What is ISO 9000 – the Quality Management Standard?
ISO 9000 is emerging for many companies around the world including the United States as a standard to implement within their business. ISO 9000 is an internationally recognized standard that sets the requirements for establishing and maintaining an effective quality management system. It provides confidence to your customers of your organization’s commitment to quality. It encourages a system of continuous improvement that provides quality time after time through the prevention of error so as to achieve total customer satisfaction. Surprisingly many companies still do not realize the full objectives and powerful benefits of implementing an ISO 9000 system. The following section helps to explain what the ISO 9000 standard is all about. What is quality? When applied to a physical product, you can visually inspect, measure or test for quality e.g. the cut, clarity, carat and color of a diamond. When examining a management system, how can you inspect, measure or test the quality and effect
