The 9000 Resource

ISO launches video clip : "The ISO 9000 family – Global management standards"

2008-11-18T11:47:00-06:00

With the publication of ISO 9001:2008 imminent, ISO has just launched a video clip in which users share their perspectives on earlier ISO 9001 editions and other standards in the ISO 9000 family which has become the global benchmark for...

ISO 9001:2008 is here...finally.

2008-11-16T10:57:48-06:00

After much delay, ISO has finally released ISO 9001:2008 and you can purchase buy a copy of the ISO 9001:2008 Standard and review for yourself. Even if you are involved with other standards, don't forget that ISO 13485, 14001, TS...

The ISO 2007 Survey is Released

2008-11-11T12:05:48-06:00

The ISO Survey of Certifications – 2007 reveals certification activity around one or more of ISO's management system standards in 175 countries, up from 170 in 2006 – "a clear demonstration", according to the survey, " that they have become...

ISO to Issue Comparison of 9001:2000/2008

2008-09-10T19:51:00-05:00

The ISO technical committee is preparing a document which clearly shows the difference between ISO 9001:2008 and ISO 9001:2000 and when this document is approved by ISO, they will be published in the website, probably by October 2008. ISO and...

ISO 9000 in Education

2008-08-26T17:59:00-05:00

Recently, especially in the UK, education institutions have come under increasing pressure to improve and adopt a market-based, quality management system such as ISO 9000. There is pressure from ISO, pressure from the changing global environment and diminishing resources, and...

ISO is Consistency: Say what you do, do what you say, etc.

2008-08-12T13:35:00-05:00

Please keep in mind that ISO 9000 doesn’t really care about HOW it is documented, just that it is clearly documented and all parties “sing form the same songbook”. If you want to call your department Procedures a Quality Manual,...

Does ISO 9001 = AS/NZS 9001?

2008-07-30T11:20:00-05:00

The short answer is Yes, ISO 9001:2000 = AS/NZS 9001:2000, they are the same. Each country (or at least many of them) has their own entity that is licensed to manage the Copyrighted material from ISO, and ISO provides a...

Step-by-step ISO 9001 Workbook

2008-07-23T19:21:00-05:00

Step-by-step ISO 9001 Workbook If you are wondering where to begin to build your ISO 9001 system, you can find out exactly how to do it by working through a set of step-by-step checklists that make up the ISO 9001...

ISO 9001 vs CMM (Softare Industry)

2008-07-08T21:55:00-05:00

Organizations concerned with ISO 9001 certification often question its overlap with the Capability Maturity Model (CMM). Let’s compare the two and answer a few questions. >ISO 9001 targets the manufacturing process, although it also includes manufacturing services and software...

ISO plans to release ISO 9001:2008 in Oct/Nov 08

2008-06-23T12:48:06-05:00

well I guess it's final...The "TAGs" aligned and the long awaited release of ISO 9001:2008 is coming together. The proposal doesn't add requirements compared to the 2000 revision, and does not change the intent of ISO 9001:2000. So it appears...