Why the need of the International Quality Management System Standards (QMS)?
Acceptance of this international standard is through a confederation of countries comprised within the International Organization for Standardization (the ISO 9000 series first published in 1987 with its roots going back to post – WW II). Registering a management system to the criteria and requirements set by the International Standard (or a variants) has become common practice for industry (including government entities). Your customer may require or otherwise expects in their effort that yourself control process and activities and improve linking within the customer’s supply-chain. Customer organizations wish not to engage in auditing its suppliers, as the focus of their business it is not auditing for controlling suppliers. If your organization provides products or services to the US automotive industry, the automotive initiative based in the ISO 9001:2000 applies as ISO/TS 16949:2002, and other variants addressing specific sectors are; AS9100 (for aerospace / aviation), TL 9000 (Te
