The supply chain department of Al-Meera Consumer Goods Company (QSC) has recently been awarded the ISO 9001:2015 certificate by Bureau Veritas Certification Holding S AS-UK.
The award is in recognition of the company’s quality management and risk analysis for the activities of its supply chain department and warehouse management — in compliance with the international standards under Hanif Parker, Al Meera’s management representative.
It is the first time in Qatar that a company in the retail sector has claimed this certification.
During the ceremony, Bureau Veritas Country Chief Executive Salim Kseib, presented the award to Al-Meera Acting CEO Cobus Lombard, Commercial and Acting Supply Chain Director Karim Noui, and other senior officials at Al- Meera.
Lombard said: “This victory reflects our supply chain department’s commitment to Al-Meera’s mission of continuously improving its quality management system, as well as attentively working on updating the department’s internal procedures in order to be fully-compliant with Qatar’s laws, standards and best practices, with the ultimate aim of exceeding consumers’ expectations, while meeting the ambitions of our partners and shareholders.
“Achieving such a vision of becoming everyone’s ‘favorite neighborhood retailer’ entails having a supply chain department par excellence. The ISO 9001:2015 certification awarded to our supply chain department comes to highlight Al-Meera’s diligent execution of the department’s functions, and is a token of reassurance to our customers and partners that we strive for quality and high standards in all aspects of our operations.”
The company maintains high production standards to guarantee product quality, optimizes storage facility to decrease costs and drive profits, continuously trains employees to boost their performance and sense of responsibility, and provides accurate data to mitigate risk and increase potential business opportunities.
Al-Meera’s quality management system also includes implementing an efficient stock replenishment plan that meets customers’ needs, purposeful forecasting and planning for timely purchasing and production, all while continually improving the system based on the use of efficient business processes and customer surveys.

Source: Arab News