Manufacturing Industry
Coming of ISO 9000:2000 requires changes in sector-based versions.
Design News, October, 2000 by Wingo, Walter
A two-month period has begun for the ultimate approval of ISO 9000:2000, the abundantly revised international series of standards for quality management. The final draft is circulating among ISO members for balloting. If, as expected, the draft is approved, ISO will publish it as a full-fledged international standard before January.
Meanwhile, industries that have developed special versions of the current ISO 9000:1994 are under pressure to adapt quickly to the big changes in ISO 9000:2000. The next three years are to be a transition period during which the 1994 version can coexist with ISO 9000:2000. However, major industries with multiple suppliers and customers need to make sure their quality management programs mesh with the latest world standard. Among...
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