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API Q2 Quality Management System
At Texas Quality Assurance, we provide comprehensive services to support companies in achieving and maintaining compliance with API Q2, the quality management standard for service supply organizations in the oil and gas industry. Our core services, including TQA Cloud, Consultation, Fractional Quality Management, and Internal Audits, are specifically designed to help you meet the rigorous requirements of API Q2.
Is TQA right for your API Q2 Quality Management System?
TQA Cloud QMS Software
TQA Cloud is a robust QMS software that facilitates compliance with API Q2 standards. Key features include:
- Document Control: Efficiently manage all quality documents with automatic version history, approval processes, and mobile access, ensuring compliance with API Q2 requirements.
- QMS Management: Utilize tools for nonconformance reporting, Corrective and Preventive Actions (CAPA), Approved Supplier List (ASL), audit management, engineering change notifications, and risk assessments to maintain a compliant quality management system.
- Competence and Training: Track and manage training requirements for quality management, ensuring all employees are trained in relevant API Q2 practices.
- Calibration and Maintenance: Ensure all equipment is regularly maintained and calibrated, meeting API Q2 standards for operational integrity.
Consultation
Our Consultation Services are tailored to develop and enhance your quality management system in line with API Q2 standards. The Jump Start Consultation Package includes:
- Gap Assessments: Identify and bridge gaps in your current quality practices, aligning them with API Q2 requirements.
- Document Development: Create necessary processes, procedures, manuals, policies, and objectives tailored to your organization’s quality needs.
- Integration with TQA Cloud: Seamlessly integrate consultation outcomes with TQA Cloud for enhanced compliance and efficiency.
Fractional Quality Management
Fractional Quality Management (FQM) offers ongoing support to ensure your quality management system remains compliant with API Q2. Our FQM services include:
- Regular QMS Checkups: Monthly reviews of your quality management records to ensure continuous compliance with API Q2.
- Advisory Support: Provide guidance on planning for audits, completing supplier and customer questionnaires, and addressing nonconformities.
- Customizable Packages: Choose from various levels of support, including additional on-site or remote consultation days as needed.
Internal Audits
Internal Audits are crucial for maintaining API Q2 certification. Our audit services help ensure your quality management system is compliant and effective:
- Experienced Auditors: Our team of qualified auditors conducts thorough internal audits to identify areas for improvement and ensure compliance with API Q2 standards.
- Detailed Reporting: Receive comprehensive audit reports with actionable recommendations to enhance your quality management processes.
- Continuous Improvement: Our audits focus not only on compliance but also on driving continuous improvement within your organization.
Why Choose Texas Quality Assurance?
By leveraging our core services, your company can effectively achieve and maintain API Q2 certification. Our integrated approach, combining TQA Cloud, Consultation, Fractional Quality Management, and Internal Audits, ensures your quality management system is robust, efficient, and continuously improving.
For more information on how we can support your API Q2 compliance, visit Texas Quality Assurance or contact us today. Let us help you streamline your quality management processes and ensure your business's success.
About the API Specification Q2
API Spec Q2 1st edition was published in December 2011 by API. As the first international (QMS) Quality Management Standard for service supply organizations offered by the API, the main focus of this version was on defect prevention, reduction of wastage and reliability of services. This standard specifies requirements of (QMS) quality management system for an organization to reveal its potential to frequently provide services that meet customer, legal & other applicable requirements.
API Spec Q2 specification promotes the integration of a process approach into the application of specific clauses when developing, implementing and improving the effectiveness of a QMS. It can be used by internal and external organization, including certification bodies, to assess the organization's ability to meet customer and legal requirements applicable to the service sector.
Benefits of API Q2
API Q2 standard includes key quality management system requirements similar to ISO 9001 and API Q1. The API Q2 standard also includes requirements specific to Oil & Gas service companies.
More specifically, API Q2 Certification is required to the for many upstream services and also it applies to the functions associated with well servicing, equipment repair/maintenance and inspection activities.
API Q2 stands at its best with several key additions to the standards that hugely benefits service companies if implemented. Relying on this standard not only improves a company’s operational excellence but also help them in the planning and execution of projects.
Access to More Higher Value Markets
Just as it is true for non medical device manufactures, API Q2 certified management systems carry significant weight in the supplier approval process, and in many regions it is an outright requirement. Investment in a certified management system will enable you to market to more customers around the world.
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