Quality standards Flashcards
What are quality standards?
Quality standards are details of requirements, specifications, guidelines or characteristics that can be used to ensure that products, services or processes meet in order to ensure they are fit for purpose.
What is the purpose of quality standards?
ensure the safety of products
comply with relevant laws and regulations
meet environmental objectives
meet other objectives (dependent on sector)
What are some examples of quality standards?
European Foundation for Quality Management (EFQM)
International organization for standardization (ISO)
British standards institution (BSI)
ISO Accreditations
Investors in people
What are some popular ISO standards?
ISO 27001 information security management
ISO 45000 health and safety management
ISO 14001 environmental management
ISO 9000 quality management