Iso Standards and Tqm
FOCUS ON TQM, EQM AND ISO
INTRODUCTION
Environment may be broadly understood to mean our surroundings. It can be divided into non-living and living components. The Environment provides resources which support life on the earth and which also help in the growth of a relationship of interchange between living organisms and the environment in which they live.
ISO
• What?
ISO (International Organization for Standardization) is the world 's largest developer and publisher of International Standards. ISO is a non-governmental organization that forms a bridge between the public and private sectors. On the one hand, many of its member institutes are part of the governmental structure of their countries, or are mandated by their government. On the other hand, other members have their roots uniquely in the private sector, having been set up by national partnerships of industry associations. The organization 's logos in its two official languages, English and French, include the word ISO. The organization adopted ISO based on the Greek word isos (ἴσος), meaning equal. This, in itself, reflects the aim of the organization: to equalize and standardize across cultures.
• HISTORY:
ISO is the world largest standards developing organization. Founded on 23rd February, 1947, it has its headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. Between 1947 and the present day, ISO has published more than 18 000 International Standards, ranging from standards for activities such as agriculture and construction, through mechanical engineering, to medical devices, to the newest information technology developments.
ISO was born from the union of two organizations - the ISA (International Federation of the National Standardizing Associations). Established in New York in 1926, and the UNSCC (United Nations Standards Coordinating Committee), established in 1944
• WHO CAN JOIN ISO?
Membership of ISO is open to national standards institutes most representative of
INTRODUCTION
Environment may be broadly understood to mean our surroundings. It can be divided into non-living and living components. The Environment provides resources which support life on the earth and which also help in the growth of a relationship of interchange between living organisms and the environment in which they live.
ISO
• What?
ISO (International Organization for Standardization) is the world 's largest developer and publisher of International Standards. ISO is a non-governmental organization that forms a bridge between the public and private sectors. On the one hand, many of its member institutes are part of the governmental structure of their countries, or are mandated by their government. On the other hand, other members have their roots uniquely in the private sector, having been set up by national partnerships of industry associations. The organization 's logos in its two official languages, English and French, include the word ISO. The organization adopted ISO based on the Greek word isos (ἴσος), meaning equal. This, in itself, reflects the aim of the organization: to equalize and standardize across cultures.
• HISTORY:
ISO is the world largest standards developing organization. Founded on 23rd February, 1947, it has its headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. Between 1947 and the present day, ISO has published more than 18 000 International Standards, ranging from standards for activities such as agriculture and construction, through mechanical engineering, to medical devices, to the newest information technology developments.
ISO was born from the union of two organizations - the ISA (International Federation of the National Standardizing Associations). Established in New York in 1926, and the UNSCC (United Nations Standards Coordinating Committee), established in 1944
• WHO CAN JOIN ISO?
Membership of ISO is open to national standards institutes most representative of