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ISO 9000: a series of international quality management system standards. ISO 9000 provides a framework that can be used by any size or type of organization to...; ISO 9000 definition on BNET »

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The Impact Of ISO 9000 Diffusion On Trade And FDI: A New Institutional Analysis: The effects of ISO 9000 diffusion on trade and FDI have gone understudied. Panel data reported by OECD nations over the 1995-2002 period is employed to estimate the impact of ISO adoptions on country-pair economic relations. ISO diffusion is found to have no effect in developed nations, but to positively...; Tags: Foreign direct investment (FDI), Currency & Foreign exchange, Investment, ISO standards, Process improvement, TQM/Six Sigma/ISO 9000, foreign direct investment, ISO 9000, ISO, analysis; White papers 2006-12-01
Getting the Best Results from Your Advertising Agency: In order to show themselves in the best light, advertising agencies will make a lot of claims and promises when trying to win new business. Once an agency has been selected, it is important to regularly review agency performance to see that initial promises are being kept, and that the...; Tags: team, marketing, advertisement, brand, commission, performance, agency, media, certification, ISO 9000, financial, knowledge, Process improvement, TQM/Six Sigma/ISO 9000; Articles 2007-02-28
TQM, ISO 9000, Six Sigma: Do Process Management Programs Discourage Innovation?: The decision by a rock group in Northern Kentucky to call itself 6 Sigma suggests that process management programs may definitely be part of mainstream consciousness. But does the continuing popularity of such programs hide the fact that they can end up suppressing innovation? "The risk is that you misapply...; Tags: Enterprise software, TQM/Six Sigma/ISO 9000, Process improvement, Strategy, Pearson Education Inc., Process Management, ISO 9000, Total Quality Management, innovation, Six Sigma, brand; White papers 2005-12-09
Sarbanes-Oxley and ISO 9000: This article asserts that an existing ISO 9000 structure lends itself to integration with a companyÆs financial system, and quality personnel can provide the expertise to help achieve SOX compliance. Just as SOX makes it necessary for the CEO to understand the financial condition of the company, a SOX based...; Tags: Sarbanes-Oxley, Regulatory compliance, Regulations, TQM/Six Sigma/ISO 9000, ISO standards, Process improvement, American Society For Quality, ISO 9000, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, ISO 9001, SOX compliance, financial system, financial, CEO; White papers 2005-03-01
ISO 9000 as a Tool for TQM: A Spanish Case Study: Using the case study methodology, the authors asked quality managers about their company's experience with ISO 9000:1994 and Total Quality Management TQM implementation. The results show that initially the standard could help some companies reorganize their procedures and define responsibilities and duties. TQM has improved many aspects of performance, the...; Tags: TQM/Six Sigma/ISO 9000, Quality, ISO standards, Process improvement, American Society For Quality, Total Quality Management, ISO 9000, ISO, HRM, Human Resources, leadership, performance, tool; White papers 2004-09-22

Perceptions About the ISO 9000 (2000) Quality System Standard Revision and Its Value: The Dutch Experience: The aim of the research reported in this paper is to assess the relative value of the 2000 version of the ISO 9000 series of quality management system standards in comparison to the 1994 version. 773 organizations which have all been certified to the ISO 9000 standard were surveyed (a...; Tags: TQM/Six Sigma/ISO 9000, ISO standards, Process improvement, Quality, Erasmus University Rotterdam, ISO 9000, Quality Management System, quality management; White papers 2004-09-01
ISO 9000 - An Integrated Approach: Developed to improve quality in the manufacturing industry, ISO 9000 has been successfully extended across the services industry and government. The quality management system standard is issued by the International Standards Organization ISO to ensure quality in products/services. The primary focus of ISO 9000 is on a proactive approach to...; Tags: ISO standards, TQM/Six Sigma/ISO 9000, Process improvement, Quality, MetricStream Inc., ISO 9000, ISO, Quality Management System, quality management; White papers 2004-06-19
ISO 9000 - QS-9000 Information Exchange: The article gives in details the background of the ISO 9000 standards It answers the various questions including its development and importance, its registration process, the document management and the process of getting the certification. It also specifies the kind of industries that need this certification and the step by...; Tags: Quality, ISO standards, training and certification, Process improvement, TQM/Six Sigma/ISO 9000, certification, ISO 9000, document management, industry; White papers 2003-07-13
ISO 9000 Makes Integrated Systems User Friendly: From the executive summary: ‘The revised ISO 9000:2000 standard makes several provisions for organizations either to develop and implement a new quality management system or change and improve an existing one. Organizations need to develop and implement management systems based on processes or activities that systematically help personnel understand what...; Tags: TQM/Six Sigma/ISO 9000, ISO standards, Process improvement, Quality, American Society For Quality, ISO 9000, ISO 9000:2000, Quality Management System, quality management; White papers 2003-07-01
