GMS 401 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Iso 14000, Quality Management System
19 Mar 2016
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The purpose is to promote worldwide standards that will improve operaing eiciency and producivity, and reduce costs. Composed of the naional standards of over 100 countries. Two of the most well-known ceriicaions are iso 9001 and iso 14000, which relate to an organizaion"s processes rather than its products and services. The internaional standard for a quality management system, criical to internaional business. A company wanted to be ceriied must document its processes and procedures, and undergo an external on-site assessment by accredited auditors. The process oten takes 12 to 18 months. With ceriicaion comes registraion in an iso directory that companies seeking suppliers can refer to: they are generally given preference over unregistered companies. Review process involves considerable self-appraisal, resuling in problem ideniicaion and improvement. A set of internaional standards for assessing a company"s environmental performance. Concerns what an organizaion does to minimize harmful efects to the environment caused by its operaions.
