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These brief, easy-to-read how-to's give you real world guidance on applying ISO quality, environmental, and safety management principles to your operations. By applying these guidelines, you can move your operations closer to ISO compliance without hiring a consultant.All were developed by our industry experts as we helped scrap recyclers all over North America implement quality, environmental, and safety management systems.


Leadership Overview 1:
Consumer Sales Contracts

Consumer Sales contracts

Here we define the steps and documentation required to assure full control of the process for generating sales contracts with consumers.

  • Length: 8 pages
  • Format: Adobe Acrobat (requires Adobe Reader)
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Leadership Overview 2:
Scrap Purchasing

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Whether you purchase scrap over the scale, from industrial accounts, or via spot buys, this overview shows you how easy it is to improve these processes and become fully compliant with ISO standard requirements.

  • Length: 8 pages
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Leadership Overview 3:
Material Identification

Material ID and control

In many scrap recycling / processing locations, identification of material grades tends to be informal and highly variable. This overview shows you how to formalize these processes in line with ISO 9001 standards in a way that adds value without adding bureaucracy.

  • Length: 8 pages
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Leadership Overview 4:
Scrap Processing and Inspection

Scrap Processing

In plain English, this overview outlines how ISO 9001-compliant scrap processors manage their production and inspection processes. The guidelines mapped out here also boost process efficiency and control.

  • Length: 8 pages
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Leadership Overview 5:
Scrap Shipment and Delivery

Scrap Shipment

Learn how scrap recyclers and processors manage their shipment and delivery processes in conformance to ISO 9001 standards. Written in layperson, scrap recycling specific language.

  • Length: 8 pages
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Leadership Overview #6:
Scrap Brokerage

Scrap Brokerage

Brokerage, or any other form of direct shipment from material source to consumer (without processing or inspection by the scrap recycler) is a very common mode of business in this industry. This overview outlines how to manage these processes in line with ISO 9001 standards.

  • Length: 8 pages
  • Format: Adobe Acrobat (requires Adobe Reader)
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Leadership Overview 7:
Toll Work

Toll Work

Many scrap recycler / processors receive customer-owned material, process it for them, and return it in processed form. This overview spells out how easy it is to bring toll work processes in line with ISO 9001 standards.

  • Length: 8 pages
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Leadership Overview 8:
Subcontracted Processes

Subcontracted Processes

Many scrap recyclers / processors subcontract certain material preparation processes to other companies. In this overview, we spell out in clear concise terms how these types of critical subcontracted processes can easily be managed in line with ISO 9001 standards.

  • Length: 8 pages
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In plain English:
ISO 9001 quality standard

9001 plain English

This careful re-write of the ISO 9001:2008 quality management standard puts into plain layperson English the requirements and concepts of the most commonly subscribed to quality specification in the scrap recycling industry. Not intended to replace the actual Standard, it is for clarification and guidance only.

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  • Price: $24.95

In plain English:
ISO 14001 environmental management standard

14001

ISO 14001 is a generic standard and can be a difficult chore for the layperson. This careful rewrite brings plain English clarity to the concepts and requirements of the environmental management standard. Not intended to replace the actual Standard, and is for knowledge purposes only.

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