Basis for ISO 9001:2008

ISO stands for:

INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR STANDARDIZATION.

•Worldwide Organization

•Having Head Quarters at Geneva, Switzerland

•Quality Standards Established in 1947

•ISO Standards first established in 1987

•Revised in 1994 & 2000

•Latest revision on 15.11.2008

•ISO has 176 members.

•BIS represents India in ISO.

•ISO is an NGO(Non Government Organisation)

•It’s a system standard not a product standard