The Garek 10™ Standard & Framework
One clearer structure for your management system.
Garek 10 helps SMEs organise management system requirements around how the business actually works, so different standards can be managed through one joined-up system, with less duplication and clearer traceability.
Garek 10 does not replace ISO or other recognised standards. It provides a practical structure and application method for managing requirements.
WHERE COMPLEXITY BEGINS
Most management systems do not become difficult because the requirements are impossible.
They become difficult because each standard is treated as a separate system.
01
Separate documents
Similar policies and procedures are created more than once.
02
Repeated evidence
The same activity is recorded and prepared for several audits.
03
Disconnected ownership
People struggle to see how their work fits the overall system.
04
Heavier maintenance
Every change creates more documents, trackers and cross-checking.
“The problem is not usually the standard itself. It is the way the system has been built.”
TWO LEVELS OF SUPPORT
The Standard defines the Garek 10 approach. The Framework helps you apply it.
You choose the publication that fits the level of detail you need. You do not need to buy both.
01 - CORE SPECIFICATION
The Garek 10™ Standard
The core structure, principles and requirements of Garek 10™ are organised around ten connected areas of business activity.
Defines the Business Management System structure
Explains the core principles and terminology
Sets out the ten Garek 10 requirement areas
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01. Management System Structure
02. Customer Requirements
03. Risk Management
04. Operations: Product/Service
05. Marketing & Sales
06. Development
07. Requirements: Supplier
08. Resources: HR & Training
09. Resources: Equipment & Measuring
10. Evaluation & Performance
02 - COMPLETE APPLICATION RESOURCE
The Garek 10™ Framework
Everything in the Standard, plus the detailed models, methodology, implementation guidance and supporting annexes.
Adds practical business and improvement models
Supports gap analysis, evidence gathering and system setup
Explains the deconstruction and integration methodology
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BADS Activity Model
Risk & Opportunity
Gap Analysis
Integration Method
The structure provides a consistent home for responsibilities, processes, controls and evidence.
INSIDE THE FRAMEWORK
More than a longer version of the Standard.
The Framework adds practical ways to analyse the business, establish the system and apply Garek 10™ in more detail.
01
Understand business activity
Use the BADS Business Model, activity profiles and customer–supplier relationships to examine how work connects.
02
Review and improve
Apply Review to Refine, Monitor to Assess and Practice to Improve, together with opportunity and risk management.
03
Set up and assess the system
Use implementation guidance, a startup checklist, and detailed questions to review evidence and identify gaps.
04
Deconstruct and integrate
Analyse other standards or sector schemes and map their requirements into one traceable Garek 10™ structure.
The Framework is still being finalised. Detailed contents may change before publication.
THE INTEGRATION METHODOLOGY
From fragmented requirements to a system people can actually use.
The Garek 10 integration methodology provides a structured way to understand, connect and apply requirements. It is an important part of the wider Garek 10™ Framework.
STAGE 01
Deconstruct
Separate the requirements from the complexity.
Break each management system standard into clear requirements, without losing the detail or intent behind it.
Outcome: Clearer requirements that can be examined and compared.
STAGE 02
Integrate
Identify what can work together.
Identify shared requirements so leadership, competence, audits, reviews and other common controls can be handled once.
Outcome: Connected requirements with duplication reduced.
STAGE 03
Reconstruct
Rebuild the system around the business.
Place the requirements within a single business-led Garek 10™ structure instead of rebuilding the clause order for every standard.
Outcome: One coherent, business-led management system structure.
STAGE 04
Apply
Turn the structure into everyday practice.
Connect the structure to responsibilities, processes and evidence so it supports day-to-day work as well as audit activity.
Outcome: A practical system people can understand, maintain and use.
This method is unique to Garek 10™ and creates some of the clearest, easiest management systems SMEs have ever used.
BEFORE AND AFTER
The standards remain. The way you manage them changes.
BEFORE: STANDARD BY STANDARD
AFTER: GAREK 10™ APPROACH
THE BENEFITS OF ONE CONNECTED SYSTEM
What changes when your management system works as one?
Integration is not simply about combining several sets of documents. It is about creating one structure that connects requirements, responsibilities, processes, controls and evidence across the business.
One system managed as a whole.
Organise shared and standard-specific requirements within one clear structure. Common requirements can be handled once, while mapping shows how each management system standard is addressed.
Fewer documents, clearer audits.
Reduce repeated procedures, conflicting updates and separate audit trails. Evidence remains connected to the relevant processes, controls and requirements, making it easier to find and explain.
A structure that can grow.
Add new standards or requirements through the same core structure rather than building another separate management system. Existing processes can be reviewed and extended without starting again.
Clearer for the people using.
