Iso 9001 2000

Executives, engineering managers, project managers, engineers, and process improvement experts within engineering organizations need a resource that systematically translates the requirements of ISO 9001:2000 into a usable specification for engineers. Understanding ISO 9001:2000 from an engineer's perspective ensures that software, hardware, and sy

A clear and comprehensive guide to quickly set up a cost-effective Quality Management System Revised and expanded, the new edition of this easy-to-understand guide provides practical information on how to set up a cost-effective ISO 9001:2000 compliant Quality Management System. With comprehensive coverage of the meaning, history and requirements of the current ISO 9000 standard, the book explains how businesses can easily and efficiently satisfy customer requirements for quality control and quality assurance. Four years into the current version of ISO 9001, the new edition of this valuable book incorporates the hard-won experiences of working with the standard, together with direct, accessible and straightforward guidance that is proven to work. New material in this edition covers: • The Application of the Eight Principles of Management • Audit Basics • Compatibility with other Management Systems and Standards • Comprehensive Summary of the ISO 9001:2000 Requirements • Continual Improvement Methods • Guidance on the Six Mandatory Requirements for Written Procedures • Process Improvement Tools - including Six-Sigma Techniques • Process Metrics • Setting of Quality Objectives • The 21 Specific Requirements of Management • The Application of Information Technology in Quality Management

"The book describes the design rules required to document, implement, and demonstrate quality management system effectiveness in compliance with the latest version of the ISO 9000 International Standard. This systematic and engineering approach simplifies the many complexities in maintaining compliance with ISO standards. This hands-on guide is packed with tips and insights the author has garnered from personally designing quality management systems that integrate organizational strategy with quality management. Moreover, the book helps professionals create meaningful documentation and a user-friendly, informative quality manual that together form the core of an effective and responsive quality management system."--Jacket.

This "hands on" book provides practical information on how to cost effectively set up an ISO 9001: 2000 compliant Quality Management System. The new ISO 9000:2000 family is an all-encompassing series of standards that lay down requirements for incorporating the management of quality into the design, manufacture and delivery of products, services and software. To achieve its main objectives, ISO 9001:2000 requires the manufacturer, or supplier, to possess a fully auditable Quality Management System consisting of Quality Policies, Quality Processes, Quality Procedures and Work Instructions. It is this Quality Management System that will provide the auditable proof that the requirements of ISO 9001:2000 have been and are still being met. ISO 9001:2000 In Brief explains the meaning of ISO 9000, its history, current status, requirements and changes being made to it. It also covers how ISO 9001 will affect businesses, and how they can easily and cost-effectively satisfy their customers' requirements for quality control and quality assurance.

Annotation ISO 9001 is known throughout the world as the gold standard for quality process improvement, but lately quality assurances experts are discovering the power of CMMI (Capability Maturity Model Integration), the latest process improvement model to hit the scene. This book explores how these two models can be used together to improve process quality by quantum leaps.

Don't reinvent the wheel when applying for your ISO 9001 registration or updating to the new 2000 standards. ISO 9001:2000 Document Development Compliance Manual: A Complete Guide and CD-ROM shows you how to develop and implement a documented quality management system based on ISO 9000 series standards. It supplies ready to use ISO 9001:2000 Template Quality Manuals and applicable Standard Operating Procedures with year 2000 revisions for documentation management in text and on CD ROM. You will understand how to: Build quality into your products and services Achieve ISO 9001 certification with time, money, and resources optimization Supply products that are totally fit for use Satisfy user/customer expectations Edge out the competitors Achieve a defined level of quality Prevent defects and provide value Yield profits from your invested resources

ISO 9001:2000: A start-to-finish implementation guide to the newly updated ISO standard from two of the world's leading quality practitioners! -- The realist's guide to ISO 9001:2000 -- internal audits, choosing registrars, ensuring customer focus, measuring results, and much more. -- Dell's Asset Recovery Business (ARB): A start-to-finish ISO 9001 case study, from the insiders who made it happen! -- Moving ISO 9001 from "cost center" to "profit center"! To maintain their ISO 9001 certifications, organizations worldwide must upgrade to the brand-new ISO 9001:2000 standard. In this book, two of the world's leading quality practitioners present the most realistic, business-focused guide to ISO 9001:2000 implementation. The book's focus isn't on mere "conformance: " it shows companies how ISO 9001:2000 can support their key strategic initiatives -- and how to move ISO 9001:2000 from "cost center" to "profit center." Tom Taormina and Keith Brewer cover every aspect of ISO 9001:2000, including the new process model; the latest and most effective internal auditing techniques; how to select a registrar; how to reflect the new standard's requirements for customer focus and management involvement; and much more. In a start-to-finish ISO 9001 case study, the authors show how Dell's Asset Recovery Business (ARB) has gone beyond mere "compliance, " leveraging ISO 9001:2000 standards to build a fully integrated business management system that uses continuous improvement models to drive operational excellence and profitability.

Now there's an easy-to-understand, easy-to-use book for everyone involved with ISO 9001:2000 certification or recertification. Using proven Information Mapping techniques, Demystifying ISO 9001:2000 streamlines every certification task, enhancing business value and reducing the risk of failure. It includes in-depth coverage of Management Responsibility and other new requirements and presents breakthrough solutions for managing documentation - the #1 cause of audit failure.