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ISO 9000 Certification
ISO 9000 certification emphasizes process improvement and is a must for anyone in the business looking to gain added value and enhanced organisational performance from it. Several books and software packages are now available that can help automate some aspects of your ISO 9000 compliance quality management systems.
ISO 9000 registration is rapidly becoming a must for any company that does business in Europe. Many industrial companies require registration by their own suppliers. There is a growing trend toward universal acceptance of ISO 9000 as an international standard. At the end of 2004, the worldwide total of ISO 9000 certificates was approaching 700 thousand. The number of countries in which ISO 9000 certificates have been issued is now 154.
ISO (International Organization for Standardization) is the world's largest developer of standards and ISO's principal activity is the development of technical standards. ISO 9000 Certification is a method of developing consistent business practices to improve product and service integrity and improve the customer experience. ISO 9000 is a set of standards for quality management systems that is accepted around the world. Currently more than 90 countries have adopted ISO 9000 as national standards. When you purchase a product or service from an organization that is registered to the appropriate ISO 9000 standard, you have important assurances that the quality of what you receive will be as you expect. There is much current interest in ISO 9000 standards and many organizations have sought to replace or modify their improvement programs to meet the ISO standards.