Vacuum firms offer 10 tips on 'surviving' ISO registration. (International Organization of Standardization)

R & D, January, 1995 by Studt, Tim

Two vacuum equipment suppliers suggest techniques to simplify the International Organization for Standardization's 9001 registration process. They advise firms to increase the involvement of management to ensure quality control and quality assurance in the organization's operations.

The increasing emphasis on quality is mirrored in the growth of ISO 9000 registrations over the past several years. ISO registration has become the accepted standard for measuring an organization's quality management program.

But registration does not come easy. For those not yet certified, it can seem like a bureaucratic, paper-generating nightmare. Yet it can be done.

Two vacuum equipment suppliers that passed their ISO 9001 registration on the first try and...

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