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The ISO 9000 series of standards are international standards for Quality Management Systems, first published in 1987.
In a nutshell, these standards require companies to develop and document a system that makes it possible to provide products/services consistently that are in conformity with the purchasers' requirements (business partners, customers).
The 1987 version of the ISO 9000 standards and the revised version published in 1994, were actually three separate standards of requirements for certification/ registration: ISO 9001; ISO 9002; and ISO 9003. The three were identical in most aspects, except that ISO 9001 contained 20 clauses, ISO 9002 omitted the clause covering design and ISO 9003 omitted design and three other clauses that were seen as relevant to larger companies only.
These three standards were revised in December 2000 and published as a single standard, ISO 9001: 2000.
In order to receive certification/registration against ISO 9001: 2000, the first thing to do is to create within the organization a system that meets the requirements of the standard and document the system in a manual.
At the same time, you need to select a Certification/Registration Body that has expertise in the industry sector to which your organization belongs. The current number of ISO 9001: 2000 Certification/Registration Bodies that are accredited by JAB is shown at the top page of this website. You can review the accreditation scopes to see_which sectors each body is accredited to cover, and their certification/registration records, and then select an appropriate body to assess your organization.
JAB is responsible for accrediting Certification/Registration Bodies as competent to audit against the standard and to issue ISO 9001: 2000 certificates. The accreditation process involves assessing the body's expertise against international criteria (ISO/IEC Guide 62 - shortly to be issued in revised form as a conformity assessment standard, ISO/IEC 17021 - and the associated IAF guideline).
The usual procedure is for you to look at the list of Certification/Registration Bodies accredited by JAB and select a body that is accredited as competent to audit and register Quality Management Systems to ISO 9001: 2000 in the sector to which your organization belongs. For more information on the process of gaining certification, please contact a selected Certification/Registration Body accredited by JAB.
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ISO 14001 is an international standard for Environmental Management Systems, published in 1996.
More specifically, ISO 14001 is a standard that requires companies to develop and document a system (Environmental Management System) that minimizes the burden of the company's activities on the environment. Setting up an EMS system involves establishing an environmental policy which must have commitment from the top management within the organization, evaluating the environmental impacts that the organization generates, establishing objectives and targets based on the policy and results of the evaluation, implementing activities to achieve these objectives and targets, and undertaking a management review of the results. This cycle of evaluation, establishing targets and objectives, achieving and reviewing is then repeated as a process of continuous improvement.
In order to apply for assessment and registration against ISO 14001, you first need to understand ISO 14001 and develop and document a system in your organization to meet the requirements of the standard. At the same time, you need to select a Certification/Registration Body that has expertise in the industry sector to which your organization belongs. The current number of ISO 14001 Certification/Registration Bodies that are accredited by JAB is shown at the top page of this website. You can review the accreditation scopes to see_ which sectors each body is accredited for, and their certification/ registration records, and then select an appropriate body to assess your organization.
JAB is responsible for accrediting Certification/Registration Bodies as competent to audit against the standard and to issue ISO 14001 certificates. The accreditation process involves assessing the body's expertise against international criteria (ISO/IEC Guide 66 - shortly to be issued in revised form as a conformity assessment standard, ISO/IEC 17021 - and the associated IAF guideline). The usual procedure is for you to look at the list of Certification/Registration Bodies accredited by JAB, and select a body that is accredited as competent to audit and register Environmental Management Systems to ISO 14001 in the sector to which your organization belongs.
For more information on the process of gaining certification, please contact a selected Certification/Registration Body accredited by JAB.
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