RE:YL - ISO Certification

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As someone who spent five years administering an ISO-9000 (the " Quality "

standards) program, I have to throw in my 2 cents here.

 

The International Organization for Standardization ( " ISO " - it's *not*

an acronym) does NOT certify ANYTHING. ISO creates standards. End of

story. Each Country that uses these standards creates or designates an

Authority (in most countries it is a Government Agency, but not in the

US) that audits companies to confirm that they are meeting the ISO

standards they are required to meet. When I was doing ISO, we were not

allowed by our Auditor to use the phrase " ISO-Certified " . A visit just

now to www.iso.org shows that ISO still does not endorse a generic

" ISO-Certified " , they require that the specific standard be named, i.e.

" ISO-9000:2000 Certified " .

 

So, claiming that one's product is " ISO-Certified " without naming a

specific standard or set of standards tells us very, very little. And

as an aside on how ISO can be manipulated, the company I did ISO for had

the Warehouse certified compliant, so they could claim " ISO-9002

certified " , but that applied to the material handling processes in the

warehouse, NOT the manufacturing processes for the products.

 

Back to Lurkdom,

 

Melissa Bell

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

And just in case anyone was wondering (doubtful I'm sure!) ... AFNOR stands for

the Association Francaise des Normes - in other words the French government's

standards organisation - they decide on the parameters of 'normal', ie, THE

standard, for all kinds of things, including some EOs. BTW - since when did

Mother Nature do 'normal' or 'standard'??!! Jane

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Melissa Bell

Tuesday, November 30, 2004 5:36 PM

RE:YL - ISO " Certification "

 

 

 

As someone who spent five years administering an ISO-9000 (the " Quality "

standards) program, I have to throw in my 2 cents here.

 

The International Organization for Standardization ( " ISO " - it's *not*

an acronym) does NOT certify ANYTHING. ISO creates standards. End of

story. Each Country that uses these standards creates or designates an

Authority (in most countries it is a Government Agency, but not in the

US) that audits companies to confirm that they are meeting the ISO

standards they are required to meet. When I was doing ISO, we were not

allowed by our Auditor to use the phrase " ISO-Certified " . A visit just

now to www.iso.org shows that ISO still does not endorse a generic

" ISO-Certified " , they require that the specific standard be named, i.e.

" ISO-9000:2000 Certified " .

 

So, claiming that one's product is " ISO-Certified " without naming a

specific standard or set of standards tells us very, very little. And

as an aside on how ISO can be manipulated, the company I did ISO for had

the Warehouse certified compliant, so they could claim " ISO-9002

certified " , but that applied to the material handling processes in the

warehouse, NOT the manufacturing processes for the products.

 

Back to Lurkdom,

 

Melissa Bell

 

 

 

 

 

 

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