Implementing IS0 9001:2000:
The Journey from Conformance to Performance
Tom Taormina
Summary
- ISO
9001:2000: The business-focused implementer's guide
- Not
just conformance: competitive advantage!
- Complete
coverage of the newest requirements for customer focus and management involvement
- Includes
leading-edge ISO 9001:2000 case study: Dell's Asset Recovery Business
- For
companies seeking repeat or first-time certification
The realist's guide to ISO
9001:2000: Transforming quality certification from "cost center" to "profit
center"!
In Implementing ISO
9001:2000, two of the world's leading quality practitioners present the most realistic,
business-focused guide to ISO 9001:2000 implementation. This book isn't about "mere
conformance," it's about using ISO 9001:2000 to support your key strategic
initiatives and moving ISO 9001:2000 from "cost center" to "profit
center." Tom Taormina and Keith Brewer cover every aspect of ISO 9001:2000,
including:
- The
new ISO 9001:2000 process model
- The
latest, most effective internal auditing techniques
- How
to select a registrar that meets the needs of your organization
- How
to reflect the new standard's requirements for customer focus and management involvement
- Best
practices for measuring results
In a start-to-finish case
study, Implementing ISO 9001:2000 shows how Dell's Asset Recovery Business (ARB) has used
ISO 9001:2000 standards to build a fully integrated business management system-one that
uses continuous improvement models to drive operational excellence and profitability.
ISO 9000 certification
shouldn't be an end in itself: it should drive business value, now and for years to come.
Whether you need to update your current certification, or you're pursuing certification
for the first time, Implementing ISO 9001:2000 will show you how to do it right
322 pages.