ISO 9000
ISO 9001 (2000) is an internationally agreed set of standards for the design, installation and operation of quality management systems. The standards have a history dating back to 1968 (and with earlier antecedents). ISO 9001 (2000) recently replaced the ISO 9001, 9002 (1994) and 9003 (1994 ) standards which are discontinued. Organisations that are currently
- ISO 9001 certified, will need to update their QMS to meet the new ISO 9001 2000 requirements.
- ISO 9002 or ISO 9003 certified, must become ISO 9001 2000 certified.
15 December, 2003 is the deadline for transition.
Obtaining ISO 9000 accreditation involves.
- defining what your best practice in production or service delivery will be (product and process definition)
- carrying out the best practice. Ensuring that work is done to plan, in the defined ways
- recording evidence that it is done - records that provide an audit trail of attention to quality.
- What management commitments are reflected by a QMS?
- Elements of the ISO 9000 standards
- The main clauses of ISO 9000
- Up-side and Down-side
- Obtaining Accreditation
- Implementation of ISO 9000
- A Quality Manual
- Training and Development
- System Controls
- Auditing
- The Manual as an Information System Datastore
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