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Why is it recommended to certify your company for ISO 9001 compliance before trying to certify it for any other ISO as in ISO 14001, ISO 18001, or ISO 22000?

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Question added by Nancy Refai , Health, safety and environmental management Trainer and consultant , Freelancer
Date Posted: 2016/01/11
Vinod Jetley
by Vinod Jetley , Assistant General Manager , State Bank of India

Popular standards

  • ISO Quality management
  • ISO0 Environmental management
  • ISO Country codes
  • ISO0 Social responsibility
  • ISO1 Energy management
  • ISO0 Risk management
  • ISO0 Food safety management
  • ISO1 Information security management
  • ISO1 Occupational health and safety
  • ISO1 Anti bribery management systems

G K M Jafarullah
by G K M Jafarullah , Mechanical and Electrical Engineer , EURO CONSULT Mott Macdonald Ltd

Because it differs product to product which carries the weight of actual available facilities, target & achievement, quality to compare international market standard.

Muhammad Saif ud-din Qureshi
by Muhammad Saif ud-din Qureshi , Freelance QHSE & other Management Systems Auditing, Compliance, Development, Training & Maintenance , Working as a Free Lancer

ISO is one of the basic standard and thought to be the back-bone of many other standards as many other standards are developed having some guidance from this standard. Also because quality is the key foundation stone of any company.

Also as it relates to quality, therefore, if the quality of all the processes performed in the Organization would be in good shape, it would be easy for organization to go more specialized standards, when a culture of quality and receptiveness is created in the organization.

Lastly, it is one of the only standards, which can be easily adopted by entities involved in any type of business or of any size e.g. from a small Tailor or Grocery Shop to Large O&G or High Tech Aero Space Organizations.

Ahmed Kandeel
by Ahmed Kandeel , Technical Manager, IMS MR , S.I.M.I. Contracting, LLC

Because ISO series is the base and other Standards added speciality Procedures to address their respective scope.. Like ISO1 and OHSAS1.. 

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