CHAPTER 5 : ISO 9000 Flashcards
a specialized agency for
standardization, the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), founded in 1946 adopted a series of written quality standards in ______ .
1987
. It is an independent, non-governmental international organization with a membership of 169 national standards bodies.
International Organization for Standards
ISO is a scientific term for _______ (as in isotherm lines on a weather map, which show equal temperatures).
equal
documented agreements that include technical specifications or other precise
criteria to be used consistently as rules, guidelines, or definitions to ensure that materials, products processes, and services are fit for their purpose.
Standard
ISO standards are internationally agreed by experts. Think of them as a _______ that describes the best way of doing something.
formula
The standards required __________ for all processes affecting quality and suggest that
compliance through auditing leads to continuous improvement.
documentation
A company could comply with the standards and still produce a poor-quality product as long as it did so consistently!
True
family standards
focus on developing, documenting, and implementing procedures to ensure consistency of operations and
performance in production and service delivery processes, with the aim of continual improvement, and
supported by fundamental principles of total quality
ISO 9000
standards originally were intended to be advisory in nature and to be used for two-party contractual situations (between a customer and supplier) and for internal auditing.
ISO 9000
Recertification is required every ______ years
three
ISO 9000 has three principal benefits
- It provides discipline.
- It contains the basics of a good quality system
- It offers a marketing program
help businesses of any size and sector reduce costs, increase
productivity, and access new markets.
ISO International Standards
provide specifications to ensure products and services work the way you expect them to.
ISO standards
ISO and policy makers
Consistent, transparent, targeted
SO standards help policy makers to:
- Open up world trade
- Stimulate solutions to national and international issues
- Save money
- Provide solutions to policy issues
” A third-party company called a _________ is the only authorized entity that can award ISO 9001 certification.
They are accredited by an authoritative national body and are
contracted by companies to evaluate their quality management system to see if it meets the ISO 9001 standards
Registrar
measures how effectively management determines the company’s overall quality policy, its objectives, and its responsibilities, as well as its quality policy
implementation.
Quality management
an explicit requirement.
Customer Satisfaction
few final steps worth taking before booking your certification audit:
- Get the QMS running (present schedule)
- Gap analysis (prove that customers are satisfied)
- Pre-certification audit (internal audit - if requirements are met)
Do I have to certify?
If you’re happy simply gaining these benefits and are not too terribly worried about being able to demonstrate your credentials, then conformance may be
enough.
Certification is an expensive disruption.
the length of the certification audit scales with the size of your organization,
There’s so much documentation involved.
No, just make sure you have enough documentation to tell people how
the process works (a work instruction for the product/ service and for checking the product/service) where
it is needed and to check that they’re doing it correctly (such as a log or checklist).
Certification won’t guarantee quality
Yes, because it focuses on compliance rather than improvement.
What certification does guarantee is that your organization is doing everything it can to ensure quality and
minimize customer dissatisfaction.