Quality Managerial System in the Slovak Republic

Belegrad, Serbia

Slovak Office of Standards, Metrology and Testing (SOSMT) national standards

body develop, approve,

publish, sell and to distribute Slovak Technical Standards (STN)

Office tasks:• National Quality Programme of

the Slovak Republic• The NQP Council acts as a

professional, advisory, initiating and coordinating authority of the SOSMT (36 members) years 2013 — 2016

• Top Quality Managers competition 

• Raising of quality models public awareness (Information seminars)

Slovak Office of Standards, Metrology and Testing (SOSMT)

The SOSMT is a coordinator of the state quality policy in the Slovak Republic Norms

1%

93%

6%0%

others STN

ISO

IECEN

The Slovak standards system contained 31 830 standards in total as of December 31, 2012

Source:http://www.unms.sk/swift_data/source/dokumenty/sprava_o_cinnosti_2013/VS_UNMS_2013.pdf

The aims of State Policy of Standardization, Metrology, Testing and Accreditation are:

- better access to technical standards by STN on-line,

testing houses which results are accepted not only on EU markets but also worldwide because they had been accredited by accreditation system of the Slovak National Accreditation Service which is member of multilateral agreements on mutual recognition and their importance is going to rise up substantially while opening new markets for Slovak entrepreneurs by the new regulation package.

- national contact place for products which is going to provide not only information on technical provisions and standards valid in the country of final destination but also provide logistics opening European markets in keeping with Direction of EP and Council (ES) No. 764/2008 from the 9th June 2008 defining processes related to application of some domestic technical rules on products which are, in accord with legal rules, implemented on market in the other member state and by which the Decision No. 3052/95/ES was cancelled (hereinafter Regulation (ES) No. 764/2008).

- amendment of development concept of information systems of the Office with two new information systems; in administration – conformity assessment sector the National Contact Place for Products is going to be established for availability of information on domestic technical requirements for products which are implemented on market in the other member state

Year Applicants Number of finalists

2007 3 3

2008 4 4

2019 12 8

2010 32 16

2011 32 8

2012 18 8

Participants of the National Quality Award Competition

Source: Annual Report of the SOSMT

- aims are to motivate and support public and private sector bodies in continues improvement and implementation of EFQM and CAF model 2013

Category A) Top Quality Manager 2012 – private sector,

▪ Category B) Top Quality Manager 2012 – public sector.

Competition “Top Quality Managers” 2012

The competition´s aim is to express the recognition and the promotion of quality managers in their performance.

ISO 9001:2008 – QMS: 3 475 certificats (in a year 2009)

ISO 14001:2004 – EMS: 159 certificats (in a year 2009)

ISO 27001 – ISM: 29 certificates (in a year 2009)

Source: http://www.iso.org/iso/survey2009.pdf

Number of issued certificates in the Slovak Republic:

Year 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

ISO 9001:2008*2

20195

2840 3476 3475

ISO 14001:2004*1

106 110 172 159 109

*1 Slovak Agency for Enviromnent - monitoring of ISO 14001*2 ISO survey

Analysis of Training Programs in the Slovak Republic

Study programs offered in the SR during academic year 2014/2015 Production Quality Management – SUA in Nitra,

Production systems and Quality Management – STU in Bratislava

Integrated Quality Production - Technical University in Košice

Quality production - University of A. Dubčeka, Trenčín

Quality Production – University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius,Trnava

Free Trainings in the Slovak Republic The EFQM Excellence Model: 3 CAF Model: 3

Conferences, seminars, portals....

SGS Slovakia TUV Nord Bureau Veritas Certification Slovakia TCert, s.r.o. TUV SUD Slovakia, s.r.o. QS Cert, spol.s.r.o. VINCOTTE SLOVAKIA Relevant Certifying and Training organizations in

QMS

Major certification institutions in the Slovak Republic

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