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What will happen to ISO 9000 : 19994 Benefits
of the revised standards
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The main reason for the year 2000 revision to the ISO 9000 standards is to give users the oppurtunity to add value to their activities and to improve their performance continually by focussing on the major processes within the organization. Extensive surveys have been performed on a worldwide basis to understand the needs of all users of the quality management system stndards. The new revision will take into account previous experience with quality management system standards (1987 and 1994 editions) and emerging insights into generic management systens. The major reason for the year 2000 revision of the standards include enphasizing the need to monitor customer satisfaction, meeting the need for more user-friendly documents, assuring consistency beetween the quality management systen requirements and guidelines, and promoting the use of generic quality management principles by organizations.
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