The Magic of ISO 9001: How to Make It Fully Materialize

By John F. Graham

The standard tells you what to implement; this book focuses on how and why.
Many organizations implement ISO 9001 and see only mild improvements. This book is a collection of concepts that can assist you in implementing a very successful ISO 9001 quality management system. Its concepts go beyond the basic implementation steps so widely available in the marketplace, instead helping you to use the ISO 9001 standard as a tool for organizational growth and success.
Instead of being organized sequentially by the standard's clauses, it is split into three sections that outline how to go about satisfying the standard's requirements: Organize, Scrutinize, and Optimize. Each of these chapters includes sporadic WHAT TO DO action items to transform theory into practice.
This book is intended for anyone leading the ISO 9001 implementation effort, including quality managers, management reps, executives, and consultants. It is to be used in addition to ISO 9001 training courses, packages, and consulting assistance.
Read this book while you are simultaneously attending ISO 9001 courses, going through purchased how to” packages, or working with a consultant. Review it again as your implementation nears certification. Reread the later sections of the book after certification is achieved.

• Language: English
• Publisher: ASQ Quality Press
• Release date: May 11, 2017
• ISBN: 9781953079244

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The Magic

of ISO 9001

How to Make It

Fully Materialize

The standard tells you what to implement;

this book focuses on how and why.

John F. Graham

ASQ Quality Press

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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Names: Graham, John F., author.

Title: The magic of ISO 9000: how to make it fully materialize: the standard tells you what to implement—this book focuses on how and why / John F. Graham.

Description: Milwaukee, Wisconsin: ASQ Quality Press, 2017.

Identifiers: LCCN 2017013410 | ISBN 9780873899598 (softcover: alk. paper)

Subjects: LCSH: ISO 9000 Series Standards. | Quality control.

Classification: LCC TS156.17.I86 G73 2017 | DDC 658.5/620218—dc23

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