ISO 9000 is an international standard established by ISO about quality management system. The purpose of this standard is to seek a convenience of international trade through standardizing a quality management system of organization under global business circumstance.

This standard was established in 1987. ISO 9000:2000 certification has been implementing, and hundreds of thousands organizations are acquiring and maintaining this certification.

An applicable fields of this standard are not only industrial sections such as manufacturing, construction, servicing but also public service section such as school and local autonomy. Therefore the importance of this standard is emphasizing more and more.

For the acquiring of this certification, an organization can acquire it through objective assessment conducted by third party such as ICR after completing quality management system.

ISO 9000 is composed by of family, the information of family standard can be obtained in the ISO 9001:2000 text.
Among the family standards, essential standard is as below. Among these, ISO 9001:2000 is direct Quality Management System requirements and certification standard.

ISO 9000:2000 basic item and term definition of Quality Management System.
ISO 9001:2000 requirement of Quality Management System.
ISO 9004:2000 results improvement guidance of Quality Management System.

An effective approach of ISO 9000 can provide management effectiveness as below.

Through effective management of process, it prevents non-conformity. And through elimination basic cause, and exact detection of already existed non-conformity. it can protect customers.

Through continuous seeking of the most suitable management system, it can eliminate unnecessary process. Therefore it can pursuit the maximum management efficiency.
Through ensuring higher lever products, servicing, and process than now, organizations can achieve customer's satisfaction. And it contributes to organization members' improvement of ability and extension of organization members' business achievement scope.

It provides self-importance and strong motive endowment as a quality management system certification of international model.

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