How does the Oklahoma Quality Award differ from ISO 9000?
The purpose, content, and focus of the Oklahoma Quality Award and ISO 9000 are very different. The Oklahoma Quality Award was created to enhance the competitiveness of Oklahoma businesses and organizations. The award program promotes performance excellence, recognizes achievements of Oklahoma companies and organizations, and provides a vehicle for sharing successful strategies. The Oklahoma Quality Award criteria focus on results and continuous improvement.They provide a framework for designing, implementing, and assessing a process for managing all of the organization’s operations. ISO 9000 is a series of five international standards published in 1987 by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), Geneva, Switzerland. Companies can use the standards to help determine what is needed to maintain an efficient quality conformance system.For example, the standards describe the need for an effective quality system, for ensuring that measuring and testing equipment is calibrate
