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            | ISO Management Systems Standards |  
            | ISO 9000 | The general Quality
Management System (QMS) by which most others are based |  
            | ISO 13485 ISO 15189
 ISO 14971
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Devices QMS, Medical Laboratories, Medical Risk Management |  
            | CMDCAS, CMDR | Canadian Medical Devices
QMS |  
            | Medical Devices  CE Mark 510(k) | Technical File Standards
for In-Vitro Diagnostics (IVD) and other Medical Devices, European
Union, and FDA |  
            | AS9100, AS9110, AS9003, AS9120, AC7004 | International Aerospace
QMS |  
            | Nadcap | Aerospace and Defense
Contractor Accreditation Program |  | MedAccred | Medical Device Contractor Accreditation Program |  
            | ISO 14001 | Environmental Management
System |  
            | IATF 16949 | International Automotive
QMS |  
            | Automotive Processes | PPAP, APQP, MSA, FMEA, SPC, CQI-9 |  
            | ISO 17025, AC7006 | Inspection and
Calibration Laboratories QMS |  
            | TL 9000 | Telecommunications QMS |  
            | OHSAS 18001 | Health and Safety MS |  | ISO 22301 | Business Continuity Management System (BCM) |  | ISO/IEC 27001 | Information Security Management (ISMS) |  
 
 
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                  | Benefits of ISO 9000 and Other Management ystems   Customer/Marketing
Benefits
                   
                    
                      Greater focus on customer
requirements and customer service 
                      Conveys commitment to quality
and partnering 
                      Promotional credibility to an
international standard 
                      Provides access to markets and
bids 
                      Employees become more responsive
to customer needs and requirements
                       Internal Benefits 
                    
                       Continuous Improvement Cycle of a management system results
in savings:*   
                        
                          $117,000 in annual savings on
average (range: $25,000 - $500,000) 
                          plus $77,000 in additional
on-time savings in first year *(survey
based on average North American registered company)
                      Guarantees that new and existing
products and services satisfy customers
                      Provides a universal approach to
quality and business 
                      Assists in establishing
operational baselines and enterprise alignment 
                      Operationalizes and
proceduralizes quality 
                      Encourages self-assessment and
maintains internal consistency 
                      Controls processes and systems and
establishes operational controls 
                      Makes internal operations more
efficient and effective 
                      Corporate walls come down;
people communicate better 
                      Ensures product development and
design changes are controlled 
                      Reduced customer quality audits
reduce your business disruptions 
                      Creates awareness of the need
for training and encourages operational problem solving 
                      Provides insights on
organizational interrelationships, encourages internal focus,
facilitates internal operational control, and assists employees in
understanding and improving operations
                        Customer-Supplier
Partnering Benefits 
                    
                      Forms the basis for a common
language of quality 
                      Ensures a minimum level of
quality 
                      Facilitates development of
seamless operations 
                      Reduces supplier base and
assists in selecting suppliers 
                      Facilitates just-in-time delivery
                      
                      Assists in monitoring suppliers
                        
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                  |  | Internal Benefits |  |  
                  | Improves | Reduces |  
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                    Management efficiencyPlanningProblem-solvingSupplier controlCommunicationsAbility to changeDisciplineStaff moraleEmployee training | 
                    Duplicate effortReworkWasteCostsStaff Turnover |  
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                  | External Benefits |  
                  | Improves | Reduces |  
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                    Product and service qualityCustomer satisfactionRepeat salesCompany imageMarketability | 
                    ComplaintsWarranty claims |  |  |