Certain
international standards has been issued by The International Organization for
Standardisation i.e. ISO (which is an independent & non-governmental
organization comprising of 150+ national standard bodies) which certifies the
safety, reliability & quality of goods & services. Getting your
business ISO certified is now prudent for the overall goodwill of entities.
Such norms / standards prove to be a powerful tool which benefits businesses by
cost reduction and subsequently increasing overall productivity of such
business. It can be taken by any kind of organization regardless of its size.
Some
of the very common ISO Certification standards are illustrated below-
1. ISO 9001:2015
– It basically certifies Quality management systems and practices. It is based
on various quality management principles which focuses mainly on customer,
leadership, involvement of people, continual improvement, decision making
purely based on facts, mutually beneficial supplier relationship etc.
2. ISO 27001:2005
– This standard deals in information security management systems and certifies
security of various assets which are entrusted to you by third parties.
3. ISO 22001:2005
– Business entities dealing in foods and beverages need to get ISO 22001:2005 certified
which exclusively deals in commitment to food safety. It is a means of
prevention that addresses chemical, physical or biological hazards to ensure
complete safety of such food products.
4. ISO 14001:2004
– It certifies that a particular product is environment friendly and complies
with laws & regulations which conferred commitment to environmental policy,
conservation of water, energy, fuel etc. and prevention of pollution to ensure
socio-economic balance.
All
the above stated standards' Certificates have the validity period of 3 years
subject to annual audit which shall have to be conducted at the end of 1st and
2nd year respectively.
ISO
usually does not perform certification rather it has appointed various national
standard external bodies which certifies a particular product or service and
issue ISO certificates.
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