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 [...]
Implementation of ISO 9000 affects the entire organization right from the start. If pursued with total dedication, it results in ‘cultural transition’ to an atmosphere of continuous improvement. The process of implementing ISO 9000 depends on: a. The sophistication of your existing quality program, b. The size of your organization, and c. The complexity of your process. [...]
ISO 9000 Standards Document control procedures The ISO 9000 Standards requires that a documented procedure be established to define the controls needed. This requirement means that the methods for performing the various activities required to control different types of documents should be defined and documented. Although the ISO 9000 standards implies that a single procedure [...]
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. [...]
ISO 9000 Standards – ISO 9000 Standard Software The term ISO9000 Standards refers to a set of quality management standards. ISO9000 currently includes three quality standards: ISO 9000:2005, ISO 9001:2000, and ISO 9004:2000. ISO 9001:2000 presents requirements, while ISO 9000:2005 and ISO 9004:2000 present guidelines. All of these are process standards (not product standards). ISO [...]
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 [...]