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Quality Management Systems and Standards ISO 9000. What is ISO. International Organization for Standardization Develops voluntary standards to help promote international trade Network of national standards bodies
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What is ISO • International Organization for Standardization • Develops voluntary standards to help promote international trade • Network of national standards bodies • Has published over 19,500 international standards covering technology and manufacturing
What is ISO 9000? • Family of standards relating to quality management systems
The ISO 9000 Family • ISO 9000: 2005 – Basic concepts and language • ISO 9001: 2008 – Requirements of a quality management system • ISO 9004: 2009 – How to make quality management systems more efficient and effective
ISO 9000: 2005 • Covers concepts and language • Helps make sure everyone is using the same terms to mean the same thing.
ISO 9000: 2005 Example Quality management system • Management system to direct and control an organization with regard to quality • Management System – system to establish policy and objectives and to achieve those objectives • System – set of interrelated or interacting elements • Organization – group of people and facilities with an arrangement of responsibilities, authorities, and relationships • Quality – Degree to which a set of inherent characteristics fulfils requirements
ISO 9001: 2008 • Requirements for a quality management system • 8 clauses • Scope • Normative references • Terms and definitions • Quality management system • Management responsibility • Resource management • Product realization • Measurement, analysis and improvement
The Eight Principles of ISO 9000 • Customer focus • Leadership • Involvement of people • Process approach • System approach to management • Continual improvement • Factual approach to decision making • Mutually beneficial supplier relationships
ISO 9004: 2009 • Provides guidance for the continual improvement of the quality management system
Documentation of a Quality Management System • Quality policy • Quality manual • Quality objectives • Quality procedures
ISO 9001 Certification/Registration • ISO does not offer certifications • Organizations can hire an outside company to audit them to certify that they are meeting ISO 9001 • These organizations must meet ISO 19011:2011
Why become ISO 9001 certified? • Increase quality of the product • Shows customers that the organization has high quality • Increase profits through increased sales and decreased waste • Makes organization accountable • Some organizations require their suppliers to be ISO 9001 certified
Becoming ISO 9001 Certified • Develop a quality manual • Document procedures • Secure top management’s commitment • Ensure customer requirements are determined and met • Hire an accredited certification company • Conduct internal audits • Submit to external audits
ISO 9001 vs. TQM • Not interchangeable • ISO 9000 may be redundant in an organization with TQM • ISO 9000 can be a stepping stone to TQM