Interbational Organiation for standards ISO

The ISO 9000 series of standards is generic in scope. By design, the series can be tailored to fit any organizational needs, whether it is large or small, a manufacturer or a service organization. It can be applied to construction, engineering, health care, legal, and other professional services as well as the manufacturing of any thing front nuts and bolts to space craft.

It purpose is to unify quality terms and definitions used by industrialized nations and use those terms to demonstrate a supplier’s capability of controlling its processes.


ISO 9000:2000 – Quality management systems (QMS) – fundamentals and vocabulary discusses the fundamental concepts related to the QMS and provides the terminology used in the other two standards.

ISO 9001:2000 – Quality management systems (QMS) – requirements is the standard used for registration by demonstrating conformity of the QMS to customers, regulatory, and the organization’s own requirements.

ISO 9004:2000 - Quality Management Systems (QMS) – guidelines for performance improvement provides guideline that an organization can use to establish a QMS focused on improving performance.