Abstract
At this time, the railway products market is the one that is rapidly growing while offering great investment opportunities. This is due to the fact that in order to satisfy the demand for railway services the market needs novel railway equipment and infrastructure. At the moment, it is ISO 9001 that provides guidelines to ensure the quality of rail fastening systems and other railway products. However, the above standard does not account for all the requirements set by the railway industry today. Based on literature and regulations, the authors of this article attempt to describe the issues of ensuring the quality of railway products with their specific characteristics. The need to elaborate new guidelines for the railway industry is due to the fact that a broad spectrum of complex and controversial issues has to be settled for efficient operation and for rendering services that would meet the expectations of both consumers and railway companies. This laid the basis for the advanced Business Management System (BMS) specified by IRIS. This article examines the possibility to enhance production processes through the implementation of IRIS. Ensuring high quality of products for the railway industry is among the main objectives behind the standard. One of the IRIS features includes a company evaluation process based on points. The article also describes an IRIS-compliant general implementation plan for BMS with regard to the manufacturers of rail fastening systems.
Keywords
Business management system, railway products, product certification, product quality management.
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