Today’s free market economies increasingly encourage diverse sources of supply and provide opportunities for expanding markets. Fair competition needs to be based on identifiable, clearly defined common references that are recognised from one country to the next. A standard, internationally recognised, developed by consensus among trading partners, serves as the language of trade. The International [...]
ISO 9000 Standards defines a quality manual as a document specifying the quality management system of an organization. It is therefore not intended that the ISO 9000 Standards Quality Manual be a response to the requirements of ISO 9000 Standards. As the top-level document describing the management system it is a system description describing how [...]
ISO 9000 Standards Training DVD The major reasons that company leadership or management decides to seek ISO 9000 certification are to gain continued or increased business and to maintain effective operations. A company can maintain a relationship with customers, as well as get increased business through complying to the ISO 900 standards or becoming certified. [...]
What is ‘Root Cause Analysis’ In ISO 9000 Standards? Suppose you come across a dandelion weed while in your garden. (If you have as little time in the garden as I do, at times you may find too many!) You pull off the head of the dandelion and all the leaves. There – you can’t see [...]
The Most Common Mistakes Made with ISO 9000 Some very common mistakes often happen when companies try for ISO 9000. Usually they: Don’t really know what they want from their system Don’t make the system work for them Don’t keep it simple Don’t understand the Standard, let alone how to apply it to what they do Don’t [...]