The scope of the GTMA's accreditation covers the provision of supply chain solutions, business services, technology transfer, and industry networks for companies throughout the engineering supply chain.
The GTMA's mission is to promote the individual expertise of its members and the collective engineering resource represented by the association. The management of GTMA is operating under the control of a quality management system along the lines laid down in ISO9001:2008 standards.
"We are justifiably proud to be possibly one of the first trade associations to meet the stringent demands of the accreditation. Of course, it is the association's policy to seek to operate to these standards continuously and to implement and operate fully the ISO9001:2008 standard throughout," says GTMA chief executive Julia Moore.
GTMA worked with specialist consultancy IMSM on the ISO standard.
Moore adds: "We have developed a committed strategy to focus on all the major high technology market sector opportunities, from aerospace to automotive and medical to marine. Our work with OEMs and first tier suppliers has seen initiatives to raise standards within our membership base, which is now seen as a valuable resource for buyers forming and reinforcing manufacturing supply chains in all industry sectors."
