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So what is ISO 9001:2000? What does ISO really mean to us? What does ISO do for an organization? "ISO is a network of the national standards institutes of 157 countries, on the basis of one member per country, with a Central Secretariat in Geneva, Switzerland, that coordinates the system. Because the International Organization of Standardization would have abbreviations in different languages ("IOS" in English, "OIN" in French for Organisation internationale de normalisation), it was decided at the outset to use a word derived from the Greek word isos, meaning "equal." Therefore, whatever the country, whatever the language, the short form of the organization's name is always ISO." International Organization of Standardization ISO sets superior quality and procedure guidelines and is recognized among the best quality organization in the world. A company that promotes itself as being ISO Certified is a company that stands out and is recognized by others for having a well-established Quality System. In order for an organization to promote itself as being ISO Certified, a company must be certified by an accredited third party organization and be subject to periodic ISO audits. The ISO 9000 series of certifications primarily deal with "Quality Management" This means that an organization has implemented the ISO 9000 system, complies with customer's quality requirements and applicable regulatory requirements, aims to enhance customer satisfaction, and achieve continual improvement of its performance in pursuit of these objective. How is our ISO 9001:2000 linked to our QMS? ISO 9001:2000 deals primarily with 5 main processes: 1. Quality Management System
a. Documentation 2. Management Responsibility
a. Planning, Internal / External Communication, Commitment, Quality Policy, and a Review System 3. Resource Management
a. Provision of Human and Material Resources 4. Product Realization
a. Production, R & D, Purchasing, and Calibration of Equipment 5. Measurement, Analysis and Improvement
a. Quality Control, Quality Audits, and Improvements
The processes above are basically broken down into sub processes, which at the end become a long list of requirements. These requirements shall be met and must demonstrate that they are well established and functional. We accomplish this by showing the "link" or "process map." The process map shows the relationship between the ISO process requirements and our internal processes used to manufacture our products. At Streuter Technologies, we have established and documented all of these processes and continually demonstrate, daily, the successful integration and facilitation of the ISO Standard into our system. |