ISO 9000 For A Small Planet: ISO 9000, the international standard for quality management, is truly becoming a worldwide standard. By December 2001, there were more than 510,616 businesses certified in 161 countries. While 10 industrialized nations accounted for nearly 62% of that total (see Figure 1), ISO 9000 registrations are now being reported from many...; Tags: TQM/Six Sigma/ISO 9000, ISO standards, Process improvement, Quality, ISO 9000, quality management, Quality Management System; White papers 2003-05-05
ISO 9000: Achieving & Retaining Certification for Professional Services Organizations and Internal Service Departments: This white paper reviews ISO 9000, what it provides organizations, and how Tenrox ISO Toolkit helps achieve and retain ISO 9000 certification. The paper also mentions how ISO 9000 relates to Six Sigma. ISO 9000, coupled with a modern software tool that is capable of facilitating process improvement initiatives and...; Tags: TQM/Six Sigma/ISO 9000, ISO standards, Tenrox, ISO 9000, process improvement, Six Sigma, professional services, compliance, tool, software; White papers 2003-03-01
The Business Value of Quality Management Systems Certification: Evidence From Australia and New Zealand: ISO 9000 certification is one of the most popular quality assurance systems in the world. Despite this overwhelming popularity, there is considerable confusion and frustration surrounding the role and business value of ISO 9000 certification. A review of the literature revealed a major gap in research in this area of...; Tags: TQM/Six Sigma/ISO 9000, ISO standards, Process improvement, Quality, University of Melbourne, ISO 9000, Quality Management System, Total Quality Management, quality management, QA, environment, performance; White papers 2003-02-21
The Longitudinal Effects of the ISO 9000 Certification Process on Business Performance: This paper develops and tests several hypotheses relating to ISO 9000 quality system certification process using data collected in a cross-sectional study undertaken in Australia. Multivariate analysis is used to analyze the quantitative data and test the hypotheses. The findings show that there is a significant and positive relationship between...; Tags: TQM/Six Sigma/ISO 9000, ISO standards, Process improvement, University of Melbourne, ISO 9000, hypotheses, performance; White papers 2003-02-21
ISO 9000: ISO 9000 is the structural framework of a business system that specifies, in very broad terms, the necessary components of a quality management system. Rather than being specific to any one industry, ISO 9000 details the basic requirements of the quality function for all industries. With hundreds of thousands of...; Tags: TQM/Six Sigma/ISO 9000, Process improvement, Quality, Tuv America Inc., ISO 9000, quality management, ISO standards, Quality Management System, industry; White papers 2003-01-01
ISO 9000 Quality- What Is It?: ISO 9000 has received much publicity. Some managers see it as a prerequisite for conducting business. Approached unwisely, ISO 9000 can be costly and unproductive. It may create a quality bureaucracy, which adds to the cost structure and slows product development. It can focus people on paperwork instead of customers....; Tags: TQM/Six Sigma/ISO 9000, ISO standards, Process improvement, Quality, Strategos Inc., ISO 9000, Lean Manufacturing, Total Quality Management, product development, marketing; White papers 2003-01-01
ISO 9000 2000 Introduction: In todays scenario, ISO 9000 is sweeping the world. It is rapidly becoming the most important quality standard. Thousands of companies in over 100 countries have already adopted it, and many more are in the process of doing so, because it controls quality and saves money. Customers expect it. And...; Tags: ISO standards, TQM/Six Sigma/ISO 9000, Process improvement, ISO 9000, standards; White papers 2003-01-01
What are the Benefits in ISO 9000 Registration?: The ISO 9000 series provides the company with a quality system that standardizes, organizes and controls operations, provides for consistent dissemination of information, improves various aspects of the business based use of statistical data and analysis, acceptance of the system as a standard for ensuring quality in a global market,...; Tags: TQM/Six Sigma/ISO 9000, ISO standards, Process improvement, ISO 9000, analysis, benefit; White papers 2003-01-01
ISO 9000 In A Nutshell: The purpose of this article is to clear away some of the confusion about what ISO 9000 is and whether or not it is worth the time and effort, by providing a listing of the generally agreed-upon benefits of ISO registration as well as a summary of the general...; Tags: ISO standards, TQM/Six Sigma/ISO 9000, Process improvement, Quality, ISO 9000, quality management, standards, QA, theory, compliance, benefit; White papers 2003-01-01
Quality Records: Forever can be a mighty long time: The general acceptance of ISO 9000 quality standards has resulted in significant improvements in how organizations conduct business and the quality of their products and services. ISO 9000 is general enough that diverse industries can construct effective, individual quality programs while still adhereing to the established guidelines. Moreover, these systems...; Tags: TQM/Six Sigma/ISO 9000, ISO standards, Process improvement, ISO 9000, ISO 9001, industry; White papers 2003-01-01
Introduction to ISO 9000 Quality Management: The International Organization for Standardization ISO is a worldwide federation of national standards bodies from some 100 countries, one from each country. It is a non-governmental organization established in 1947 with a mission to promote the development International Standards with a view to facilitating the international exchange of goods and...; Tags: ISO standards, TQM/Six Sigma/ISO 9000, Process improvement, ISO 9000, economic activity, quality management, QA; White papers 2003-01-01