During a visit to his native Cyprus, Chris Nicolaou says he finally realized how pervasive international quality standards have become when he glanced at the back of a bag of peanuts he bought. "It ...

THE International Organization for Standardization (ISO) was founded in Europe in 1947 and is based in Geneva. Its purpose being to facilitate the world-wide trade through the development of ...

Implementation of the ISO 9000 quality assurance standards results in an improvement in business performance through their impact on specific company operations. Studies evaluated by ISO show benefits ...

Whether you are looking to achieve certification for the first time, or are interested in additional certifications, navigating through the thousands of options can be quite a challenge. Fortunately ...

The ISO 9000 is a set of international management and quality assurance standards that govern manufacturing. The ISO is the International Organization for Standardization, and ISO 9000 certification ...

Many ISO 9000-certified companies prominently display their certification and registrar logo on their websites. Canton, Mich.-based A.D. Transport Express, which completed the transition to 2000 ...

ISO 9000 is everywhere. Drive on any motorway and you notice the 'quality assured to ISO 9000' logos on commercial vehicles. Managers in both private and public sectors know that achieving this ...

Over the past 25 years, the number of environmental regulations in the United States has increased exponentially. Today, the Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, administers about 14 major and ...

The Capability Maturity Model for software (CMM) developed by the software engineering institute of Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) and the ISO 9000 series of standards, developed by the ...