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Case Study: Aggregate Industry: Aggregate Industries UK began the process of achieving ISO 14001 in 1998, with the aim to have all 150 sites certified by 2001. To achieve this, they realized that a software solution would be the best way forward and Entropy International was approached. Aggregate Industries have integrated the Entropy System...; Tags: ISO standards, Process improvement, ISO 14001, Software Solution, auditing, compliance, industry, software; Case studies
Can iso standards Help in Today's Business Climate?: The vast majority of the ISO standards are highly specific documented agreements containing technical specifications or other precise criteria to be used consistently as rules, guidelines, or definitions of characteristics to ensure that materials, products, processes, and services are fit for their purpose. For example, ISO has standards governing the...; Tags: Quality, Process improvement, Protiviti, ISO standards, ISO 9000, aerospace, standards, credit card, agreement, industry; White papers
Loma Systems - The Number One Choice for Ireland's Roscrea Fresh Foods: Roscrea Fresh Foods, a specialist in meat produce, has invested in another two Loma Systems IQ metal detectors as part of its commitment to quality control on its production lines. Based in Co. Tipperary, Roscrea Fresh Foods forms part of the meat division of Avonmore Waterford Foods plc. The processing...; Tags: Loma Systems, Ireland, meat, quality control; Case studies
Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex Cape Canaveral, Florida: Enhancing Visitor Experience: The Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex is the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's NASA largest and best-attended visitor facility. Johnson Controls and Delaware North Parks Services make up the chosen team for the Visitor Complex because NASA believed they could respond quickly and efficiently. The keys to success are quality,...; Tags: ISO standards, Team management, Process improvement, Johnson Controls Inc., NASA, ISO 14000, ISO 9000, team; Case studies
ISO in the 21st Century: ISO is the International Organization forStandardization. It is made up of nationalstandards institutes from countries largeand small, industrialized, developing or intransition, in all regions of the world.ISO develops voluntary technical standardswhich add value to all types of businessoperations.ISO standards help raise levels of quality,safety, reliability, efficiency, compatibilityand interchangeability, and provide...; Tags: Process improvement, ISO, ISO standards; White papers

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
Resolving Information Asymmetries In Markets: The Role Of Certified Management Programs: Firms and regulators are increasingly relying on voluntary mechanisms to signal and infer quality of difficult-to-observe management practices. Prior evaluations of voluntary management programs have focused on those that lack verification mechanisms and have found little evidence that they legitimately distinguish adopters as having superior management practices or performance. In...; Tags: Performance management, management practice, ISO 14001, performance, manufacturing; White papers 2006-02-01
Linking ISO 9001:2000 Requirements to Product/Service Quality: This paper focuses on those aspects of ISO 9001:2000 that directly affect customer expectations regarding product or service quality and delivery. Insight from the view of an accredited registrar will be presented including suggested auditing techniques that will identify those areas of a quality management system that could be weak,...; Tags: TQM/Six Sigma/ISO 9000, ISO standards, Process improvement, Quality, ISO 9001:2000, Quality Management System, quality management, auditing; White papers 2005-04-01
ISO 14001 Where Are We?: Where Are We Going?: Environmental concerns are nothing new. Waste of resources and pollution of air, water and land have been discussed, debated demonstrated and regulated for years. In the fall of 1996 when the American National Standard (ANSI/ISO 14001) for environmental management systems was finally published, the level and quantity of discussions began...; Tags: ISO standards, Process improvement, ISO 14001, pollution; White papers 2005-03-01
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, ISO standards, TQM/Six Sigma/ISO 9000, Process improvement, American Society For Quality, ISO 9000, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, ISO 9001, SOX compliance, financial system, financial, CEO; White papers 2005-03-01
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
