Here's a short list about ISO 9000 Certification from the British Standards Institution:
ISO Certification means that an organization conforms to a set of rules known as a management system, which are designed to ensure the company is delivering quality products by means of well documented, repeatable processes. These processes come to be the manifestation of a thing called 'Quality', which, strictly defined, means this organization is giving its customer what they ask for. EVERYTHING anyone does in an organization is a product; as such, all efforts are subject to being documented to ensure they are directed at this thing called Quality. Some text from their Web site: (http://www.bsiamericas.com/Quality/Overview/WhatisISO9000.xalter) Sounds simple enough... but there are few organizations capable of achieving certification. It takes a long time, costs lots of money, and auditors can be vicious if you do anything to offend them. The BSI offers a lot of other certifications as well, in environmental reqponsibility, aerospace, telecom, automotive, Information security, technology, etc. Just because your organization is ISO certified does not mean it meets the standards for any of these other cert's. I have worked for a Web shop seeking ISO certification, and they looked like they were well on their way to getting there. Mike -----Original Message----- From: Lon Lentz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2002 1:06 PM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: ISO9001 In the US, ISO right now is pretty much limited to manufacturing companies. Everyone in the automotive industry is going that way. And I believe the US government almost requires it from their suppliers. There are no laws requiring it but finished product manufacturers are more and more requiring all of their suppliers to be ISO. > -----Original Message----- > From: William H. Bowen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2002 12:49 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: ISO9001 > > > ISO 9000 is supposed to be international, but I think the US is kind of > behind in requiring compliance. > We're (ALSTOM EMM) certified by this Group, > > http://www.afaq.com/web/accueil.nsf/facen?readform > > ALSTOM is French owned and they require ISO9000 Cert for everything. ______________________________________________________________________ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
