The problem with ISO is that it protects incompetent engineers and transform them into "suppose to be intelligent managers". Those people hide behind the ISO monster that they create to keep there job.
On the long term.... When all businesses will be ISO (I hope not) what will be the point. They will have to invent another system so that they can be ISO. May be we can start a naming contest for that futuristic new system: here is a suggestion: STUPID. System Tracking Universal Procedure Integrated Documentation Not Bad :) Yves Dubois PCB designer Raytron LTD Montreal ----- Original Message ----- From: "Terry Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Protel EDA Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, June 06, 2003 12:33 PM Subject: Re: [PEDA] A little OT - ISO9000 was :PCB labelling > On Fri, 06 Jun 2003 08:08:09 -0400, you wrote: > > >The idea behind ISO9000 is just plain "common" sense (I put "common" in > >quotes because common sense really isn't very common). So why do we need a > >trendy business school graduate buzzword to invoke it? Because the trendy > >business school graduates need to justify their existence and oversized > >paychecks and golden parachutes somehow ;-) > > The idea behind ISO9000 is self propagation. > > It spreads down the supply chain like an infectious disease. > > I wonder what percentage of companies would have ISO9000 were it not for > ISO9000 induced pressure from thier customers? Single digit is my guess. > > Perhaps that is an indication of its real value. > > > Cheers, Terry. > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * To post a message: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * To leave this list visit: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/leave.html * * Contact the list manager: * mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * Forum Guidelines Rules: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/forumrules.html * * Browse or Search previous postings: * http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
