Quality Certification and IDI
A xyzt was certified by the NP 4457: 2007 (Research, Development and Innovation) in its Integrated Management System (IMS) also obtaining certification in Quality (ISO 9001:2008), becoming part of the first 50 companies to obtain this certification in Portugal.
NP 4457:2007 defines the requirements for Research & Development, as well as the Innovation Management Systems and its main objective is to help organizations to implement RDI policies with impact at the levels of effectiveness and efficiency in innovation.
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Research, Development and Innovation
xyzt was already carrying out Research and Development in their day to day and had already formed a
RD&T core, recognized since 2006, but this certification has enabled us to improve our innovation processes.
"Obtaining a certificate was not an end for us, but to create conditions and an environment conducive to raising the quality level of our services and products. The certification was eventually emerge as a natural process and as a result of the strong commitment that the company has made in the recent years in a strategic way, " said Joaquim Pereira, Vice-President for Innovation and Quality in
xyzt.
The incentive to the systematic gathering of innovative ideas, monitoring objectives and strategic direction for innovation, openness to various micro and macro aspects surrounding knowledge and development allowed us to consolidate a structured organization and look to the future with a prospect of continuous opportunity.
In any economic or financial conjuncture, but mainly in the present one, we believe that
business success lies in anticipating of future trends, something only possible before an oriented and best practices structure, so we started this process, successfully completed between the first 50 companies in Portugal.