Regulatory requirements adopted by regulation/ law, including local, state, national or international governments, are imposed upon a business based on its:

• Product or service type
• Geographic location
• Industry
• Customers

COMS harmonizes compliance requirements so that they are treated as holistically, and not multiple issues in separate silos. Additionally, we assist clients in the integration of regulatory requirements into the product design/management system to substantiate and better administer compliance to reduce their risk

 Regulatory Compliance Documentation

Even though all industries share commonalities with regards to this subject, Regulatory Compliance means different things to different industries. For any individual business, Regulatory Compliance equates to an amalgamation of requirements for its product or service type, geographic location, industry and customer specific requirements.

With each of these categories comes a plethora of regulations, codes, standards and/or specifications which serve local, country and/or international governmental requirements as well as industry and/or customer specific requirements. Although, there is no single source of requirements, each individual requirement or group of requirements may have a single or multiple external drivers. Therefore, the comprehensive requirements do not singularly apply to a product, a process or a business entity; they apply to the combination of the product, process and business.

Depending upon the breadth of a company's product or offering, including their geographical presence, the regulatory requirements can seem unmanageable. A single company will need to comply to regulatory requirements pertaining to :

• Environmental Systems
• Quality Systems
• Information Technology Security
• State and Local Requirements
• Facility Security Systems
• Health & Safety Systems

Therefore, in view of the complexities, we at COMS have developed and deployed methodologies which allow regulatory requirements to be documented and integrated in the Management System. Our approach focuses on integration and not fragmentation of requirements whether it be management systems, technical, or regulatory compliance requirements.

This means that the management system will address regulatory compliance issues at the highest levels throughout the system and across the organization, including the levels where the work is being performed to ensure that compliance is addressed at all facets within a company.

COMS methodology allows a company to flow down the requirements from the top tier of the management system to the working levels of the system, allowing for successful system implementation, monitoring, reporting and management feedback. This allows a company to:

• Understand the requirements
• Assist in compliance
• Detect and correct non-compliance, if it occurs
• Effect corrective and preventive actions
• Maintain documentation to demonstrate compliance to requirements

 Industry Sectors

Our clients range from a wide range of industry sectors including :

• Manufacturing
• Construction
• Information Technology
• Defence
• Public Sector Companies
• Education
• Food & Allied Industries
• Telecommunication
• Automotive
• Mining & Metals
• Plastic & Chemicals
• Power
• Electronic
• Steel