{"id":6814,"date":"2019-12-16T15:42:44","date_gmt":"2019-12-16T14:42:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zintek.attivamultimedia.com\/?page_id=6814"},"modified":"2025-08-29T13:00:28","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T11:00:28","slug":"merit-award-certification","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.zintek.it\/en\/who-we-are\/certifications\/merit-award-certification\/","title":{"rendered":"Merit Award Certification"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"6814\" class=\"elementor elementor-6814 elementor-3031\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7f35a80 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7f35a80\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f8f3514\" data-id=\"f8f3514\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f2f17a4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f2f17a4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zintek.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/Zintek-Certificazioni-MERIT-AWARD-qldv8g7tvn5otx6otuluob8vqpz90c00lw6o9k2aao.jpg\" title=\"Zintek-Certificazioni-MERIT AWARD\" alt=\"Zintek-Certificazioni-MERIT AWARD\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7def654 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7def654\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>After previously awarding the company 4 important certifications &#8211; the <strong>ISO9001:2000 Quality Certification<\/strong>, the <strong>ISO14001:2004 Environmental Management System Certification<\/strong>, the <strong>OHSAS18001:2007 Health and Safety Certification<\/strong> and the <strong>SA:8000 Ethical Certification<\/strong> &#8211; <strong>SGS<\/strong>, the world leader for certification services, has also conferred the &#8220;<strong>Merit Award<\/strong>&#8221; to Zintek, as recognition for a company that is strongly committed to implementing and integrating Quality, Safety and Environmental Management and Control procedures.<\/p><p>With its single integrated policy aimed at &#8220;ongoing improvement&#8221;, which allowed it to achieve the aforementioned four certifications, Zintek is indeed a perfect example of corporate process integration and streamlining.<\/p><p><strong>The integration of corporate processes offers many benefits, including the following:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>streamlined communication flows and organizational structure, allowing the company to cut production times and costs;<\/li><li>a univocal definition of structure, tasks, duties and responsibilities;<\/li><li>improved identification of priorities and optimal deployment of resources;<\/li><li>definition of a single improvement plan;<\/li><li>reduction of conflicts between goals related to single aspects;<\/li><li>definition of a single integrated policy;<\/li><li>clearer and more specific rules and instructions for operators;<\/li><li>focused information, education and training including all aspects related to quality, safety and the environment;<\/li><li>improved effectiveness of system actions;<\/li><li>reduction in the amount of necessary documentation;<\/li><li>improved procedure enforceability;<\/li><li>joint audits and single management re-examinations.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reserved for companies that stand out for their efficiency in terms of quality and applied management.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":6000,"parent":6772,"menu_order":6,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"page_category":[86],"class_list":["post-6814","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","page_category-certificazioni-di-sistema"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - 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