Validus Services, LLC | 10506 Justin Drive
Urbandale, Iowa 50322
Phone: 515.278.8002
Business Management Systems
Business Management Systems help run a more efficient and effective business. Some solutions can be certified by third parties; other business solutions do not need certification to be effective. Each and every client’s needs are different.
Validus offers specific services for clients who wish to improve their organization. Please click on an area of interest below:
- Training;
- Consulting; and
- Auditing.
Training – We offer standardized and customized training courses to fit your business’ needs. Courses focus on business improvement at several different levels and can be offered either on-site or via web-based learning tools. For more detailed information on the courses that Validus provides, click on a topic of interest below:
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Quality Improvement Systems
Consulting – While we take pride in teaching business improvement, we also get satisfaction from helping clients achieve these improvements.
Documentation is often a big hurdle for many companies on a business improvement path. Validus offers assistance in defining and developing procedures and reviewing the efficiency and effectiveness of procedures already in place. This helps make the paperwork much less overwhelming.
We also offer implementation planning and assistance with business improvement systems, and have served agri-business, ag producers, manufacturing, and service-related sectors, with management systems. Our specific experience includes the following standards:
- ISO 9001;
- ISO 14001;
- USDA Process Verified (PVP);
- USDA Accredited Seed Lab; and
- BQ 9000.
Our extensive experience with these systems gives us the confidence to design, customize systems and train to meet your specific goals and objectives.
With a combination of one-on-one consulting, as well as some specialized training, Validus can speed the path to implementation by ensuring complete understanding of each part of the improvement effort. Listed below are areas where our clients have asked us to consult with them.
- Business Management Implementation Planning;
- Business Management Implementation;
- Development of Documentation and Review Processes;
- Third-party Certification;
- Auditor Training; and
- Conducting of Audits.
Auditing – While most business professionals bristle when they hear the word “audit”, auditing is often one of the most overlooked business improvement tools available. Validus can help turn this typically negative experience into a success story for your company.
We offer the following services:
- Auditing Training
- GAP Analysis – A GAP analysis assessment or pre-audit of your organization determines what is already in place or where improvement is needed for a specific business improvement tool. This process is an on-site, one to one and a half-day process that will help ensure the company is setting realistic expectations regarding its implementation timeline.
- Internal or Third Party Audits – Besides conducting a GAP analysis, Validus can also conduct internal audits for a client. This choice is often used by companies who do not have the human resources to spare their own people for audits each year, or can’t expend the monetary resources on training auditors. Usually a one to one and a half-day on-site process, each audit yields a written audit report for the organization’s files.
For more information, contact:
Lesa Vold – Director of Management Systems, 515-278-8002
