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Prism Consulting
Services, Inc.
offers ISO Consultancy to Businesses
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| WHAT IS ISO? |
| The International Organization
for Standardization (ISO) is a worldwide federation of national
standards bodies from more than 140 countries, one from each
country. ISO is a non-governmental organization established
in 1947. The mission of ISO is to promote the development of
standardization and related activities in the world with a view
to facilitating the international exchange of goods and services,
and to developing cooperation in the spheres of intellectual,
scientific, technological and economic activity. ISO's work
results in international agreements that are published as International
Standards. |
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| WHY IS INTERNATIONAL STANDARDIZATION
NEEDED? |
| The existence of non-harmonized
standards for similar technologies in different countries or
regions can contribute to so-called "technical barriers
to trade". Export-minded industries have long sensed the
need to agree on world standards to help rationalize the international
trading process. This was the origin of the establishment of
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| International standardization
is well-established for many technologies in such diverse fields
as information processing and communications, textiles, packaging,
distribution of goods, energy production and utilization, shipbuilding,
banking and financial services. It will continue to grow in
importance for all sectors of industrial activity for the foreseeable
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| Industry-wide standardization
is a condition existing within a particular industrial sector
when the large majority of products or services conform to the
same standards. It results from consensus agreements reached
between all economic players in that industrial sector - suppliers,
users, and often governments. They agree on specifications and
criteria to be applied consistently in the choice and classification
of materials, the manufacture of products, and the provision
of services. The aim is to facilitate trade, exchange and technology
transfer through: |
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Enhanced product quality
and reliability at a reasonable price |
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Improved health,
safety and environmental protection, and reduction of
waste |
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Greater compatibility
and interoperability of goods and services |
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Simplification for improved
usability |
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Reduction in the number
of models, and thus reduction in costs |
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Increased distribution
efficiency, and ease of maintenance |
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| Users have more confidence in
products and services that conform to International Standards.
Assurance of conformity can be provided by manufacturers' declarations,
or by audits carried out by independent bodies. |
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| For information on how
to get your company ISO Certified email Gregg Taylor at gtaylor@prismcs.net
or call Gregg at 904-880-9900 |
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