CEOs, MDs & business owners
Certification underwrites your contracts. You want a straight answer on exposure, cost and timescale — not a documentation project.
Industries we support
Sector experience across regulated and quality-critical operations.
We work wherever certification, customer assurance, and operational performance meet — from precision manufacturing to professional services.
Who we help
You are accountable for the system. We make that position defensible.
We work directly with the people who carry the consequences when an audit goes badly — and who own the performance gains when the system works.
Operations directors
You need compliance to fit around production and delivery, and you want the rework and firefighting out of the operation.
Quality directors & managers
You know the standard. You need capacity, a second opinion, and findings closed properly the first time.
Sectors we work across
Manufacturing & engineering
Automotive, industrial, and precision suppliers holding or pursuing certification with limited internal bandwidth.
Medical devices & life sciences
Organisations managing device quality requirements alongside regulatory documentation and technical files.
Food, packaging & consumer goods
Sites balancing food safety, hygiene, and customer scheme requirements across multiple lines.
Aerospace & defence supply chain
Suppliers meeting stringent traceability, configuration, and special-process expectations.
Logistics, energy & utilities
Operations teams handling environmental, health and safety, and continuity requirements together.
Professional & technology services
Service organisations formalising information security and quality management for client assurance.
Standards we support
One advisory partner across the standards your customers ask about.
We advise on preparation, interpretation, and maintenance. Certification itself is always issued by an accredited certification body — never by us.
ISO 9001
Quality management systems
IATF 16949
Automotive quality management
ISO 13485
Medical device quality systems
AS9100
Aerospace quality management
ISO 14001
Environmental management
ISO 45001
Occupational health & safety
ISO 27001
Information security management
ISO 22000 / FSSC
Food safety management
Standard names and marks belong to their respective owners. Talk & Trace is an independent advisory practice and is not a certification body, registrar, or accreditation organisation.
Next step
Find out where your management system is actually vulnerable.
A confidential 20-minute conversation with a senior practitioner. You will leave knowing what needs attention first, what it realistically takes to fix, and whether you need outside help at all.