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ISO 9001: 2000 upgrade: the race is on: with the deadline just 20 months away, there is no time to waste for converting current certifications to the ISO 9001: 2000 standard. Here's a guide to clearing some of the hurdles. (Management).
Quality, April, 2002 by Delpha, Mike
December 2003 may seem far in the future. But for companies currently certified to the ISO 9001: 1994 standard, time is running out to upgrade to the new version, ISO 9001: 2000. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO), the governing body for the ISO standards, requires all ISO-certified companies to upgrade to ISO 9001: 2000 by Dec. 15, 2003. Otherwise, certification may be withdrawn.
According to ISO, a total of 408,631 ISO 9000 certificates have been issued worldwide, including nearly 65,000 new certificates during 1999 and 2000. Unlike ISO 9000: 1994, which emphasized an individual quality discipline approach, the new standard can be used as a business management system and, therefore, it has application to a wider range of industries and...
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