ISO 9000 Described
ISO 9000 is a body of standards for quality control in a business setting from the International Organization for Standardization, which is composed of standardization units from over 130 countries the world over. ISO 9000 describes three quality systems. They are ISO 9001, ISO 9002, and ISO 9003. ISO 9001 is the group of requirements an organization should focus on if their processes involve design of a fabrication, production and manufacture, installation, and service of that fabrication. ISO 9002 is for those businesses not involved in invention and development of any built products. ISO 9003 is for businesses that do not focus on any of the processes covered in ISO 9001 but it does cover ensuring that the final product or service of an organization meets requirements through inspection and examining. A business can choose to be certified in one of these three quality systems.
What Certification Means
Being certified in ISO 9000 designates that a company takes quality control seriously and that quality control requirements are ensured within the organization. The quality control systems must be put into place in order to be contemplated for certification and processes and improvements have to be observed. Many companies will use an outside consultant to help with the process. A certification body will subsequently visit that is recruited by the company pursuing the certification to analyze conformity with ISO 9000 and its various requirements. If there are any complications, they must be adjudicated before certification is granted. If a certificate is granted, it should be maintained through consistent audits.
Areas within ISO 9000
Some of the regions within ISO 9000 include company contracts with clients, hiring and training staff, product design and development, the building and production of a product, the delivery of a fabrication and any related services, supplier management and selection of the suppliers, all management tasks, internal audits based on quality difficulties, regular monitoring and betterments and if issues are discovered, fixing those problems and ensuring the errors does not happen again.
Advantages of ISO 9000 Certification
Some of the benefits of implementing ISO 9000 include steps that are more suitably defined and cited. Delineating steps will aid in highlighting any that are obsolete or no longer applicable. When an error in a process does happen, there are procedures to fall back on so that the problem is corrected. Rates of defects are lower when ISO 9000 is utilized and are discovered sooner and therefore costs are lowered. Market shares are increased or kept steady and sales go up. ISO 9000 aids in the reputability of a product and aids in cost cutting. Improvement is advocated in an ISO 9000 environment. Becoming ISO 9000 certified can open up an entirely new client base for a company since many clients will not even entertain doing business with an establishment that is not ISO 9000 certified. ISO 9000 certification can help raise revenue in this manner. Procedures will also become betteras the certification requirements are put into place in an organization. These procedures will become consistent in the way they function as they will start to run the same way every time. If there are some problems, they will be fixed and kept from recurring. This also aids new staff members as they have a proven way of performing a task.
ISO 9000 certification has several benefits, from getting a lead in a world-wide industry to more centralized benefits such as better process controls. ISO 9000 certification can help any category of company, as long as it is taken seriously and done correctly.
ISO 9000 is a body of standards for quality control in a business setting from the International Organization for Standardization, which is composed of standardization units from over 130 countries the world over. ISO 9000 describes three quality systems. They are ISO 9001, ISO 9002, and ISO 9003. ISO 9001 is the group of requirements an organization should focus on if their processes involve design of a fabrication, production and manufacture, installation, and service of that fabrication. ISO 9002 is for those businesses not involved in invention and development of any built products. ISO 9003 is for businesses that do not focus on any of the processes covered in ISO 9001 but it does cover ensuring that the final product or service of an organization meets requirements through inspection and examining. A business can choose to be certified in one of these three quality systems.
What Certification Means
Being certified in ISO 9000 designates that a company takes quality control seriously and that quality control requirements are ensured within the organization. The quality control systems must be put into place in order to be contemplated for certification and processes and improvements have to be observed. Many companies will use an outside consultant to help with the process. A certification body will subsequently visit that is recruited by the company pursuing the certification to analyze conformity with ISO 9000 and its various requirements. If there are any complications, they must be adjudicated before certification is granted. If a certificate is granted, it should be maintained through consistent audits.
Areas within ISO 9000
Some of the regions within ISO 9000 include company contracts with clients, hiring and training staff, product design and development, the building and production of a product, the delivery of a fabrication and any related services, supplier management and selection of the suppliers, all management tasks, internal audits based on quality difficulties, regular monitoring and betterments and if issues are discovered, fixing those problems and ensuring the errors does not happen again.
Advantages of ISO 9000 Certification
Some of the benefits of implementing ISO 9000 include steps that are more suitably defined and cited. Delineating steps will aid in highlighting any that are obsolete or no longer applicable. When an error in a process does happen, there are procedures to fall back on so that the problem is corrected. Rates of defects are lower when ISO 9000 is utilized and are discovered sooner and therefore costs are lowered. Market shares are increased or kept steady and sales go up. ISO 9000 aids in the reputability of a product and aids in cost cutting. Improvement is advocated in an ISO 9000 environment. Becoming ISO 9000 certified can open up an entirely new client base for a company since many clients will not even entertain doing business with an establishment that is not ISO 9000 certified. ISO 9000 certification can help raise revenue in this manner. Procedures will also become betteras the certification requirements are put into place in an organization. These procedures will become consistent in the way they function as they will start to run the same way every time. If there are some problems, they will be fixed and kept from recurring. This also aids new staff members as they have a proven way of performing a task.
ISO 9000 certification has several benefits, from getting a lead in a world-wide industry to more centralized benefits such as better process controls. ISO 9000 certification can help any category of company, as long as it is taken seriously and done correctly.
About the Author:
Marc Anderes is the VP of Operations of Maloya Laser which specializes in Laser Cutting and Metal Manufacturing with advanced laser technologies, targeting aerospace, medical, machinery, scientific and transportation needs.
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