The Steel Pipe Company, a subsidiary of Baosteel, gained certificates from oil producers like Shell, Ameco and Chevron, and passed the World Bank s evaluation. Since 1992, Baosteel has set up a quality system in accordance with the ISO9002 standard of the BSI company of the United Kingdom. By building a strict quality system, Baosteel has resorted to the following measures. It has launched a broad ISO9001 training programme that covers all its staff members. Last year, Baosteel strengthened its training for leadership in the company.
Leaders now understand and participate in quality management themselves.
The company has consistently improved its regulations for quality management. According to the changes in the company s operations, Baosteel has revised the quality management manual and other documents in time to meet most fresh demand. The company has implemented inner assessments twice a year to root out problems in the operational system. Baosteel has also implemented quality assessments of its contractors. Over the past three years, Baosteel has conducted on-site assessments of its 64 raw materials suppliers and 63 spare parts suppliers to safeguard the product quality they provided.