Inaugural ISO 9001 Certification of AJL Marine's QMS

Evahan Assists AJL Marine Servies with its Inaugural ISO 9001 Certification

Evahan assisted the Melbourne based company, AJL Marine Services, with the inaugural ISO 9001 Certification of its Quality Management System (QMS) across its three shipping services locations in Truganina and Port Melbourne Victoria and Devonport, Tasmania. AJL Marine Services provides three main services:

1. Programmed refurbishment and rapid changeover (less than 12 hours) of The Spirt of Tasmania I and Sprit of Tasmania II passenger and freight ferries owned by TT Line, a Government Business Unit (GBE) of the Tasmanian Government
2. Programmed paint Maintenace for a multi-national's Bass Strait cargo shipping fleet
3. Customized reactive repairs including marine class welding repairs for Australian and internationally flagged ships in Ports across Australia's eastern seaboard

Evahan Managing Director and Principal Consultant, Jason Bresnehan, led AJL's senior management team through Evahan's propriety 27 Element QMS Framework to:

1. Design, develop, document, implement and evaluate its QMS
2. Prepare the company for the inaugural ISO 9001 Certification of its QMS
3. Implement of a program of QMS continual improvement

The 27 Element QMS Framework consisting of over 150 analysis and action points checks was applied for:

1. Scoping - assess and investigate the size of the project and provide a fixed price services fee proposal setting out Evahan's approach
2. Gap Analysis - analyze existing working flow, quality systems and quality gates so that they could be leveraged to avoid "reinventing the wheel" and reduce project costs by focusing on closing the gaps and making value-adding improvements
3. DDDECCI - Design, Development, Documentation, Evaluation, Certification management and Continuous Improvement activities

Challenges Navigated by Evahan
Challenges navigated by Evahan:

• Disparate service offering with disparate service systems:
• A wide range of PQR, WPS and WQR for its marine class welding services, governed by international welding codes and independently verified by internal shipping register bodies such as Lloyds
• Operations in three locations across two states of Australia
• A QMS that managed time critical refurbished engine changeovers in less than 12 hours. If not complete the large passenger ferries do not sail causing significant logistical issues for tourists, freight companies and significant reputational and economic damage to the island of Tasmania