Certifications
Quality
INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS ORGANIZATION ISO 9001 deals width the fundamentals of quality management systems including the eight management principles on which the family of standards is based and are designed to help organizations ensure they meet the needs of customers and others and stakeholders.
Woman-Owned
WBENC Certification validates that the business is 51 percent owned, controlled, operated, and managed by a woman or women. To achieve WBENC Certification, women owned businesses complete a formal documentation and site visit process which is administered by one of WBENC’s 14 Regional Partner Organizations.
The NCTRCA verifies that firms meet the requirements for certification. A firm applying for certification with the NCTRCA must meet the following criteria to be considered a Disadvantaged, Small Business and Woman-Owned Business Enterprise.
Disadvantage Business Enterprise (DBE) | Small Business Enterprise (SBE) | Women Business Enterprise (WBE)
HISTORICALLY UNDERUTILIZED BUSINESS is an entity with its principal place of business in Texas, and is at least 51% owned by an Asian Pacific American, Black American, Hispanic American, Native American and/or American woman who reside in texas and have a proportionate interest and demonstrate active participation in the control, operations and management of the entity’s affairs.
TOP WOMAN OWNED BUSINESSES 2006 as selected by diversitybusiness.com
Technical
UNDERWRITERS LABORATORIES is a global independent safety science company offering expertise across five key strategic businesses: Product Safety, Environment, Life & Health, University and Verification Services.
Associations
PRINTING & IMAGING ASSOCIATION OF MIDAMERICA is a regional trade association serving businesses in Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas and Western Missouri. Our headquarters office is located in Dallas and a regional office is based in Kansas City.
FLEXOGRAPHIC TECHNICAL ASSOCIATION, founded in 1958, is the world’s leading professional society dedicated to the advancement of the flexographic printing industry.
ADVERTISING SPECIALTY INSTITUTE is the largest media and marketing organization serving the advertising specialty industry.
VISTAGE INTERNATIONAL is the world’s leading chief executive organization with more than 14,000 members worldwide. Vistage International provides unparalleled access to new business perspectives, innovative strategies and actionable ideas to chief executives and business leaders.
DALLAS REGIONAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE leads the Dallas region in becoming the most economically prosperous region—and the most desirable place to live and work—in the United States.
METROCREST CHAMBER OF COMMERCE’s mission is to connect, educate, and advocate for the business communities of Addison, Carrollton, and Farmers Branch. The Chamber is a membership organization comprised of nearly 500 businesses across the Metrocrest area and beyond.
FRISCO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE is an organization that exists to “enhance Frisco’s quality of life by welcoming, uniting and promoting business.”