Keeping Your Quality System Fit With Tools and Training: In the past 10 to 15 years, many quality practitioners have turned to the ISO 9000 series of Quality Management System QMS standards as a basis to strengthen and maintain the fitness level of corporate quality systems. "There is nothing in the ISO 9001 or ISO 14001 standards that does...; Tags: Quality, ISO standards, Process improvement, TQM/Six Sigma/ISO 9000, American Society For Quality, ISO 14001, ISO 9001, Quality Management System, ISO 9000, quality management, standards, training; White papers 2004-08-01
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/TS-16949:2002 - Transition to a Global Automotive Industry Quality Management System: ISO/TS 16949:2002 is an ISO Technical Specification aligning existing automotive quality system requirements developed by IATF, JAMA and supported by ISO technical committee (ISO/TC 176). ISO/TS 16949 applies to all internal and external suppliers of products or production material, or services such as heat treatment, painting, plating, varnishing, galvanizing or...; Tags: ISO standards, Process improvement, TQM/Six Sigma/ISO 9000, MetricStream Inc., ISO, ISO/TS 16949, Quality Management System, technical committee, supplier; White papers 2004-06-18
Electricity Generation With Looped Transmission Networks: Bidding To An ISO: This paper uses a bilevel game to model markets for delivery of electrical power on looped transmission networks. It analyzes the effectiveness of an Independent System Operator ISO when generators (and, in some cases, retailers) have market power. Generators respectively retailers bid a single parameter of their quadratic supply demand...; Tags: Retail, University of Wisconsin, retail company, game, network; White papers 2004-06-15
Culture Drives ISO Registration: From the executive summary: ‘ISO registration is among the most desirable accomplishments a company can pursue. Adopting ISO registration improves internal processes and reduces operational costs resulting in increased sales and market share. Companies from manufacturing, telecommunications, oil, chemical, utilities, and pharmaceuticals seek ISO registration. However, there are also certain...; Tags: ISO standards, Process improvement, ISO, environment, manufacturing, telecommunications, worker, sales; White papers 2004-06-01
ISO 9001 Made Easy: ISO 9001 is a quality management system QMS standard that requires an organization to meet its own requirements and those of its customers and regulators. It is based on the plan-do-check-act methodology, which helps organizations establish, implement, monitor and measure their processes to deliver results that align with the organization's...; Tags: TQM/Six Sigma/ISO 9000, ISO standards, Process improvement, Quality, American Society For Quality, ISO 9001, Quality Management System, quality management, monitor, performance; White papers 2004-05-01
ISO 9001:2000: A New Paradigm for Healthcare: It is no secret that United States healthcare organizations find themselves in difficult times. These circumstances include government cutbacks in Medicare; the rising cost of malpractice insurance; enhanced, new, and ever-changing regulations that erode organizational creativity; difficulty in attracting and keeping qualified professionals; overworked staff; enforcement and compliance requirements that...; Tags: TQM/Six Sigma/ISO 9000, ISO standards, Process improvement, Vertical industries, HEALTHCARE, American Society For Quality, ISO 9001:2000, health care, Medicare, insurance, compliance, financial; White papers 2003-12-02
Environmental Indicators of Textile Products for ISO (Type III) Environmental Product Declaration: This paper focuses on a research project, whose objective was to develop technical environmental indicators of textile products for ISO Type III environmental product declaration. The standardization of an environmental declaration for products Type III currently under way in the ISO offers an interesting opportunity for communicating the environmental effects...; Tags: ISO standards, Process improvement, declaration, ISO; White papers 2003-12-01
Integrating Lean And Six Sigma For Breakthrough Process Improvement: ISO 9001:2000 and ISO/TS 16949 differ from previous quality system standards in their strong emphasis on documentation and continual improvement. This is affected in an organization's business processes--product realization, management, and supporting processes. ISO 9001:2000 and ISO/TS 16949 require organizations to define and document their business processes and to adopt...; Tags: TQM/Six Sigma/ISO 9000, ISO standards, Operational planning, QCI International, ISO 9001:2000, ISO/TS 16949, Six Sigma, Lean Manufacturing, business process, Balanced Scorecard, process improvement, monitoring, performance; White papers 2003-11-18