental system, as we have had the same type of quality requirements in place since the early 2000s, to which we are committed as a subcontractor.
The establishment of the environmental management system has been more noticeable in the daily life of the company. All aspects related to it are now in place and we have ensured that all the standard and legal requirements are met. Sustainability is present in everything we do, from waste management to reducing the amount of waste produced. In practice, environmental awareness is reflected in the recycling of cardboard and plastic and the minimized use of all packaging materials. With the new environmental management system, we have also sought to reduce the environmental impact of transportation by making our logistics more efficient and, thus, sustainable.
Although obtaining certification is important to us, we did not create quality management and environmental systems for the sake of it but, first and foremost, to improve and develop the company. We are ambitious and hope that in the long term our quality management system will bring tangible results in terms of fewer errors, more efficient use of resources and improved profitability. We are moving forward on the right track.
Regards,
Pasi Mäenpää
CEO, Senkki Oy
LET’S KEEP THE
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Pasi Mäenpää, CEO, Senkki Oy
LET’S KEEP THE
BLADES
SPINNING
Pasi Mäenpää, CEO, Senkki Oy
LET’S KEEP THE
BLADES
SPINNING
Pasi Mäenpää, CEO, Senkki Oy
