Roland Boulanger & Co. Ltd., a leading Canadian manufacturer of high quality mouldings and wood components in the Quebec City area, has been registered to ISO 9000 for the past eight years, recently upgrading its registration to the ISO 9001:2000 standard.
More than one-third of the 400-employee company's market is in the U.S. But to do business there, wood products companies must account for wood sources and all wood used in production in order to meet American legal requirements regarding fair pricing under NAFTA. Thanks to the framework and discipline required by their ISO 9000 quality rmanagement system, Boulanger has never been cited for unfair pricing -- unlike some of its competitors. Continual improvement under ISO 9000 has placed Boulanger in a better position to compete both in Canada and the U.S., and to meet the challenges posed by U.S. trade regulations.
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