'How to get benefits of ISO 9001:2000' - for service sector.

A practical method for helping service sector companies, particularly in developing countries, to implement ISO 9001:2000 quality management systems has just been published by ISO (International Organization for Standardization) and the International Trade Center (ITC).

ISO 9001:2000: A workbook for service organizations is designed to make it easier for service providers to achieve the benefits, such as increased efficiency and effectiveness, of implementing ISO 9001:2000.ISO organization has not directly certified any company but for that company have to choose ISO SERVICES PROVIDER to get certified.


One way that organizations in developing countries can increase their market share in such opportunities is by ensuring competitiveness through the implementation of a quality management system based on ISO.



With the aid of questions and checklists, it guides the service company manager through the following stages: making a decision to implement ISO 9001:2000; planning an approach, designing the quality management system and managing documentation.

Certification is not a requirement of ISO 9001:2000, which can be implemented solely for the benefits it brings internally and to the organization’s customers. At the same time, many organizations choose to pursue certification and at the end of 2005, nearly 33 % of ISO 9001:2000 certificates were held by organizations in the service sectors.

Although developed with ISO SERVICES PROVIDER enterprises in developing countries in mind, the hands-on approach of ISO 9001:2000: A workbook for service organizations has something to offer for service providers in developed countries too.

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