Home | About Florida MEP | Upcoming Events | Success Stories | Partners & Resources | News | Board of Directors Contact Us | Enterprise Transformation | Performance Based Training | Supply Chain Management | Innovation Southeastern Radiation Products Achieves ISO Certification Sanford, FL - Southeastern Radiation Products, founded in 1986 in Sanford, Florida, provides custom blocking products to radiation therapy facilities around the world. The company currently has an eight-person workforce. Southeastern Radiation Products (SRP) wanted to improve operating practices and upgrade its quality management system. The company contacted the Florida Manufacturing Extension Partnership (Florida MEP), a NIST MEP network affiliate, to help document and implement an ISO 9000:2000 compliant quality system. Florida MEP performed a gap analysis to determine the effectiveness of SRP's current quality system and identify changes that would bring it into compliance with the ISO 9000:2000 standard. Florida MEP worked very closely with SRP to improve, document, and implement its front office and manufacturing processes. Additionally, Florida MEP provided internal auditor training and helped to set-up a corrective and preventive action system. SRP became registered to ISO 9000:2000 in August 2002. While completing the ISO registration process, SRP made significant improvements to its systems, resulting in reduced shipping times, reduced customer complaints, and increased sales volume. The Florida MEP is an affiliate of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) under the U.S. Department of Commerce. The national MEP is a network of manufacturing extension centers that provide business and technical assistance to smaller manufacturers in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. Through MEP, manufacturers have access to more than 2000 manufacturing and business "coaches" whose job is to help firms make changes that lead to greater productivity, increased profits, and enhanced global competitiveness. For more information on the Florida MEP program call 1-800-MEP-4MFG.