Access America Transport and ISO 9001:2000

As our company continues to grow Access America Transport realized that its growth would be best managed through quality.

Access America Transport began a pursuit of a better way to measure; Our impact in the industry, Our level of customer service and Our overall operational excellence.

Access America Transport is a Third Party Logistics Provider, and in early 2009 we accomplished this goal and became an ISO 9001:2000 certified company. We have now an internationally recognized Quality Management System (QMS) to serve as both a standard and a measure of activities to be accomplished as well as being able to make continuous improvements to our processes.

ISO 9001:2000 certification also serves as a foundation for our corporate growth, without a corporate quality process, we would not know if all of our procedures would be followed as planned and it would be too difficult to ensure distinction and success.”

“Developing the QMS early, as a rapidly growing 3PL, has been helpful in identifying key management indicators and in reducing risk as the company takes on more multi-year and complex tasks.

One of our biggest Key Success Identifiers has been in the Carrier “Vetting” (Investigate to Discover) Process. We have an ISO 9001:2000 certified processes for making sure we are using not only the best carriers in the industry but also a concurrent investigation of their solvency, performance, regulatory requirements, industry related & customer performance feedback.

With very few companies in our industry with this level of a Quality Mandate, Access America Transport has surpassed many of our competitors in service. Access America Transport is now recognized as a principal participant in its commitment to World Class Customer Service and Global Quality Initiatives.

ISO 9001:2000 has also impacted Access America Transport’s strategy toward revenue growth. The standard helps our company to better define the corporate vision, and manage the QMS so its processes would be proportionate to our company’s size.  We use the QMS in daily operations, and hold valuable monthly meetings to evaluate quality performance.  This alone assists our company to demonstrate its value to our customers.

In conclusion; when we discuss quality with our customers, they know by us being ISO Certified that we have the key elements for success addressed, for us and for them.