Learn About ISO Quality Standards
What is ISO?
ISO stands for the International Organization for Standardization, a global organization that develops and publishes standards to ensure quality, safety, efficiency, and interoperability of products, services, and systems.
Key Points about the International Standards of Organization (ISO):
- Purpose: the international standards provide globally recognized guideloines and specifications that ensure quality, safety, efficiency, and interoperbility across industries.
- Members: There are 170+ country members and national standard bodies.
- Global Impact: Standards are adopted by organizations to improve process efficiency, ensure consistent product and service quality, enhance customer satisfaction, and boost credibility in the marketplace.
ISO Standards Examples Addressed by QED:
- ISO 9001: Quality Management System
- ISO 14001: Environmental Management System
- ISO 17025: Testing and Calibration Laboratory Competence
- FSSC 22000 Food Safety Management System
- ISO 45001: Occupational Health and Safety System
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More About ISO Quality Standards
Why Would An Organization Want To Get ISO 9001 Certified?
Businesses develop quality management systems for three primary reasons:
- to optimize quality by streamlining and improving internal operations to reduce costs;
- to meet customer expectations;
- and, to increase their competitiveness in the market.
As organizations implement ISO, they experience increased ability to meet performance goals and business objectives. They discover ways to streamline their business and therefore increase the bottom line, i.e., increase profit in a for-profit business and increase efficiency and performance in a not-for-profit organization.
Reasons To Consider Implementing ISO 9001
Internal Motivation
- Increases the bottom line in more than 90% of companies (Source: Dun and Bradstreet]
- Creates continual improvement through the evaluation and feedback loops
- Results in clear statements of roles and responsibilities for all individuals in the organization; forces clarity
- Establishes a foundation and framework for change
- Provides confidence that time is spent on priorities, addressing important objectives and maintaining organizational focus
- Creates and fosters teamwork
- Focuses on processes, products and improvement, thereby creating a non-judgmental environment
- Assures all work adds value
- Requires deployment of process to control documents
- Maximizes work product, especially in times of shrinking resources
- Protects the integrity of products and services provided to all stakeholders in an environment where leadership and operational personnel changes are not uncommon
- Makes life simpler through clarification of business objectives and production or service processes
- Preserves organizational knowledge
External Motivation
- Fulfulls international business requirements, and is often a necessity for doing and wining business internationally
- Provides performance accountability
- Creates positive differentiation in competitive funding situations
- Establishes credibility with stakeholders that the organization is well managed
- Creates an effective partnering/merging of cultures (important in takeovers and multiple-agency shops)
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