About ISO 9001:2008
    About ISO 9001:2008

    ISO 9000 has been called the world’s standard for quality. The
    term itself, ISO, represents the International Organization for
    Standardization, which is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland.
    The organization consists of about 160 voluntary member
    countries. The United States is one of those countries. The
    Organization is not associated with any government but was
    established to develop a global consensus on international
    standards.
         
    Quality Standards have been developed on the premise that,
    regardless of the business or industry, there are management
    concepts and practices that apply. Those that accept this concept
    believe that by adopting these management practices, a company
    can realize benefits to itself, its suppliers and to its customers.
         
    ISO 9000 was first issued in 1987 and revised in 1994. A
    significant re-write was issued in 2000. The most recent version,
    ISO 9001:2008 was released in November of 2008. While there are
    no specific new requirements in this release, companies certified to
    the 2000 standard will be required to review and modify their
    document systems as appropriate and transition to ISO 9001:
    2008 no later than November, 2010.
         
    Since their first release in 1987, the ISO quality standards have:
         
    • been accepted in most industrialized countries
      throughout the world

    • become more widely accepted than any other quality standard.

    • resulted in a new industry of registrars and auditors to
       perform the assessment audits

    • demonstrated how adopting the requirements of the   
       standard can result in improvements in product quality
       and other areas of business

    •  become a requirement for many government
        organizations and their suppliers
         
    The ISO 9000 standards provide us with tools that we can use to
    implement a program of continual improvement in our own
    company. When we say we are registered under ISO 9000, it says
    to our suppliers, customers and other stake holders that we have
    exercised the discipline to create, implement, document and
    maintain a rigorous set of requirements on how we do our jobs. It
    says we care about what we do.
         
    Companies that have been successful in implementing
    ISO 9000 are finding that they are reducing their costs, improving
    relationships with suppliers and customers and even seeing their
    employee morale, enthusiasm and involvement in their processes
    improve. It isn't easy. But over and over again, companies are
    finding that the results are worth the effort.
         
    And in the end, the company will benefit because your top
    management cared enough to implement a world class quality
    management system.
         
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