During a visit to his native Cyprus, Chris Nicolaou says he finally realized how pervasive international quality standards have become when he glanced at the back of a bag of peanuts he bought. "It ...
Implementation of the ISO 9000 quality assurance standards results in an improvement in business performance through their impact on specific company operations. Studies evaluated by ISO show benefits ...
THE International Organization for Standardization (ISO) was founded in Europe in 1947 and is based in Geneva. Its purpose being to facilitate the world-wide trade through the development of ...
Many ISO 9000-certified companies prominently display their certification and registrar logo on their websites. Canton, Mich.-based A.D. Transport Express, which completed the transition to 2000 ...
Developed and published by the International Organization for Standardization, ISO 9000 is a series of standards that serve as a guide to quality products, service and management. As such, many ...
The Capability Maturity Model for software (CMM) developed by the software engineering institute of Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) and the ISO 9000 series of standards, developed by the ...
A central argument of new institutionalism is that organizational success depends not only on efficient coordination and control of productive activities, but on conforming to institutionalized ...
Over the past 25 years, the number of environmental regulations in the United States has increased exponentially. Today, the Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, administers about 14 major and ...
ISO 9000 is a set of international standards of quality management that have become increasingly popular for large and small companies alike. Adherence is accomplished through an application process ...