Details about ISO certification

M. PIRAVI PERUMAL (Expert) 29 May 2009
ISO (International Organization for Standardization) is the world's largest developer and publisher of International Standards.
ISO is a network of the national standards institutes of 161 countries, one member per country, with a Central Secretariat in Geneva, Switzerland, that coordinates the system.
ISO is a non-governmental organization that forms a bridge between the public and private sectors. On the one hand, many of its member institutes are part of the governmental structure of their countries, or are mandated by their government. On the other hand, other members have their roots uniquely in the private sector, having been set up by national partnerships of industry associations.
Therefore, ISO enables a consensus to be reached on solutions that meet both the requirements of business and the broader needs of society.
Because "International Organization for Standardization" would have different acronyms in different languages ("IOS" in English, "OIN" in French for Organisation internationale de normalisation), its founders decided to give it also a short, all-purpose name. They chose "ISO", derived from the Greek isos, meaning "equal". Whatever the country, whatever the language, the short form of the organization's name is always ISO.
Standards make an enormous and positive contribution to most aspects of our lives.
Standards ensure desirable characteristics of products and services such as quality, environmental friendliness, safety, reliability, efficiency and interchangeability - and at an economical cost.
When products and services meet our expectations, we tend to take this for granted and be unaware of the role of standards. However, when standards are absent, we soon notice. We soon care when products turn out to be of poor quality, do not fit, are incompatible with equipment that we already have, are unreliable or dangerous.
When products, systems, machinery and devices work well and safely, it is often because they meet standards. And the organization responsible for many thousands of the standards which benefit the world is ISO.
When standards are absent, we soon notice.
ISO standards:
• make the development, manufacturing and supply of products and services more efficient, safer and cleaner
• facilitate trade between countries and make it fairer
• provide governments with a technical base for health, safety and environmental legislation, and conformity assessment
• share technological advances and good management practice
• disseminate innovation
• safeguard consumers, and users in general, of products and services
• make life simpler by providing solutions to common problems
SO standards provide technological, economic and societal benefits.
For businesses, the widespread adoption of International Standards means that suppliers can develop and offer products and services meeting specifications that have wide international acceptance in their sectors. Therefore, businesses using International Standards can compete on many more markets around the world.
For innovators of new technologies, International Standards on aspects like terminology, compatibility and safety speed up the dissemination of innovations and their development into manufacturable and marketable products.
For customers, the worldwide compatibility of technology which is achieved when products and services are based on International Standards gives them a broad choice of offers. They also benefit from the effects of competition among suppliers.
For governments, International Standards provide the technological and scientific bases underpinning health, safety and environmental legislation.
For trade officials, International Standards create "a level playing field" for all competitors on those markets. The existence of divergent national or regional standards can create technical barriers to trade. International Standards are the technical means by which political trade agreements can be put into practice.
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M. PIRAVI PERUMAL (Expert) 29 May 2009
DEAR FRIEND,

ISO IS REQUIRED FOR WHAT - CAN U SPECIFY IT PLEASE.

ISO is the International Standards Organization which produces standards.
To get certified to a standard you need to be audited by a certification body that has been approved by a national accreditation body.

Appoint a ISO consultant who will consult and will document your entire process, guide you in preparing your quality manual (which include your quality policy and quality objectives), and will provide the SOP's.

After this you will be asked to maintain the document as per ISO standards, then there will be a internal audit where NC's will be raised, it will be closed and at the end the Certification Body will come and audit and if satisifed he will issue an ISO certificate for your company which is valid for a period of 3 year. Your consultant will guide you everything but will charge hefty fee and without consultant u can't go for ISO its really hectic job.

ISO CHECKLIST

Check List of documents to be annexed long with the Application for claiming reimbursement of expenses of ISO-9000 certificate.

PARMANENT SSI CERTIFICATE

1. Copy of permanent SSI Registration duly attested (each page to be attested) by General Manager, District Industries Centre (DIC) or State Director of Industries or Director, small Industries Services Institute (SISI) or Chartered Accountant (Name, Signature, Membership number and Seal) (members may kindly note that permanent SSI Certificate must be signed only by the officials stated above, in no case officials below the ranks stated above are accepted by the Ministry).

AFFIDAVIT

2. Letter (in original) from General Manager, District Industries Centre, (DIC) or Director of Industries confirming SSI Status and functional status of the unit at the time of acquiring ISO-9000 and so as on date on the lines of Format at Annexure. I.
OR
An Affidavit (in original) duly sworn before a Notary Public as per annexure "I" (with Notary Seal, Notarial Stamp & Notary Registration no; and Chartered Accountant's Certificate of investment in plant and machinery as per Annexure "II" (Member may kindly note that the language of the affidavit must not differ in any circumstances as described in the Format).

ISO CERTIFICATE

3. Copy of ISO-9000 Certificate duly attested by General Manager, District Industries Centre (DIC) or State director of Industries or director, Small Industries Services Institute (SISI) or Chartered Accountant (Name, signature, Membership number and Seal).

ISO REGISTRATION SCHEDULE CERTIFICATE

4. The Registration schedule Certificate must have address of site/location certified, scope of Certification, Certificate No., date of issue & period of validity (or expiry), Name & Logo of the Accreditation Body/Board. (Member may kindly note that ISO Certificate must accompany the Registration Certificate Copy, Registration Schedule Copy and Name & Logo of the Accreditation Body/ board separately attested by the Chartered Accountant mentioning his full name, registration no. & date).

EXPENDITURE INCURRED CERTIFICATE.

5. Chartered Accountant's certificate of the details of the Expenses incurred by the unit in acquiring ISO-9000 Certificate in Annexure "III"

UNDERTAKING

6. Undertaking/declaration of the Incentive/grant/subsidy already received if any, in Annexure "IV" on a non-Judicial stamp & notary Registration nos. addresses & signatures, Notary Seal, Notarial Stamp & Notary Registration nos.
(Members may kindly note that the undertaking must accompany the names, signature and full addresses of the two witnesses in whose front the declaration has been made and the language of the undertaking must not differ in any circumstances as described in the format).

PRE-RECEIPT

7. Pre-receipt in Triplicate in Annexure "v" (Members may kindly not that the triplicate copies must be signed by the proprietor/director of the company on the top of the revenue stamps not at any other place).