Iso 9000 and 9001

							Iso 9000 and 9001




ISO is the abbreviation of International Standards Organization. ISO 9000 is a family of
the standards for quality management systems and is administered by accreditation and
certification bodies. ISO 9000 series standards started in 1987 and then updated in 1994,
2000 and the latest one as ISO 9001:2008. Initial ISO standards [1987 and 1994] were
Elements [sections] based and were used and audited accordingly. ISO 9001:2000 was
the first standard that introduced process based audit approach.

ISO 9001:2008 Standard is an upgrade or update and is revised from ISO 9001:2000
Standard.

This new standard does not introduce any major changes that will affect your quality
management system. Most of the changes are clarification and verbiages based. For an
example: 'measuring device' is now called 'measuring equipment', etc. Some of the major
changes introduces are:

--Management Representative must be from the organization's management.[5.5.2]
--The boundaries of competence extend to individuals who impact product conformity to
defined requirements.
--Customer Property can include personal data [7.5.4]
--Traceability requirements are now required throughout the product realization and
records are to be maintained [7.5.3]
--There are numerous changes and most of them are clarifying and redefining the existing
requirements.

ISO 9001:2008 standard can be used by both manufacturing and service industries. It can
be applied to all types and sizes [small, medium or large] of the organization, regardless
of what system you use for quality. You can get all the documents and procedures you
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