Responsibilities, processes and evidence are organised around how the business works. This helps people understand what matters, what they are responsible for and why the system is needed.
Easier to maintain as things change.
When a process, responsibility or requirement changes, the connected structure makes it clearer what else may be affected. This helps reduce missed updates and inconsistencies across the system.
Better visibility for management.
Bringing processes, risks, controls and performance information together gives management a clearer view of how the system is working and where attention or improvement may be needed.
The Garek 10™ Standard
Your Integrated Management Framework
Most ISO systems are built with copied templates and disjointed processes.
The Garek 10™ Standard is a proprietary methodology designed to:
reduce duplication
create one unified set of processes
make multi-standard compliance easier
future-proof your management system
How It Works
Our 4-Step Method
1. Deconstruction: Breaking every requirement into clear, logical components.
2. Integration: Mapping shared requirements across all standards.
3. Reconstruction: Building one streamlined system that meets multiple ISO frameworks.
4. Application: Training your team so the system becomes part of your daily operations.
This method is unique to Garek 10™ and creates some of the clearest, easiest management systems SMEs have ever used.
Benefits
One system instead of many
Easier audits and fewer documents
A structure that grows with your standards
Everyone in the business understands what matters and why
Why It's Different
Designed specifically for SMEs
Eliminates "ISO bureaucracy"
Produces systems aligned to real business workflows
Not available through any other consultancy
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FAQs
What is the Garek 10 Standard and Framework?
The Garek 10 Standard is a business-focused management system standard designed to give you a clear structure for running (and proving) control of your Management System (MS). The Framework is how we apply it in the real world: we use Garek 10 as the core structure, then map the requirements of one or more Management System Standards (MSS), like ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001 or ISO 27001, into that structure so you end up with one integrated system instead of a pile of separate ones.
How does Garek 10 create an integrated management system (IMS)?
We use Garek 10 as the ‘home’ for your IMS. Practically, that means your processes, controls and evidence are organised around the Garek 10 structure (a ten-point business standard), and the clauses from each MSS are then mapped to where they naturally belong. The result is one set of processes that can satisfy multiple standards, without duplicating procedures three different ways.
What does “Deconstruction, Integration, Reconstruction and Application” mean?
It’s the method used to build an IMS that makes sense. Deconstruction breaks every MSS requirement down into plain requirements (not clause numbers). Integration groups shared requirements across standards, so they’re handled once. Reconstruction builds a single streamlined system using the Garek 10 structure. Application makes it usable day-to-day — so the system isn’t just an ‘audit file’, it’s how the business runs.
Why not just use an ISO template to build an integrated system?
Templates often copy the standards’ clause order, which can create separate mini-systems and duplicate paperwork. Garek 10 flips that: you start with a business-led structure (the Garek 10 Standard), then place each MSS requirement into that structure. It’s a more practical way to integrate because it’s organised around how work happens, not around a document layout.
How do you prove compliance to multiple ISO standards inside the Garek 10 structure?
By evidence mapping. For each MSS (e.g., ISO 9001 or ISO 14001), we map its requirements to the relevant parts of the Garek 10 system — the process, the control, and the record that demonstrates it. Auditors can still check against their standard, but you present the answers through one integrated structure, with clear cross-references.
Does Garek 10 replace ISO standards like ISO 9001 or ISO 14001?
No. If you need certification to ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001, ISO 27001 (or others), those standards remain the requirements. Garek 10 is the organising framework used to build and run your Management System in a way that makes integration simpler, and then the MSS requirements are mapped into it.
Which standards can be integrated using the Garek 10 Framework?
Most commonly, organisations integrate ISO 9001 (Quality), ISO 14001 (Environment) and ISO 45001 (Health & Safety). ISO 27001 (Information Security) is also a common add-on. The integration approach is the same: one Garek 10 structure, shared requirements handled once, and standard-specific requirements mapped where needed.
What does an internal audit look like in a Garek 10 integrated system?
Internal audits follow the integrated system structure rather than repeating the same audit multiple times for each standard. You audit the process once, capture the evidence once, and record which MSS requirements that evidence satisfies using the mapping. It’s a cleaner audit trail, and it reduces repeat effort.
How does Garek 10 reduce duplicated documents in an IMS?
Because you don’t write separate procedures for each standard. You define the process once in the Garek 10 structure, then show how it meets multiple requirements using mapping. That means fewer documents, fewer contradictions, and less time maintaining paperwork when standards or the business change.
Is the Garek 10 Framework suitable for SMEs?
Yes, it’s designed to be understandable, structured and workable without turning ISO into a second job. SMEs usually need clarity, not complexity: a system that people can apply, keep running costs low, and use as a practical way to control the business while meeting MSS requirements.
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