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Reporter: Sales, Xilca Joyce What Is A Standard?
Reporter: Sales, Xilca Joyce What Is A Standard?
ISO 9001:2008 certification has been in place for over a decade now and is used
by both customers and companies as a method of controlling their quality.
The Standard provides a framework to manage your business and ensure a
philosophy of continual improvement in all aspects of your business.
It is externally assessed on an ongoing basis to ensure these business practices
are maintained.
The principles of ISO 9001:2008 are:
Creating value for your customers will be easier if you have competent,
empowered and engaged people at all levels of your business or
organization.
Support on auditing quality management systems can be found on the website of the ISO
9001 Auditing Practices Group. This is an informal group of quality management system
experts, auditors and practitioners from ISO/TC 176 and the International Accreditation
Forum.