ABOUT US
GHR Associates was started in June of 1992 by former employees of Unisys Corporation located in Flemington, NJ. During our tenure at Unisys, the Flemington New Jersey plant was registered to BS 5750 Part II (the forerunner to ISO 9002) in 1987 and registered to ISO 9001 in October of 1991. The Flemington plant was the fourth company in New Jersey to become registered, and one of the first 200 in the United States. Since then GHR Associates has been providing consulting and training services to hundreds of companies.
SERVICES
GHR Associates is a full service consulting company. We provide the following services:
Training;
Auditing;
Documentation Preparation and Review;
Consulting.
COSTING
GHR Associates can provide a fixed cost/duration quotation or our services can be contracted on a per diem rate. See our Quotation page to start the costing process and Planning page for our three-phase approach on how to achieve registration.
BIOGRAPHIES
Ralph J. Hiltebrand
Ralph J. Hiltebrand is a principal and co-founder of GHR Associates. He has over 20 years of quality management and technical experience in commercial, electronics, and defense-related companies. He is a Registrar Accreditation Board (RAB) Certified Quality Systems Auditor, ASQC Quality Engineer, and a Senior Member of ASQC and IES. As Quality Assurance Manager at the Unisys Flemington, NJ plant, he implemented the quality management system that achieved ISO 9001 registration by BSI in 1991. Since joining GHR Associates he has assisted numerous companies to achieve ISO 9000 registration. He has over 10 years experience in technical education and has conducted numerous quality technology training courses. He has a BSEE from Fairleigh Dickinson University.
Henry Lancendorfer (emeritus)
principal and co-founder of GHR Associates.
He has over 30 years of quality management and technical experience in the defense-related, medical device, and electronics companies. He is a Registrar Accreditation Board (RAB) Certified Quality Systems Lead Auditor, Medical Device GMP Auditor, and ASQC Quality Engineer. As Director of Quality at the Unisys, Flemington, NJ plant, he directed the ISO 9001 quality management system implementation process that resulted in registration of this facility by the British Standards Institution (BSI) in 1991. Since joining GHR Associates he has assisted numerous companies to achieve ISO 9001 registration. He has a BS in Management and an MBA from Rutgers University.
Craig Sacerdote
Craig Sacerdote is a Practice Leader for Don Aux Associates, specializing in Quality Management and ISO 9000. Craig brings considerable expertise and practical experience to our business.
Before joining GHR Associates Mr. Sacerdote was a principal for Hennessy & Associates. As a practicing consultant with this firm for over five years, he assisted numerous companies through ISO certification, all passed on their first audit attempt. These companies range from small startups to large corporations with several hundred employees, and include electro-mechanical designers and manufacturers, software developers, computer systems integrators, and component distributors.
Mr. Sacerdote has over twenty years of professional experience, including five years in management consultation and fifteen years in industry. He has held the positions of Electronic Engineer, Manager–Systems Engineering, and Quality Assurance Manager with RFL Electronics, a telecommunications designer and manufacturer.
Craig also holds Lead QMS Auditor certification through IRCA, and is a member of the American Society for Quality. Holds BS degree in Electronic Engineering, and Lead QMS Auditor certification.
Industry Experience
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Aerospace
Automotive
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Bakery
Chemicals
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Computers
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Cosmetics
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Distribution
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Electronic Assembly
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Food
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Machining
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Medical Devices
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Metal Stamping
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Metallurgy
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Metrology
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Plastic Molding
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Rubber Molding
Software
Textiles
Telecommunication
Wire Forming
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Partial Client List
Airflyte Electronics
Ames Rubber
American Biltrite
Kulite Tungsten/Bayer
B&G Manufacturing
Captive Plastics
Case Medical
Concurrent Computer
Consolidate Bearing
Drake Bakeries
Electrophysics
Energy Beams
Enpirion/Altera
Fisk Alloy Wire
GEC Marconi
General Reliance Corporation
Hewlett Packard
Intel
L3
Lambda/EMI Power Supplies
Ledoux
Mesa Labs
MTS
NJ Precision
PAK Manufacturing
PNY Technologies
Precision Forms Incorporated
Phelly Materials
Quantum Concepts
RFL Electronics
Roseville Tool & Manufacturing
Sandvik
Sava Industries
Siemens
Specified Technologies
Takasago International
Tellium
Time Zero
Trafigura
Transistor Devices, Inc.
Tyber Medical
Unette
United Form Products
Weiss-Aug
Zeus Scientific
Affiliations
Colleges and Universities
Bergen County Community College
County College of Morris
Middlesex County College
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Raritan Valley Community College
Rutgers, The State University
Government Agency
N.J. Department of Labor
New Jersey Small Business Development Center
Other
American Society of Quality
Employers Association of New Jersey
Registrars
BSI
DNV
EQA
Lloyds
NQA
NVLAP
QMI/SAI Global
SGS
TUV
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