This group of articles is presented here as support for overall quality system development. These articles review more than just ISO 9001; they are about the quality system itsself. Included in this group are resources about ISO 9001 logos, a list of useful terms associated with quality systems and an article about the root cause of failures. A successful organization must have resources applied to the product quality and the quality system quality (if that makes sense). For example, internal auditing should uncover weaknesses in the quality system that are then corrected resulting in a continuously improving quality system.

Although some of these references are short, they address critical areas of the quality system. These article are support for quality managers who need other resources to complete their tasks.


Quality Assurance Acronyms
Here is a relatively complete list of quality and quality system acronyms.

Pre Assessment Checklist
This pre-assessment or Gap analysis checksheet is designed to uncover areas of the quality system that need further development.

ISO 9000 Logos

Once you get your ISO certification paperwork, you can display an ISO certification logo.



Links To Other Great Resources
Links to other quality system and ISO resources.

ISO 9000 Books, Software And Other Information
Other Quality resources including books, software and free info.

Product Failure Primer (ISO9001)
If your company has problems with quality, here is some things to think about.

In combination with the quality manual, these 10 procedures meet most of the requirements for ISO 9001 certification.

Most companies have 10 level-2 procedures that control the bulk of dialy operations. These procedure must be effcient and effective to reduce the overhead of the ISO 9001 quality management system.